haleter

French

Etymology

From haler +‎ -et.

Pronunciation

^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /al.te/
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Verb

haleter

to pant (To breathe heavily)

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il halète and the third-person singular future indicative il halètera.

Conjugation of haleter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	haleter
present participle or gerund¹	simple	haletant /al.tɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		haleté /al.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	halète /a.lɛt/	halètes /a.lɛt/	halète /a.lɛt/	haletons /al.tɔ̃/	haletez /al.te/	halètent /a.lɛt/
	imperfect	haletais /al.tɛ/	haletais /al.tɛ/	haletait /al.tɛ/	haletions /a.lə.tjɔ̃/	haletiez /a.lə.tje/	haletaient /al.tɛ/
	past historic²	haletai /al.te/	haletas /al.ta/	haleta /al.ta/	haletâmes /al.tam/	haletâtes /al.tat/	haletèrent /al.tɛʁ/
	future	halèterai /a.lɛ.tʁe/ or /a.le.tʁe/	halèteras /a.lɛ.tʁa/ or /a.le.tʁa/	halètera /a.lɛ.tʁa/ or /a.le.tʁa/	halèterons /a.lɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /a.le.tʁɔ̃/	halèterez /a.lɛ.tʁe/ or /a.le.tʁe/	halèteront /a.lɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /a.le.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	halèterais /a.lɛ.tʁɛ/ or /a.le.tʁɛ/	halèterais /a.lɛ.tʁɛ/ or /a.le.tʁɛ/	halèterait /a.lɛ.tʁɛ/ or /a.le.tʁɛ/	halèterions /a.lɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.le.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	halèteriez /a.lɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /a.le.tə.ʁje/	halèteraient /a.lɛ.tʁɛ/ or /a.le.tʁɛ/
(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	halète /a.lɛt/	halètes /a.lɛt/	halète /a.lɛt/	haletions /a.lə.tjɔ̃/	haletiez /a.lə.tje/	halètent /a.lɛt/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	haletasse /al.tas/	haletasses /al.tas/	haletât /al.ta/	haletassions /al.ta.sjɔ̃/	haletassiez /al.ta.sje/	haletassent /al.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	halète /a.lɛt/	—	haletons /al.tɔ̃/	haletez /al.te/	—
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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