siffloter
French edit
Etymology edit
From siffler (“to whistle”) + -oter.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
siffloter
- (intransitive) to whistle (carelessly)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of siffloter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | siffloter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | sifflotant /si.flɔ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | siffloté /si.flɔ.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | sifflote /si.flɔt/ |
sifflotes /si.flɔt/ |
sifflote /si.flɔt/ |
sifflotons /si.flɔ.tɔ̃/ |
sifflotez /si.flɔ.te/ |
sifflotent /si.flɔt/ |
| imperfect | sifflotais /si.flɔ.tɛ/ |
sifflotais /si.flɔ.tɛ/ |
sifflotait /si.flɔ.tɛ/ |
sifflotions /si.flɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
sifflotiez /si.flɔ.tje/ |
sifflotaient /si.flɔ.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | sifflotai /si.flɔ.te/ |
sifflotas /si.flɔ.ta/ |
sifflota /si.flɔ.ta/ |
sifflotâmes /si.flɔ.tam/ |
sifflotâtes /si.flɔ.tat/ |
sifflotèrent /si.flɔ.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | siffloterai /si.flɔ.tʁe/ |
siffloteras /si.flɔ.tʁa/ |
sifflotera /si.flɔ.tʁa/ |
siffloterons /si.flɔ.tʁɔ̃/ |
siffloterez /si.flɔ.tʁe/ |
siffloteront /si.flɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | siffloterais /si.flɔ.tʁɛ/ |
siffloterais /si.flɔ.tʁɛ/ |
siffloterait /si.flɔ.tʁɛ/ |
siffloterions /si.flɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
siffloteriez /si.flɔ.tə.ʁje/ |
siffloteraient /si.flɔ.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 | sifflote /si.flɔt/ |
sifflotes /si.flɔt/ |
sifflote /si.flɔt/ |
sifflotions /si.flɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
sifflotiez /si.flɔ.tje/ |
sifflotent /si.flɔt/ |
| imperfect2 | sifflotasse /si.flɔ.tas/ |
sifflotasses /si.flɔ.tas/ |
sifflotât /si.flɔ.ta/ |
sifflotassions /si.flɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
sifflotassiez /si.flɔ.ta.sje/ |
sifflotassent /si.flɔ.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | sifflote /si.flɔt/ |
— | sifflotons /si.flɔ.tɔ̃/ |
sifflotez /si.flɔ.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “siffloter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.