alterner
French
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editVerb
editalterner
- to alternate
Conjugation
editConjugation of alterner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | alterner | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | alternant /al.tɛʁ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | alterné /al.tɛʁ.ne/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | alterne /al.tɛʁn/ |
alternes /al.tɛʁn/ |
alterne /al.tɛʁn/ |
alternons /al.tɛʁ.nɔ̃/ |
alternez /al.tɛʁ.ne/ |
alternent /al.tɛʁn/ |
imperfect | alternais /al.tɛʁ.nɛ/ |
alternais /al.tɛʁ.nɛ/ |
alternait /al.tɛʁ.nɛ/ |
alternions /al.tɛʁ.njɔ̃/ |
alterniez /al.tɛʁ.nje/ |
alternaient /al.tɛʁ.nɛ/ | |
past historic2 | alternai /al.tɛʁ.ne/ |
alternas /al.tɛʁ.na/ |
alterna /al.tɛʁ.na/ |
alternâmes /al.tɛʁ.nam/ |
alternâtes /al.tɛʁ.nat/ |
alternèrent /al.tɛʁ.nɛʁ/ | |
future | alternerai /al.tɛʁ.nə.ʁe/ |
alterneras /al.tɛʁ.nə.ʁa/ |
alternera /al.tɛʁ.nə.ʁa/ |
alternerons /al.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/ |
alternerez /al.tɛʁ.nə.ʁe/ |
alterneront /al.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | alternerais /al.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
alternerais /al.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
alternerait /al.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
alternerions /al.tɛʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
alterneriez /al.tɛʁ.nə.ʁje/ |
alterneraient /al.tɛʁ.nə.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 | alterne /al.tɛʁn/ |
alternes /al.tɛʁn/ |
alterne /al.tɛʁn/ |
alternions /al.tɛʁ.njɔ̃/ |
alterniez /al.tɛʁ.nje/ |
alternent /al.tɛʁn/ |
imperfect2 | alternasse /al.tɛʁ.nas/ |
alternasses /al.tɛʁ.nas/ |
alternât /al.tɛʁ.na/ |
alternassions /al.tɛʁ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
alternassiez /al.tɛʁ.na.sje/ |
alternassent /al.tɛʁ.nas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | alterne /al.tɛʁn/ |
— | alternons /al.tɛʁ.nɔ̃/ |
alternez /al.tɛʁ.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
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “alterner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
editLatin
editVerb
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