cureter

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ky.ʁə.te/
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Verb

cureter

  1. to curette

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 curète and the third-person singular future indicative il curètera.

Conjugation of cureter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple cureter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple curetant
/kyʁ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle cureté
/kyʁ.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present curète
/ky.ʁɛt/ 		curètes
/ky.ʁɛt/ 		curète
/ky.ʁɛt/ 		curetons
/kyʁ.tɔ̃/ 		curetez
/kyʁ.te/ 		curètent
/ky.ʁɛt/
imperfect curetais
/kyʁ.tɛ/ 		curetais
/kyʁ.tɛ/ 		curetait
/kyʁ.tɛ/ 		curetions
/ky.ʁə.tjɔ̃/ 		curetiez
/ky.ʁə.tje/ 		curetaient
/kyʁ.tɛ/
past historic2 curetai
/kyʁ.te/ 		curetas
/kyʁ.ta/ 		cureta
/kyʁ.ta/ 		curetâmes
/kyʁ.tam/ 		curetâtes
/kyʁ.tat/ 		curetèrent
/kyʁ.tɛʁ/
future curèterai
/ky.ʁɛ.tʁe/ or /ky.ʁe.tʁe/ 		curèteras
/ky.ʁɛ.tʁa/ or /ky.ʁe.tʁa/ 		curètera
/ky.ʁɛ.tʁa/ or /ky.ʁe.tʁa/ 		curèterons
/ky.ʁɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ky.ʁe.tʁɔ̃/ 		curèterez
/ky.ʁɛ.tʁe/ or /ky.ʁe.tʁe/ 		curèteront
/ky.ʁɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ky.ʁe.tʁɔ̃/
conditional curèterais
/ky.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ky.ʁe.tʁɛ/ 		curèterais
/ky.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ky.ʁe.tʁɛ/ 		curèterait
/ky.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ky.ʁe.tʁɛ/ 		curèterions
/ky.ʁɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ky.ʁe.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		curèteriez
/ky.ʁɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /ky.ʁe.tə.ʁje/ 		curèteraient
/ky.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ky.ʁe.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 curète
/ky.ʁɛt/ 		curètes
/ky.ʁɛt/ 		curète
/ky.ʁɛt/ 		curetions
/ky.ʁə.tjɔ̃/ 		curetiez
/ky.ʁə.tje/ 		curètent
/ky.ʁɛt/
imperfect2 curetasse
/kyʁ.tas/ 		curetasses
/kyʁ.tas/ 		curetât
/kyʁ.ta/ 		curetassions
/kyʁ.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		curetassiez
/kyʁ.ta.sje/ 		curetassent
/kyʁ.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — curète
/ky.ʁɛt/ 		— curetons
/kyʁ.tɔ̃/ 		curetez
/kyʁ.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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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