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poireauter
poireauter
French
Verb
poireauter
- (colloquial) to hang around, to hang
- Il m'a fait poireauter 4 jours
- He left me hanging for 4 days
- Il m'a fait poireauter 4 jours
Conjugation
Conjugation of poireauter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | poireauter | avoir poireauté | |||||
| gerund | en poireautant | en ayant poireauté | |||||
| present participle | poireautant /pwa.ʁo.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | poireauté /pwa.ʁo.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | poireaute /pwa.ʁot/ |
poireautes /pwa.ʁot/ |
poireaute /pwa.ʁot/ |
poireautons /pwa.ʁo.tɔ̃/ |
poireautez /pwa.ʁo.te/ |
poireautent /pwa.ʁot/ |
| imperfect | poireautais /pwa.ʁo.tɛ/ |
poireautais /pwa.ʁo.tɛ/ |
poireautait /pwa.ʁo.tɛ/ |
poireautions /pwa.ʁo.tjɔ̃/ |
poireautiez /pwa.ʁo.tje/ |
poireautaient /pwa.ʁo.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | poireautai /pwa.ʁo.te/ |
poireautas /pwa.ʁo.ta/ |
poireauta /pwa.ʁo.ta/ |
poireautâmes /pwa.ʁo.tam/ |
poireautâtes /pwa.ʁo.tat/ |
poireautèrent /pwa.ʁo.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | poireauterai /pwa.ʁo.tʁe/ |
poireauteras /pwa.ʁo.tʁa/ |
poireautera /pwa.ʁo.tʁa/ |
poireauterons /pwa.ʁo.tʁɔ̃/ |
poireauterez /pwa.ʁo.tʁe/ |
poireauteront /pwa.ʁo.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | poireauterais /pwa.ʁo.tʁɛ/ |
poireauterais /pwa.ʁo.tʁɛ/ |
poireauterait /pwa.ʁo.tʁɛ/ |
poireauterions /pwa.ʁo.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
poireauteriez /pwa.ʁo.tə.ʁje/ |
poireauteraient /pwa.ʁo.tʁɛ/ |
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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 | poireaute /pwa.ʁot/ |
poireautes /pwa.ʁot/ |
poireaute /pwa.ʁot/ |
poireautions /pwa.ʁo.tjɔ̃/ |
poireautiez /pwa.ʁo.tje/ |
poireautent /pwa.ʁot/ |
| imperfect1 |
poireautasse /pwa.ʁo.tas/ |
poireautasses /pwa.ʁo.tas/ |
poireautât /pwa.ʁo.ta/ |
poireautassions /pwa.ʁo.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
poireautassiez /pwa.ʁo.ta.sje/ |
poireautassent /pwa.ʁo.tas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | poireaute /pwa.ʁot/ |
— | poireautons /pwa.ʁo.tɔ̃/ |
poireautez /pwa.ʁo.te/ |
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