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niveler
niveler
French
Verb
niveler
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 nivèle rather than *il nivele. Other verbs conjugated this way include lever and mener. Related but distinct conjugations include those of appeler and préférer.
Conjugation of niveler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | niveler | avoir nivelé | |||||
| gerund | en nivelant | en ayant nivelé | |||||
| present participle | nivelant /ni.vlɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | nivelé /ni.vle/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | nivèle /ni.vɛl/ |
nivèles /ni.vɛl/ |
nivèle /ni.vɛl/ |
nivelons /ni.vlɔ̃/ |
nivelez /ni.vle/ |
nivèlent /ni.vɛl/ |
| imperfect | nivelais /ni.vlɛ/ |
nivelais /ni.vlɛ/ |
nivelait /ni.vlɛ/ |
nivelions /ni.və.ljɔ̃/ |
niveliez /ni.və.lje/ |
nivelaient /ni.vlɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | nivelai /ni.vle/ |
nivelas /ni.vla/ |
nivela /ni.vla/ |
nivelâmes /ni.vlam/ |
nivelâtes /ni.vlat/ |
nivelèrent /ni.vlɛʁ/ |
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| future | nivèlerai /ni.vɛl.ʁe/ |
nivèleras /ni.vɛl.ʁa/ |
nivèlera /ni.vɛl.ʁa/ |
nivèlerons /ni.vɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
nivèlerez /ni.vɛl.ʁe/ |
nivèleront /ni.vɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | nivèlerais /ni.vɛl.ʁɛ/ |
nivèlerais /ni.vɛl.ʁɛ/ |
nivèlerait /ni.vɛl.ʁɛ/ |
nivèlerions /ni.vɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
nivèleriez /ni.vɛ.lə.ʁje/ |
nivèleraient /ni.vɛl.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 | nivèle /ni.vɛl/ |
nivèles /ni.vɛl/ |
nivèle /ni.vɛl/ |
nivelions /ni.və.ljɔ̃/ |
niveliez /ni.və.lje/ |
nivèlent /ni.vɛl/ |
| imperfect1 |
nivelasse /ni.vlas/ |
nivelasses /ni.vlas/ |
nivelât /ni.vla/ |
nivelassions /ni.vla.sjɔ̃/ |
nivelassiez /ni.vla.sje/ |
nivelassent /ni.vlas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | nivèle /ni.vɛl/ |
— | nivelons /ni.vlɔ̃/ |
nivelez /ni.vle/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||