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ruminer
ruminer
French
Verb
ruminer
- to ruminate (to chew cud)
- to ponder, turn over, chew over (in one's mind)
- 1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manchefr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I:
- Quatre jours se passèrent à ruminer dans sa tête quel nom il lui donnerait
- Four days were spent in turning over in his mind what name he would give him.
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Conjugation
Conjugation of ruminer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | ruminer | avoir ruminé | |||||
| gerund | en ruminant | en ayant ruminé | |||||
| present participle | ruminant /ʁy.mi.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | ruminé /ʁy.mi.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 | rumine /ʁy.min/ |
rumines /ʁy.min/ |
rumine /ʁy.min/ |
ruminons /ʁy.mi.nɔ̃/ |
ruminez /ʁy.mi.ne/ |
ruminent /ʁy.min/ |
| imperfect | ruminais /ʁy.mi.nɛ/ |
ruminais /ʁy.mi.nɛ/ |
ruminait /ʁy.mi.nɛ/ |
ruminions /ʁy.mi.njɔ̃/ |
ruminiez /ʁy.mi.nje/ |
ruminaient /ʁy.mi.nɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | ruminai /ʁy.mi.ne/ |
ruminas /ʁy.mi.na/ |
rumina /ʁy.mi.na/ |
ruminâmes /ʁy.mi.nam/ |
ruminâtes /ʁy.mi.nat/ |
ruminèrent /ʁy.mi.nɛʁ/ |
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| future | ruminerai /ʁy.min.ʁe/ |
rumineras /ʁy.min.ʁa/ |
ruminera /ʁy.min.ʁa/ |
ruminerons /ʁy.min.ʁɔ̃/ |
ruminerez /ʁy.min.ʁe/ |
rumineront /ʁy.min.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | ruminerais /ʁy.min.ʁɛ/ |
ruminerais /ʁy.min.ʁɛ/ |
ruminerait /ʁy.min.ʁɛ/ |
ruminerions /ʁy.mi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
rumineriez /ʁy.mi.nə.ʁje/ |
rumineraient /ʁy.min.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 | rumine /ʁy.min/ |
rumines /ʁy.min/ |
rumine /ʁy.min/ |
ruminions /ʁy.mi.njɔ̃/ |
ruminiez /ʁy.mi.nje/ |
ruminent /ʁy.min/ |
| imperfect1 |
ruminasse /ʁy.mi.nas/ |
ruminasses /ʁy.mi.nas/ |
ruminât /ʁy.mi.na/ |
ruminassions /ʁy.mi.na.sjɔ̃/ |
ruminassiez /ʁy.mi.na.sje/ |
ruminassent /ʁy.mi.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 | – | |
| — | rumine /ʁy.min/ |
— | ruminons /ʁy.mi.nɔ̃/ |
ruminez /ʁy.mi.ne/ |
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