| infinitive | simple | jouer |
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| compound | avoir + past participle |
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| present participle orgerund1 | simple | jouant /ʒwɑ̃/ or/ʒu.ɑ̃/ |
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| compound | ayant + past participle |
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| past participle | joué /ʒwe/ or/ʒu.e/ |
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| singular | plural |
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| first | second | third | first | second | third |
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| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles |
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(simple tenses) | present | joue /ʒu/ | joues /ʒu/ | joue /ʒu/ | jouons /ʒwɔ̃/ or/ʒu.ɔ̃/ | jouez /ʒwe/ or/ʒu.e/ | jouent /ʒu/ |
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| imperfect | jouais /ʒwɛ/ or/ʒu.ɛ/ | jouais /ʒwɛ/ or/ʒu.ɛ/ | jouait /ʒwɛ/ or/ʒu.ɛ/ | jouions /ʒu.jɔ̃/ | jouiez /ʒu.je/ | jouaient /ʒwɛ/ or/ʒu.ɛ/ |
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| past historic2 | jouai /ʒwe/ or/ʒu.e/ | jouas /ʒwa/ or/ʒu.a/ | joua /ʒwa/ or/ʒu.a/ | jouâmes /ʒwam/ or/ʒu.am/ | jouâtes /ʒwat/ or/ʒu.at/ | jouèrent /ʒwɛʁ/ or/ʒu.ɛʁ/ |
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| future | jouerai /ʒu.ʁe/ or/ʒu.ə.ʁe/ | joueras /ʒu.ʁa/ or/ʒu.ə.ʁa/ | jouera /ʒu.ʁa/ or/ʒu.ə.ʁa/ | jouerons /ʒu.ʁɔ̃/ or/ʒu.ə.ʁɔ̃/ | jouerez /ʒu.ʁe/ or/ʒu.ə.ʁe/ | joueront /ʒu.ʁɔ̃/ or/ʒu.ə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | jouerais /ʒu.ʁɛ/ or/ʒu.ə.ʁɛ/ | jouerais /ʒu.ʁɛ/ or/ʒu.ə.ʁɛ/ | jouerait /ʒu.ʁɛ/ or/ʒu.ə.ʁɛ/ | jouerions /ʒu.ʁjɔ̃/ or/ʒu.ə.ʁjɔ̃/ | joueriez /ʒu.ʁje/ or/ʒu.ə.ʁje/ | joueraient /ʒu.ʁɛ/ or/ʒu.ə.ʁɛ/ |
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(compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative ofavoir + past participle |
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| pluperfect | imperfect indicative ofavoir + past participle |
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| past anterior2 | past historic ofavoir + past participle |
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| future perfect | future ofavoir + past participle |
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| conditional perfect | conditional ofavoir + past participle |
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| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles |
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(simple tenses) | present | joue /ʒu/ | joues /ʒu/ | joue /ʒu/ | jouions /ʒu.jɔ̃/ | jouiez /ʒu.je/ | jouent /ʒu/ |
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| imperfect2 | jouasse /ʒwas/ or/ʒu.as/ | jouasses /ʒwas/ or/ʒu.as/ | jouât /ʒwa/ or/ʒu.a/ | jouassions /ʒwa.sjɔ̃/ or/ʒu.a.sjɔ̃/ | jouassiez /ʒwa.sje/ or/ʒu.a.sje/ | jouassent /ʒwas/ or/ʒu.as/ |
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(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive ofavoir + past participle |
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| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive ofavoir + past participle |
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| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – |
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| simple | — | joue /ʒu/ | — | jouons /ʒwɔ̃/ or/ʒu.ɔ̃/ | jouez /ʒwe/ or/ʒu.e/ | — |
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| compound | — | simple imperative ofavoir + past participle | — | simple imperative ofavoir + past participle | simple imperative ofavoir + past participle | — |
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| 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:- past historic → present perfect
- past anterior → pluperfect
- imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
- pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive
(Christopher Kendris [1995],Master the Basics: French, pp.77,78,79,81). |