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ébranler
ébranler
French
Verb
ébranler
- (transitive) to shake, rattle
- (transitive) to weaken (health), disturb, unhinge (spirits)
- (reflexive) to move off, set off (of vehicle)
Conjugation
Conjugation of ébranler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | ébranler | avoir ébranlé | |||||
| gerund | en ébranlant | en ayant ébranlé | |||||
| present participle | ébranlant /e.bʁɑ̃.lɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | ébranlé /e.bʁɑ̃.le/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | ébranle /e.bʁɑ̃l/ |
ébranles /e.bʁɑ̃l/ |
ébranle /e.bʁɑ̃l/ |
ébranlons /e.bʁɑ̃.lɔ̃/ |
ébranlez /e.bʁɑ̃.le/ |
ébranlent /e.bʁɑ̃l/ |
| imperfect | ébranlais /e.bʁɑ̃.lɛ/ |
ébranlais /e.bʁɑ̃.lɛ/ |
ébranlait /e.bʁɑ̃.lɛ/ |
ébranlions /e.bʁɑ̃.ljɔ̃/ |
ébranliez /e.bʁɑ̃.lje/ |
ébranlaient /e.bʁɑ̃.lɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | ébranlai /e.bʁɑ̃.le/ |
ébranlas /e.bʁɑ̃.la/ |
ébranla /e.bʁɑ̃.la/ |
ébranlâmes /e.bʁɑ̃.lam/ |
ébranlâtes /e.bʁɑ̃.lat/ |
ébranlèrent /e.bʁɑ̃.lɛʁ/ |
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| future | ébranlerai /e.bʁɑ̃l.ʁe/ |
ébranleras /e.bʁɑ̃l.ʁa/ |
ébranlera /e.bʁɑ̃l.ʁa/ |
ébranlerons /e.bʁɑ̃l.ʁɔ̃/ |
ébranlerez /e.bʁɑ̃l.ʁe/ |
ébranleront /e.bʁɑ̃l.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | ébranlerais /e.bʁɑ̃l.ʁɛ/ |
ébranlerais /e.bʁɑ̃l.ʁɛ/ |
ébranlerait /e.bʁɑ̃l.ʁɛ/ |
ébranlerions /e.bʁɑ̃.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ébranleriez /e.bʁɑ̃.lə.ʁje/ |
ébranleraient /e.bʁɑ̃l.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | ébranle /e.bʁɑ̃l/ |
ébranles /e.bʁɑ̃l/ |
ébranle /e.bʁɑ̃l/ |
ébranlions /e.bʁɑ̃.ljɔ̃/ |
ébranliez /e.bʁɑ̃.lje/ |
ébranlent /e.bʁɑ̃l/ |
| imperfect1 |
ébranlasse /e.bʁɑ̃.las/ |
ébranlasses /e.bʁɑ̃.las/ |
ébranlât /e.bʁɑ̃.la/ |
ébranlassions /e.bʁɑ̃.la.sjɔ̃/ |
ébranlassiez /e.bʁɑ̃.la.sje/ |
ébranlassent /e.bʁɑ̃.las/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | ébranle /e.bʁɑ̃l/ |
— | ébranlons /e.bʁɑ̃.lɔ̃/ |
ébranlez /e.bʁɑ̃.le/ |
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