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voleter
voleter
French
Verb
voleter
- to flutter
Conjugation
With the exception of appeler, jeter and their derived verbs, all verbs that used to double the consonants can also now be conjugated like amener.
Conjugation of voleter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | voleter | avoir voleté | |||||
| gerund | en voletant | en ayant voleté | |||||
| present participle | voletant /vɔl.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | voleté /vɔl.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | volette or volète /vɔ.lɛt/ |
volettes or volètes /vɔ.lɛt/ |
volette or volète /vɔ.lɛt/ |
voletons /vɔl.tɔ̃/ |
voletez /vɔl.te/ |
volettent or volètent /vɔ.lɛt/ |
| imperfect | voletais /vɔl.tɛ/ |
voletais /vɔl.tɛ/ |
voletait /vɔl.tɛ/ |
voletions /vɔ.lə.tjɔ̃/ |
voletiez /vɔ.lə.tje/ |
voletaient /vɔl.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | voletai /vɔl.te/ |
voletas /vɔl.ta/ |
voleta /vɔl.ta/ |
voletâmes /vɔl.tam/ |
voletâtes /vɔl.tat/ |
voletèrent /vɔl.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | voletterai or volèterai /vɔ.lɛ.tʁe/ |
voletteras or volèteras /vɔ.lɛ.tʁa/ |
volettera or volètera /vɔ.lɛ.tʁa/ |
voletterons or volèterons /vɔ.lɛ.tʁɔ̃/ |
voletterez or volèterez /vɔ.lɛ.tʁe/ |
voletteront or volèteront /vɔ.lɛ.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | voletterais or volèterais /vɔ.lɛ.tʁɛ/ |
voletterais or volèterais /vɔ.lɛ.tʁɛ/ |
voletterait or volèterait /vɔ.lɛ.tʁɛ/ |
voletterions or volèterions /vɔ.lɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
voletteriez or volèteriez /vɔ.lɛ.tə.ʁje/ |
voletteraient or volèteraient /vɔ.lɛ.tʁɛ/ |
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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 | volette or volète /vɔ.lɛt/ |
volettes or volètes /vɔ.lɛt/ |
volette or volète /vɔ.lɛt/ |
voletions /vɔ.lə.tjɔ̃/ |
voletiez /vɔ.lə.tje/ |
volettent or volètent /vɔ.lɛt/ |
| imperfect1 |
voletasse /vɔl.tas/ |
voletasses /vɔl.tas/ |
voletât /vɔl.ta/ |
voletassions /vɔl.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
voletassiez /vɔl.ta.sje/ |
voletassent /vɔl.tas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | volette or volète /vɔ.lɛt/ |
— | voletons /vɔl.tɔ̃/ |
voletez /vɔl.te/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||