ligner

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Danish

Verb

ligner

  1. present of ligne

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /li.ɲe/
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Verb

ligner

  1. to line, make a line (mark with a line)
  2. to line (add lines to a surface)
  3. (nautical, rare) to fold up (a sail)
  4. (fishing) to fish with a line

Conjugation

Conjugation of ligner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple ligner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple lignant
/li.ɲɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle ligné
/li.ɲe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present ligne
/liɲ/ 		lignes
/liɲ/ 		ligne
/liɲ/ 		lignons
/li.ɲɔ̃/ 		lignez
/li.ɲe/ 		lignent
/liɲ/
imperfect lignais
/li.ɲɛ/ 		lignais
/li.ɲɛ/ 		lignait
/li.ɲɛ/ 		lignions
/li.ɲjɔ̃/ 		ligniez
/li.ɲje/ 		lignaient
/li.ɲɛ/
past historic2 lignai
/li.ɲe/ 		lignas
/li.ɲa/ 		ligna
/li.ɲa/ 		lignâmes
/li.ɲam/ 		lignâtes
/li.ɲat/ 		lignèrent
/li.ɲɛʁ/
future lignerai
/li.ɲə.ʁe/ 		ligneras
/li.ɲə.ʁa/ 		lignera
/li.ɲə.ʁa/ 		lignerons
/li.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ 		lignerez
/li.ɲə.ʁe/ 		ligneront
/li.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional lignerais
/li.ɲə.ʁɛ/ 		lignerais
/li.ɲə.ʁɛ/ 		lignerait
/li.ɲə.ʁɛ/ 		lignerions
/li.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		ligneriez
/li.ɲə.ʁje/ 		ligneraient
/li.ɲə.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 ligne
/liɲ/ 		lignes
/liɲ/ 		ligne
/liɲ/ 		lignions
/li.ɲjɔ̃/ 		ligniez
/li.ɲje/ 		lignent
/liɲ/
imperfect2 lignasse
/li.ɲas/ 		lignasses
/li.ɲas/ 		lignât
/li.ɲa/ 		lignassions
/li.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ 		lignassiez
/li.ɲa.sje/ 		lignassent
/li.ɲas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — ligne
/liɲ/ 		— lignons
/li.ɲɔ̃/ 		lignez
/li.ɲe/ 		—
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

ligner

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of lignor

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Verb

ligner

  1. present of ligne
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