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ronronner
ronronner
French
Verb
ronronner
- to purr
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Conjugation
Conjugation of ronronner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | ronronner | avoir ronronné | |||||
| gerund | en ronronnant | en ayant ronronné | |||||
| present participle | ronronnant /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | ronronné /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.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 | ronronne /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/ |
ronronnes /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/ |
ronronne /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/ |
ronronnons /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɔ̃/ |
ronronnez /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.ne/ |
ronronnent /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/ |
| imperfect | ronronnais /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɛ/ |
ronronnais /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɛ/ |
ronronnait /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɛ/ |
ronronnions /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.njɔ̃/ |
ronronniez /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nje/ |
ronronnaient /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | ronronnai /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.ne/ |
ronronnas /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.na/ |
ronronna /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.na/ |
ronronnâmes /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nam/ |
ronronnâtes /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nat/ |
ronronnèrent /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɛʁ/ |
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| future | ronronnerai /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁe/ |
ronronneras /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁa/ |
ronronnera /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁa/ |
ronronnerons /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
ronronnerez /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁe/ |
ronronneront /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | ronronnerais /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁɛ/ |
ronronnerais /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁɛ/ |
ronronnerait /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁɛ/ |
ronronnerions /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ronronneriez /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nə.ʁje/ |
ronronneraient /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.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 | ronronne /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/ |
ronronnes /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/ |
ronronne /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/ |
ronronnions /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.njɔ̃/ |
ronronniez /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nje/ |
ronronnent /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/ |
| imperfect1 |
ronronnasse /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nas/ |
ronronnasses /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nas/ |
ronronnât /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.na/ |
ronronnassions /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
ronronnassiez /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.na.sje/ |
ronronnassent /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.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 | – | |
| — | ronronne /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/ |
— | ronronnons /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɔ̃/ |
ronronnez /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.ne/ |
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