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lanterner
lanterner
French
Verb
lanterner
- (intransitive) To dilly-dally
- (transitive) To delay or put off
Conjugation
Conjugation of lanterner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | lanterner | avoir lanterné | |||||
| gerund | en lanternant | en ayant lanterné | |||||
| present participle | lanternant /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | lanterné /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.ne/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | lanterne /lɑ̃.tɛʁn/ |
lanternes /lɑ̃.tɛʁn/ |
lanterne /lɑ̃.tɛʁn/ |
lanternons /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nɔ̃/ |
lanternez /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.ne/ |
lanternent /lɑ̃.tɛʁn/ |
| imperfect | lanternais /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nɛ/ |
lanternais /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nɛ/ |
lanternait /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nɛ/ |
lanternions /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.njɔ̃/ |
lanterniez /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nje/ |
lanternaient /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | lanternai /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.ne/ |
lanternas /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.na/ |
lanterna /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.na/ |
lanternâmes /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nam/ |
lanternâtes /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nat/ |
lanternèrent /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nɛʁ/ |
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| future | lanternerai /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nə.ʁe/ |
lanterneras /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nə.ʁa/ |
lanternera /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nə.ʁa/ |
lanternerons /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/ |
lanternerez /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nə.ʁe/ |
lanterneront /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | lanternerais /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
lanternerais /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
lanternerait /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
lanternerions /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
lanterneriez /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nə.ʁje/ |
lanterneraient /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | lanterne /lɑ̃.tɛʁn/ |
lanternes /lɑ̃.tɛʁn/ |
lanterne /lɑ̃.tɛʁn/ |
lanternions /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.njɔ̃/ |
lanterniez /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nje/ |
lanternent /lɑ̃.tɛʁn/ |
| imperfect1 |
lanternasse /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nas/ |
lanternasses /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nas/ |
lanternât /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.na/ |
lanternassions /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
lanternassiez /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.na.sje/ |
lanternassent /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | lanterne /lɑ̃.tɛʁn/ |
— | lanternons /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nɔ̃/ |
lanternez /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.ne/ |
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