Learned derivative of Latin tremulus (“trembling”).[1] Morphological doublet of trembler.
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trémuler
| infinitive | simple | trémuler | |||||
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| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | trémulant /tʁe.my.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | trémulé /tʁe.my.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | trémule /tʁe.myl/ |
trémules /tʁe.myl/ |
trémule /tʁe.myl/ |
trémulons /tʁe.my.lɔ̃/ |
trémulez /tʁe.my.le/ |
trémulent /tʁe.myl/ |
| imperfect | trémulais /tʁe.my.lɛ/ |
trémulais /tʁe.my.lɛ/ |
trémulait /tʁe.my.lɛ/ |
trémulions /tʁe.my.ljɔ̃/ |
trémuliez /tʁe.my.lje/ |
trémulaient /tʁe.my.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | trémulai /tʁe.my.le/ |
trémulas /tʁe.my.la/ |
trémula /tʁe.my.la/ |
trémulâmes /tʁe.my.lam/ |
trémulâtes /tʁe.my.lat/ |
trémulèrent /tʁe.my.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | trémulerai /tʁe.myl.ʁe/ |
trémuleras /tʁe.myl.ʁa/ |
trémulera /tʁe.myl.ʁa/ |
trémulerons /tʁe.myl.ʁɔ̃/ |
trémulerez /tʁe.myl.ʁe/ |
trémuleront /tʁe.myl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | trémulerais /tʁe.myl.ʁɛ/ |
trémulerais /tʁe.myl.ʁɛ/ |
trémulerait /tʁe.myl.ʁɛ/ |
trémulerions /tʁe.my.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
trémuleriez /tʁe.my.lə.ʁje/ |
trémuleraient /tʁe.myl.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 | trémule /tʁe.myl/ |
trémules /tʁe.myl/ |
trémule /tʁe.myl/ |
trémulions /tʁe.my.ljɔ̃/ |
trémuliez /tʁe.my.lje/ |
trémulent /tʁe.myl/ |
| imperfect2 | trémulasse /tʁe.my.las/ |
trémulasses /tʁe.my.las/ |
trémulât /tʁe.my.la/ |
trémulassions /tʁe.my.la.sjɔ̃/ |
trémulassiez /tʁe.my.la.sje/ |
trémulassent /tʁe.my.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | trémule /tʁe.myl/ |
— | trémulons /tʁe.my.lɔ̃/ |
trémulez /tʁe.my.le/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||