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abouter
| infinitive | simple | abouter | |||||
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| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle orgerund1 | simple | aboutant /a.bu.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | abouté /a.bu.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | aboute /a.but/ | aboutes /a.but/ | aboute /a.but/ | aboutons /a.bu.tɔ̃/ | aboutez /a.bu.te/ | aboutent /a.but/ |
| imperfect | aboutais /a.bu.tɛ/ | aboutais /a.bu.tɛ/ | aboutait /a.bu.tɛ/ | aboutions /a.bu.tjɔ̃/ | aboutiez /a.bu.tje/ | aboutaient /a.bu.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | aboutai /a.bu.te/ | aboutas /a.bu.ta/ | abouta /a.bu.ta/ | aboutâmes /a.bu.tam/ | aboutâtes /a.bu.tat/ | aboutèrent /a.bu.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | abouterai /a.bu.tʁe/ | abouteras /a.bu.tʁa/ | aboutera /a.bu.tʁa/ | abouterons /a.bu.tʁɔ̃/ | abouterez /a.bu.tʁe/ | abouteront /a.bu.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | abouterais /a.bu.tʁɛ/ | abouterais /a.bu.tʁɛ/ | abouterait /a.bu.tʁɛ/ | abouterions /a.bu.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | abouteriez /a.bu.tə.ʁje/ | abouteraient /a.bu.tʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative ofavoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | aboute /a.but/ | aboutes /a.but/ | aboute /a.but/ | aboutions /a.bu.tjɔ̃/ | aboutiez /a.bu.tje/ | aboutent /a.but/ |
| imperfect2 | aboutasse /a.bu.tas/ | aboutasses /a.bu.tas/ | aboutât /a.bu.ta/ | aboutassions /a.bu.ta.sjɔ̃/ | aboutassiez /a.bu.ta.sje/ | aboutassent /a.bu.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive ofavoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | aboute /a.but/ | — | aboutons /a.bu.tɔ̃/ | aboutez /a.bu.te/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative ofavoir + past participle | — | simple imperative ofavoir + past participle | simple imperative ofavoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the prepositionen. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995],Master the Basics: French, pp.77,78,79,81). | |||||||