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siler
siler
French
Verb
siler
- (intransitive, Quebec) to whistle (make a whistling noise)
Conjugation
Conjugation of siler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | siler | avoir silé | |||||
| gerund | en silant | en ayant silé | |||||
| present participle | silant /si.lɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | silé /si.le/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | sile /sil/ |
siles /sil/ |
sile /sil/ |
silons /si.lɔ̃/ |
silez /si.le/ |
silent /sil/ |
| imperfect | silais /si.lɛ/ |
silais /si.lɛ/ |
silait /si.lɛ/ |
silions /si.ljɔ̃/ |
siliez /si.lje/ |
silaient /si.lɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | silai /si.le/ |
silas /si.la/ |
sila /si.la/ |
silâmes /si.lam/ |
silâtes /si.lat/ |
silèrent /si.lɛʁ/ |
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| future | silerai /sil.ʁe/ |
sileras /sil.ʁa/ |
silera /sil.ʁa/ |
silerons /sil.ʁɔ̃/ |
silerez /sil.ʁe/ |
sileront /sil.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | silerais /sil.ʁɛ/ |
silerais /sil.ʁɛ/ |
silerait /sil.ʁɛ/ |
silerions /si.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
sileriez /si.lə.ʁje/ |
sileraient /sil.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 | sile /sil/ |
siles /sil/ |
sile /sil/ |
silions /si.ljɔ̃/ |
siliez /si.lje/ |
silent /sil/ |
| imperfect1 |
silasse /si.las/ |
silasses /si.las/ |
silât /si.la/ |
silassions /si.la.sjɔ̃/ |
silassiez /si.la.sje/ |
silassent /si.las/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | sile /sil/ |
— | silons /si.lɔ̃/ |
silez /si.le/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||