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recueillir
recueillir
French
Verb
recueillir
- to collect, gather
- to obtain, to win
- to take in (a stray, etc.)
- (reflexive, se recueillir) to collect one's thoughts, to reflect
- (reflexive, se recueillir) to meditate
Conjugation
Conjugation of recueillir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | recueillir | avoir recueilli | |||||
| gerund | en recueillant | en ayant recueilli | |||||
| present participle | recueillant /ʁə.kœ.jɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | recueilli /ʁə.kœ.ji/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | recueille /ʁə.kœj/ |
recueilles /ʁə.kœj/ |
recueille /ʁə.kœj/ |
recueillons /ʁə.kœ.jɔ̃/ |
recueillez /ʁə.kœ.je/ |
recueillent /ʁə.kœj/ |
| imperfect | recueillais /ʁə.kœ.jɛ/ |
recueillais /ʁə.kœ.jɛ/ |
recueillait /ʁə.kœ.jɛ/ |
recueillions /ʁə.kœj.jɔ̃/ |
recueilliez /ʁə.kœj.je/ |
recueillaient /ʁə.kœ.jɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | recueillis /ʁə.kœ.ji/ |
recueillis /ʁə.kœ.ji/ |
recueillit /ʁə.kœ.ji/ |
recueillîmes /ʁə.kœ.jim/ |
recueillîtes /ʁə.kœ.jit/ |
recueillirent /ʁə.kœ.jiʁ/ |
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| future | recueillirai or recueillerai /ʁə.kœ.ji.ʁe/ or /ʁə.kœj.ʁe/ |
recueilliras or recueilleras /ʁə.kœ.ji.ʁa/ or /ʁə.kœj.ʁa/ |
recueillira or recueillera /ʁə.kœ.ji.ʁa/ or /ʁə.kœj.ʁa/ |
recueillirons or recueillerons /ʁə.kœ.ji.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.kœj.ʁɔ̃/ |
recueillirez or recueillerez /ʁə.kœ.ji.ʁe/ or /ʁə.kœj.ʁe/ |
recueilliront or recueilleront /ʁə.kœ.ji.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.kœj.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | recueillirais or recueillerais /ʁə.kœ.ji.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.kœj.ʁɛ/ |
recueillirais or recueillerais /ʁə.kœ.ji.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.kœj.ʁɛ/ |
recueillirait or recueillerait /ʁə.kœ.ji.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.kœj.ʁɛ/ |
recueillirions or recueillerions /ʁə.kœ.ji.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.kœ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
recueilliriez or recueilleriez /ʁə.kœ.ji.ʁje/ or /ʁə.kœ.jə.ʁje/ |
recueilliraient or recueilleraient /ʁə.kœ.ji.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.kœj.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 | recueille /ʁə.kœj/ |
recueilles /ʁə.kœj/ |
recueille /ʁə.kœj/ |
recueillions /ʁə.kœj.jɔ̃/ |
recueilliez /ʁə.kœj.je/ |
recueillent /ʁə.kœj/ |
| imperfect1 |
recueillisse /ʁə.kœ.jis/ |
recueillisses /ʁə.kœ.jis/ |
recueillît /ʁə.kœ.ji/ |
recueillissions /ʁə.kœ.ji.sjɔ̃/ |
recueillissiez /ʁə.kœ.ji.sje/ |
recueillissent /ʁə.kœ.jis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | recueille /ʁə.kœj/ |
— | recueillons /ʁə.kœ.jɔ̃/ |
recueillez /ʁə.kœ.je/ |
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