échiner

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French

Pronunciation

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Verb

échiner

  1. to break someone's back
  2. (Louisiana) to wear out, to tire
  3. (reflexive, literally and figuratively) to break one's back
  4. (reflexive, Louisiana) to tire oneself out

Conjugation

Conjugation of échiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple échiner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple échinant
/e.ʃi.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle échiné
/e.ʃi.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present échine
/e.ʃin/ 		échines
/e.ʃin/ 		échine
/e.ʃin/ 		échinons
/e.ʃi.nɔ̃/ 		échinez
/e.ʃi.ne/ 		échinent
/e.ʃin/
imperfect échinais
/e.ʃi.nɛ/ 		échinais
/e.ʃi.nɛ/ 		échinait
/e.ʃi.nɛ/ 		échinions
/e.ʃi.njɔ̃/ 		échiniez
/e.ʃi.nje/ 		échinaient
/e.ʃi.nɛ/
past historic2 échinai
/e.ʃi.ne/ 		échinas
/e.ʃi.na/ 		échina
/e.ʃi.na/ 		échinâmes
/e.ʃi.nam/ 		échinâtes
/e.ʃi.nat/ 		échinèrent
/e.ʃi.nɛʁ/
future échinerai
/e.ʃin.ʁe/ 		échineras
/e.ʃin.ʁa/ 		échinera
/e.ʃin.ʁa/ 		échinerons
/e.ʃin.ʁɔ̃/ 		échinerez
/e.ʃin.ʁe/ 		échineront
/e.ʃin.ʁɔ̃/
conditional échinerais
/e.ʃin.ʁɛ/ 		échinerais
/e.ʃin.ʁɛ/ 		échinerait
/e.ʃin.ʁɛ/ 		échinerions
/e.ʃi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		échineriez
/e.ʃi.nə.ʁje/ 		échineraient
/e.ʃin.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 échine
/e.ʃin/ 		échines
/e.ʃin/ 		échine
/e.ʃin/ 		échinions
/e.ʃi.njɔ̃/ 		échiniez
/e.ʃi.nje/ 		échinent
/e.ʃin/
imperfect2 échinasse
/e.ʃi.nas/ 		échinasses
/e.ʃi.nas/ 		échinât
/e.ʃi.na/ 		échinassions
/e.ʃi.na.sjɔ̃/ 		échinassiez
/e.ʃi.na.sje/ 		échinassent
/e.ʃi.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — échine
/e.ʃin/ 		— échinons
/e.ʃi.nɔ̃/ 		échinez
/e.ʃi.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:
  • 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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