ruisseller

French

Verb

ruisseller (intransitive)

1. To trickle

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 ruissèlle rather than *il ruisselle. Other verbs conjugated this way include lever and mener. Related but distinct conjugations include those of appeler and préférer.

   Conjugation of ruisseller (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		ruisseller			avoir ruissellé
gerund		en ruissellant			en ayant ruissellé
present participle		ruissellant
past participle		ruissellé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	ruissèlle	ruissèlles	ruissèlle	ruissellons	ruissellez	ruissèllent
	imperfect	ruissellais	ruissellais	ruissellait	ruissellions	ruisselliez	ruissellaient
	past historic1	ruissellai	ruissellas	ruissella	ruissellâmes	ruissellâtes	ruissellèrent
	future	ruissèllerai	ruissèlleras	ruissèllera	ruissèllerons	ruissèllerez	ruissèlleront
	conditional	ruissèllerais	ruissèllerais	ruissèllerait	ruissèllerions	ruissèlleriez	ruissèlleraient
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	ruissèlle	ruissèlles	ruissèlle	ruissellions	ruisselliez	ruissèllent
	imperfect1	ruissellasse	ruissellasses	ruissellât	ruissellassions	ruissellassiez	ruissellassent
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	–
		—	ruissèlle	—	ruissellons	ruissellez	—
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