Inherited from Old French alener, from Early Medieval Latin alēnāre, metathesized from Latin anhēlāre (“breathe out, breathe forth”). Compare Catalan and Occitan alenar.
The initial ⟨h⟩ was added by analogy with Latin halāre.
halener
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 halène and the third-person singular future indicative il halènera.
| infinitive | simple | halener | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | halenant /al.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | halené /al.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | halène /a.lɛn/ |
halènes /a.lɛn/ |
halène /a.lɛn/ |
halenons /al.nɔ̃/ |
halenez /al.ne/ |
halènent /a.lɛn/ |
| imperfect | halenais /al.nɛ/ |
halenais /al.nɛ/ |
halenait /al.nɛ/ |
halenions /a.lə.njɔ̃/ |
haleniez /a.lə.nje/ |
halenaient /al.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | halenai /al.ne/ |
halenas /al.na/ |
halena /al.na/ |
halenâmes /al.nam/ |
halenâtes /al.nat/ |
halenèrent /al.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | halènerai /a.lɛn.ʁe/ |
halèneras /a.lɛn.ʁa/ |
halènera /a.lɛn.ʁa/ |
halènerons /a.lɛn.ʁɔ̃/ |
halènerez /a.lɛn.ʁe/ |
halèneront /a.lɛn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | halènerais /a.lɛn.ʁɛ/ |
halènerais /a.lɛn.ʁɛ/ |
halènerait /a.lɛn.ʁɛ/ |
halènerions /a.lɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.le.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
halèneriez /a.lɛ.nə.ʁje/ or /a.le.nə.ʁje/ |
halèneraient /a.lɛn.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 | halène /a.lɛn/ |
halènes /a.lɛn/ |
halène /a.lɛn/ |
halenions /a.lə.njɔ̃/ |
haleniez /a.lə.nje/ |
halènent /a.lɛn/ |
| imperfect2 | halenasse /al.nas/ |
halenasses /al.nas/ |
halenât /al.na/ |
halenassions /al.na.sjɔ̃/ |
halenassiez /al.na.sje/ |
halenassent /al.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | halène /a.lɛn/ |
— | halenons /al.nɔ̃/ |
halenez /al.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:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||