voleter

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɔl.te/
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Verb

voleter

  1. to flutter

Conjugation

With the exception of appeler, jeter and their derived verbs, all verbs that used to double the consonants can now also be conjugated like amener.

Conjugation of voleter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple voleter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple voletant
/vɔl.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle voleté
/vɔl.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present volette or volète
/vɔ.lɛt/ 		volettes or volètes
/vɔ.lɛt/ 		volette or volète
/vɔ.lɛt/ 		voletons
/vɔl.tɔ̃/ 		voletez
/vɔl.te/ 		volettent or volètent
/vɔ.lɛt/
imperfect voletais
/vɔl.tɛ/ 		voletais
/vɔl.tɛ/ 		voletait
/vɔl.tɛ/ 		voletions
/vɔ.lə.tjɔ̃/ 		voletiez
/vɔ.lə.tje/ 		voletaient
/vɔl.tɛ/
past historic2 voletai
/vɔl.te/ 		voletas
/vɔl.ta/ 		voleta
/vɔl.ta/ 		voletâmes
/vɔl.tam/ 		voletâtes
/vɔl.tat/ 		voletèrent
/vɔl.tɛʁ/
future voletterai or volèterai
/vɔ.lɛ.tʁe/ or /vɔ.le.tʁe/ 		voletteras or volèteras
/vɔ.lɛ.tʁa/ or /vɔ.le.tʁa/ 		volettera or volètera
/vɔ.lɛ.tʁa/ or /vɔ.le.tʁa/ 		voletterons or volèterons
/vɔ.lɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /vɔ.le.tʁɔ̃/ 		voletterez or volèterez
/vɔ.lɛ.tʁe/ or /vɔ.le.tʁe/ 		voletteront or volèteront
/vɔ.lɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /vɔ.le.tʁɔ̃/
conditional voletterais or volèterais
/vɔ.lɛ.tʁɛ/ or /vɔ.le.tʁɛ/ 		voletterais or volèterais
/vɔ.lɛ.tʁɛ/ or /vɔ.le.tʁɛ/ 		voletterait or volèterait
/vɔ.lɛ.tʁɛ/ or /vɔ.le.tʁɛ/ 		voletterions or volèterions
/vɔ.lɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /vɔ.le.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		voletteriez or volèteriez
/vɔ.lɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /vɔ.le.tə.ʁje/ 		voletteraient or volèteraient
/vɔ.lɛ.tʁɛ/ or /vɔ.le.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 volette or volète
/vɔ.lɛt/ 		volettes or volètes
/vɔ.lɛt/ 		volette or volète
/vɔ.lɛt/ 		voletions
/vɔ.lə.tjɔ̃/ 		voletiez
/vɔ.lə.tje/ 		volettent or volètent
/vɔ.lɛt/
imperfect2 voletasse
/vɔl.tas/ 		voletasses
/vɔl.tas/ 		voletât
/vɔl.ta/ 		voletassions
/vɔl.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		voletassiez
/vɔl.ta.sje/ 		voletassent
/vɔl.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — volette or volète
/vɔ.lɛt/ 		— voletons
/vɔl.tɔ̃/ 		voletez
/vɔl.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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