crocheter
French
Verb
crocheter
- to pick (a lock)
Conjugation
- This verb is conjugated mostly like the regular -er verbs (parler and chanter and so on), but the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ before a silent or schwa -e-. For example, in the third-person singular present indicative, we have il crochète rather than *il crochete. Other verbs conjugated this way include lever and mener. Related but distinct conjugations include those of appeler and préférer.
Conjugation of crocheter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | crocheter | avoir crocheté | |||||
| gerund | en crochetant | en ayant crocheté | |||||
| present participle | crochetant | ||||||
| past participle | crocheté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | crochète | crochètes | crochète | crochetons | crochetez | crochètent |
| imperfect | crochetais | crochetais | crochetait | crochetions | crochetiez | crochetaient | |
| past historic1 | crochetai | crochetas | crocheta | crochetâmes | crochetâtes | crochetèrent | |
| future | crochèterai | crochèteras | crochètera | crochèterons | crochèterez | crochèteront | |
| conditional | crochèterais | crochèterais | crochèterait | crochèterions | crochèteriez | crochèteraient | |
| 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 | crochète | crochètes | crochète | crochetions | crochetiez | crochètent |
| imperfect1 | crochetasse | crochetasses | crochetât | crochetassions | crochetassiez | crochetassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | crochète | — | crochetons | crochetez | — | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
