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marteler
marteler
French
Verb
marteler
- to strike with a hammer; to hammer
- to shape or forge with a hammer
- to emphasise individual elements such as words or notes
- to repeat insistently
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated mostly like the regular -er verbs (parler and chanter and so on), but the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-. For example, in the third-person singular present indicative, we have il martèle rather than *il martele. Other verbs conjugated this way include lever and mener. Related but distinct conjugations include those of appeler and préférer.
Conjugation of marteler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | marteler | avoir martelé | |||||
| gerund | en martelant | en ayant martelé | |||||
| present participle | martelant /maʁ.tə.lɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | martelé /maʁ.tə.le/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | martèle /maʁ.tɛl/ |
martèles /maʁ.tɛl/ |
martèle /maʁ.tɛl/ |
martelons /maʁ.tə.lɔ̃/ |
martelez /maʁ.tə.le/ |
martèlent /maʁ.tɛl/ |
| imperfect | martelais /maʁ.tə.lɛ/ |
martelais /maʁ.tə.lɛ/ |
martelait /maʁ.tə.lɛ/ |
martelions /maʁ.tə.ljɔ̃/ |
marteliez /maʁ.tə.lje/ |
martelaient /maʁ.tə.lɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | martelai /maʁ.tə.le/ |
martelas /maʁ.tə.la/ |
martela /maʁ.tə.la/ |
martelâmes /maʁ.tə.lam/ |
martelâtes /maʁ.tə.lat/ |
martelèrent /maʁ.tə.lɛʁ/ |
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| future | martèlerai /maʁ.tɛl.ʁe/ |
martèleras /maʁ.tɛl.ʁa/ |
martèlera /maʁ.tɛl.ʁa/ |
martèlerons /maʁ.tɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
martèlerez /maʁ.tɛl.ʁe/ |
martèleront /maʁ.tɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | martèlerais /maʁ.tɛl.ʁɛ/ |
martèlerais /maʁ.tɛl.ʁɛ/ |
martèlerait /maʁ.tɛl.ʁɛ/ |
martèlerions /maʁ.tɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
martèleriez /maʁ.tɛ.lə.ʁje/ |
martèleraient /maʁ.tɛl.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 | martèle /maʁ.tɛl/ |
martèles /maʁ.tɛl/ |
martèle /maʁ.tɛl/ |
martelions /maʁ.tə.ljɔ̃/ |
marteliez /maʁ.tə.lje/ |
martèlent /maʁ.tɛl/ |
| imperfect1 |
martelasse /maʁ.tə.las/ |
martelasses /maʁ.tə.las/ |
martelât /maʁ.tə.la/ |
martelassions /maʁ.tə.la.sjɔ̃/ |
martelassiez /maʁ.tə.la.sje/ |
martelassent /maʁ.tə.las/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | martèle /maʁ.tɛl/ |
— | martelons /maʁ.tə.lɔ̃/ |
martelez /maʁ.tə.le/ |
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Old French
Etymology
Verb
marteler
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-els, *-elt are modified to eaus, eaut. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of marteler (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | marteler | avoir martelé | |||||
| gerund | en martelant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | martelant | ||||||
| past participle | martelé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | martel | marteles | martele | martelons | martelez | martelent |
| imperfect | marteloie, marteleie, marteloe, marteleve | marteloies, marteleies, marteloes, marteleves | marteloit, marteleit, martelot, marteleve | marteliiens, marteliens | marteliiez, marteliez | marteloient, marteleient, marteloent, martelevent | |
| preterite | martelai | martelas | martela | martelames | martelastes | martelerent | |
| future | martelerai | marteleras | martelera | martelerons | marteleroiz, martelereiz, martelerez | marteleront | |
| conditional | marteleroie, martelereie | marteleroies, martelereies | marteleroit, martelereit | marteleriiens, marteleriens | marteleriiez, marteleriez | marteleroient, martelereient | |
| 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 anterior | Use the preterite 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 jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | martel | marteaus | marteaut | martelons | martelez | martelent |
| imperfect | martelasse | martelasses | martelast | martelissons, martelissiens | martelissoiz, martelissez, martelissiez | martelassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | martele | — | martelons | martelez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: marteler