alterner

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French

Etymology

From Latin alternāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /al.tɛʁ.ne/
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Verb

alterner

  1. to alternate

Conjugation

Conjugation of alterner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple alterner
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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Latin

Verb

alterner

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of alternō

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

alterner

  1. imperative of alternere
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