trottiner
French edit
Etymology edit
Diminutive form of trotter, with suffix -iner.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
trottiner
- (intransitive) to trot, to amble
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of trottiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | trottiner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | trottinant /tʁɔ.ti.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | trottiné /tʁɔ.ti.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | trottine /tʁɔ.tin/ |
trottines /tʁɔ.tin/ |
trottine /tʁɔ.tin/ |
trottinons /tʁɔ.ti.nɔ̃/ |
trottinez /tʁɔ.ti.ne/ |
trottinent /tʁɔ.tin/ |
| imperfect | trottinais /tʁɔ.ti.nɛ/ |
trottinais /tʁɔ.ti.nɛ/ |
trottinait /tʁɔ.ti.nɛ/ |
trottinions /tʁɔ.ti.njɔ̃/ |
trottiniez /tʁɔ.ti.nje/ |
trottinaient /tʁɔ.ti.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | trottinai /tʁɔ.ti.ne/ |
trottinas /tʁɔ.ti.na/ |
trottina /tʁɔ.ti.na/ |
trottinâmes /tʁɔ.ti.nam/ |
trottinâtes /tʁɔ.ti.nat/ |
trottinèrent /tʁɔ.ti.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | trottinerai /tʁɔ.tin.ʁe/ |
trottineras /tʁɔ.tin.ʁa/ |
trottinera /tʁɔ.tin.ʁa/ |
trottinerons /tʁɔ.tin.ʁɔ̃/ |
trottinerez /tʁɔ.tin.ʁe/ |
trottineront /tʁɔ.tin.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | trottinerais /tʁɔ.tin.ʁɛ/ |
trottinerais /tʁɔ.tin.ʁɛ/ |
trottinerait /tʁɔ.tin.ʁɛ/ |
trottinerions /tʁɔ.ti.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
trottineriez /tʁɔ.ti.nə.ʁje/ |
trottineraient /tʁɔ.tin.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | trottine /tʁɔ.tin/ |
trottines /tʁɔ.tin/ |
trottine /tʁɔ.tin/ |
trottinions /tʁɔ.ti.njɔ̃/ |
trottiniez /tʁɔ.ti.nje/ |
trottinent /tʁɔ.tin/ |
| imperfect2 | trottinasse /tʁɔ.ti.nas/ |
trottinasses /tʁɔ.ti.nas/ |
trottinât /tʁɔ.ti.na/ |
trottinassions /tʁɔ.ti.na.sjɔ̃/ |
trottinassiez /tʁɔ.ti.na.sje/ |
trottinassent /tʁɔ.ti.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | trottine /tʁɔ.tin/ |
— | trottinons /tʁɔ.ti.nɔ̃/ |
trottinez /tʁɔ.ti.ne/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
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). | |||||||
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “trottiner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.