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sabler
sabler
French
Etymology
From sable
Pronunciation
Verb
sabler
- to sand (cover with sand)
- to sandblast
- (drinking) to chug (drink quickly)
- (cooking) to cut butter or fat into flour to form a pebbly mixture
Conjugation
Conjugation of sabler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | sabler | avoir sablé | |||||
| gerund | en sablant | en ayant sablé | |||||
| present participle | sablant /sa.blɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | sablé /sa.ble/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | sable /sabl/ |
sables /sabl/ |
sable /sabl/ |
sablons /sa.blɔ̃/ |
sablez /sa.ble/ |
sablent /sabl/ |
| imperfect | sablais /sa.blɛ/ |
sablais /sa.blɛ/ |
sablait /sa.blɛ/ |
sablions /sa.bli.jɔ̃/ |
sabliez /sa.bli.je/ |
sablaient /sa.blɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | sablai /sa.ble/ |
sablas /sa.bla/ |
sabla /sa.bla/ |
sablâmes /sa.blam/ |
sablâtes /sa.blat/ |
sablèrent /sa.blɛʁ/ |
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| future | sablerai /sa.blə.ʁe/ |
sableras /sa.blə.ʁa/ |
sablera /sa.blə.ʁa/ |
sablerons /sa.blə.ʁɔ̃/ |
sablerez /sa.blə.ʁe/ |
sableront /sa.blə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | sablerais /sa.blə.ʁɛ/ |
sablerais /sa.blə.ʁɛ/ |
sablerait /sa.blə.ʁɛ/ |
sablerions /sa.blə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
sableriez /sa.blə.ʁje/ |
sableraient /sa.blə.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 | sable /sabl/ |
sables /sabl/ |
sable /sabl/ |
sablions /sa.bli.jɔ̃/ |
sabliez /sa.bli.je/ |
sablent /sabl/ |
| imperfect1 |
sablasse /sa.blas/ |
sablasses /sa.blas/ |
sablât /sa.bla/ |
sablassions /sa.bla.sjɔ̃/ |
sablassiez /sa.bla.sje/ |
sablassent /sa.blas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | sable /sabl/ |
— | sablons /sa.blɔ̃/ |
sablez /sa.ble/ |
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