tournailler

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French

Etymology

From tourner +‎ -ailler.

Pronunciation

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Verb

tournailler

  1. to wander round and round

Conjugation

Conjugation of tournailler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple tournailler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple tournaillant
/tuʁ.na.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle tournaillé
/tuʁ.na.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present tournaille
/tuʁ.naj/ 		tournailles
/tuʁ.naj/ 		tournaille
/tuʁ.naj/ 		tournaillons
/tuʁ.na.jɔ̃/ 		tournaillez
/tuʁ.na.je/ 		tournaillent
/tuʁ.naj/
imperfect tournaillais
/tuʁ.na.jɛ/ 		tournaillais
/tuʁ.na.jɛ/ 		tournaillait
/tuʁ.na.jɛ/ 		tournaillions
/tuʁ.naj.jɔ̃/ 		tournailliez
/tuʁ.naj.je/ 		tournaillaient
/tuʁ.na.jɛ/
past historic2 tournaillai
/tuʁ.na.je/ 		tournaillas
/tuʁ.na.ja/ 		tournailla
/tuʁ.na.ja/ 		tournaillâmes
/tuʁ.na.jam/ 		tournaillâtes
/tuʁ.na.jat/ 		tournaillèrent
/tuʁ.na.jɛʁ/
future tournaillerai
/tuʁ.naj.ʁe/ 		tournailleras
/tuʁ.naj.ʁa/ 		tournaillera
/tuʁ.naj.ʁa/ 		tournaillerons
/tuʁ.naj.ʁɔ̃/ 		tournaillerez
/tuʁ.naj.ʁe/ 		tournailleront
/tuʁ.naj.ʁɔ̃/
conditional tournaillerais
/tuʁ.naj.ʁɛ/ 		tournaillerais
/tuʁ.naj.ʁɛ/ 		tournaillerait
/tuʁ.naj.ʁɛ/ 		tournaillerions
/tuʁ.na.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		tournailleriez
/tuʁ.na.jə.ʁje/ 		tournailleraient
/tuʁ.naj.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 tournaille
/tuʁ.naj/ 		tournailles
/tuʁ.naj/ 		tournaille
/tuʁ.naj/ 		tournaillions
/tuʁ.naj.jɔ̃/ 		tournailliez
/tuʁ.naj.je/ 		tournaillent
/tuʁ.naj/
imperfect2 tournaillasse
/tuʁ.na.jas/ 		tournaillasses
/tuʁ.na.jas/ 		tournaillât
/tuʁ.na.ja/ 		tournaillassions
/tuʁ.na.ja.sjɔ̃/ 		tournaillassiez
/tuʁ.na.ja.sje/ 		tournaillassent
/tuʁ.na.jas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — tournaille
/tuʁ.naj/ 		— tournaillons
/tuʁ.na.jɔ̃/ 		tournaillez
/tuʁ.na.je/ 		—
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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