faufiler
See also: faûfiler
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
faufiler
- (sewing) to baste
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to worm one's way, to slink (about)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of faufiler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | faufiler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | faufilant /fo.fi.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | faufilé /fo.fi.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | faufile /fo.fil/ |
faufiles /fo.fil/ |
faufile /fo.fil/ |
faufilons /fo.fi.lɔ̃/ |
faufilez /fo.fi.le/ |
faufilent /fo.fil/ |
| imperfect | faufilais /fo.fi.lɛ/ |
faufilais /fo.fi.lɛ/ |
faufilait /fo.fi.lɛ/ |
faufilions /fo.fi.ljɔ̃/ |
faufiliez /fo.fi.lje/ |
faufilaient /fo.fi.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | faufilai /fo.fi.le/ |
faufilas /fo.fi.la/ |
faufila /fo.fi.la/ |
faufilâmes /fo.fi.lam/ |
faufilâtes /fo.fi.lat/ |
faufilèrent /fo.fi.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | faufilerai /fo.fil.ʁe/ |
faufileras /fo.fil.ʁa/ |
faufilera /fo.fil.ʁa/ |
faufilerons /fo.fil.ʁɔ̃/ |
faufilerez /fo.fil.ʁe/ |
faufileront /fo.fil.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | faufilerais /fo.fil.ʁɛ/ |
faufilerais /fo.fil.ʁɛ/ |
faufilerait /fo.fil.ʁɛ/ |
faufilerions /fo.fi.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
faufileriez /fo.fi.lə.ʁje/ |
faufileraient /fo.fil.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 | faufile /fo.fil/ |
faufiles /fo.fil/ |
faufile /fo.fil/ |
faufilions /fo.fi.ljɔ̃/ |
faufiliez /fo.fi.lje/ |
faufilent /fo.fil/ |
| imperfect2 | faufilasse /fo.fi.las/ |
faufilasses /fo.fi.las/ |
faufilât /fo.fi.la/ |
faufilassions /fo.fi.la.sjɔ̃/ |
faufilassiez /fo.fi.la.sje/ |
faufilassent /fo.fi.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | faufile /fo.fil/ |
— | faufilons /fo.fi.lɔ̃/ |
faufilez /fo.fi.le/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Further reading edit
- “faufiler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.