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ciller
ciller
French
Verb
ciller
- to blink
- to bat an eyelash
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Conjugation
Conjugation of ciller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | ciller | avoir cillé | |||||
| gerund | en cillant | en ayant cillé | |||||
| present participle | cillant /si.jɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | cillé /si.je/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | cille /sij/ |
cilles /sij/ |
cille /sij/ |
cillons /si.jɔ̃/ |
cillez /si.je/ |
cillent /sij/ |
| imperfect | cillais /si.jɛ/ |
cillais /si.jɛ/ |
cillait /si.jɛ/ |
cillions /sij.jɔ̃/ |
cilliez /sij.je/ |
cillaient /si.jɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | cillai /si.je/ |
cillas /si.ja/ |
cilla /si.ja/ |
cillâmes /si.jam/ |
cillâtes /si.jat/ |
cillèrent /si.jɛʁ/ |
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| future | cillerai /sij.ʁe/ |
cilleras /sij.ʁa/ |
cillera /sij.ʁa/ |
cillerons /sij.ʁɔ̃/ |
cillerez /sij.ʁe/ |
cilleront /sij.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | cillerais /sij.ʁɛ/ |
cillerais /sij.ʁɛ/ |
cillerait /sij.ʁɛ/ |
cillerions /si.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
cilleriez /si.jə.ʁje/ |
cilleraient /sij.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 | cille /sij/ |
cilles /sij/ |
cille /sij/ |
cillions /sij.jɔ̃/ |
cilliez /sij.je/ |
cillent /sij/ |
| imperfect1 |
cillasse /si.jas/ |
cillasses /si.jas/ |
cillât /si.ja/ |
cillassions /si.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
cillassiez /si.ja.sje/ |
cillassent /si.jas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | cille /sij/ |
— | cillons /si.jɔ̃/ |
cillez /si.je/ |
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