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tâtonner
tâtonner
French
Verb
tâtonner
- (intransitive) to feel one's way, grope around
Conjugation
Conjugation of tâtonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | tâtonner | avoir tâtonné | |||||
| gerund | en tâtonnant | en ayant tâtonné | |||||
| present participle | tâtonnant /tɑ.tɔ.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | tâtonné /tɑ.tɔ.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 | tâtonne /tɑ.tɔn/ |
tâtonnes /tɑ.tɔn/ |
tâtonne /tɑ.tɔn/ |
tâtonnons /tɑ.tɔ.nɔ̃/ |
tâtonnez /tɑ.tɔ.ne/ |
tâtonnent /tɑ.tɔn/ |
| imperfect | tâtonnais /tɑ.tɔ.nɛ/ |
tâtonnais /tɑ.tɔ.nɛ/ |
tâtonnait /tɑ.tɔ.nɛ/ |
tâtonnions /tɑ.tɔ.njɔ̃/ |
tâtonniez /tɑ.tɔ.nje/ |
tâtonnaient /tɑ.tɔ.nɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | tâtonnai /tɑ.tɔ.ne/ |
tâtonnas /tɑ.tɔ.na/ |
tâtonna /tɑ.tɔ.na/ |
tâtonnâmes /tɑ.tɔ.nam/ |
tâtonnâtes /tɑ.tɔ.nat/ |
tâtonnèrent /tɑ.tɔ.nɛʁ/ |
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| future | tâtonnerai /tɑ.tɔn.ʁe/ |
tâtonneras /tɑ.tɔn.ʁa/ |
tâtonnera /tɑ.tɔn.ʁa/ |
tâtonnerons /tɑ.tɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
tâtonnerez /tɑ.tɔn.ʁe/ |
tâtonneront /tɑ.tɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | tâtonnerais /tɑ.tɔn.ʁɛ/ |
tâtonnerais /tɑ.tɔn.ʁɛ/ |
tâtonnerait /tɑ.tɔn.ʁɛ/ |
tâtonnerions /tɑ.tɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
tâtonneriez /tɑ.tɔ.nə.ʁje/ |
tâtonneraient /tɑ.tɔn.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 | tâtonne /tɑ.tɔn/ |
tâtonnes /tɑ.tɔn/ |
tâtonne /tɑ.tɔn/ |
tâtonnions /tɑ.tɔ.njɔ̃/ |
tâtonniez /tɑ.tɔ.nje/ |
tâtonnent /tɑ.tɔn/ |
| imperfect1 |
tâtonnasse /tɑ.tɔ.nas/ |
tâtonnasses /tɑ.tɔ.nas/ |
tâtonnât /tɑ.tɔ.na/ |
tâtonnassions /tɑ.tɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
tâtonnassiez /tɑ.tɔ.na.sje/ |
tâtonnassent /tɑ.tɔ.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 | – | |
| — | tâtonne /tɑ.tɔn/ |
— | tâtonnons /tɑ.tɔ.nɔ̃/ |
tâtonnez /tɑ.tɔ.ne/ |
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