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clamer
clamer
French
Verb
clamer
- to proclaim
- Il n'a jamais cessé de clamer son innocence.
Conjugation
Conjugation of clamer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | clamer | avoir clamé | |||||
| gerund | en clamant | en ayant clamé | |||||
| present participle | clamant /kla.mɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | clamé /kla.me/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | clame /klam/ |
clames /klam/ |
clame /klam/ |
clamons /kla.mɔ̃/ |
clamez /kla.me/ |
clament /klam/ |
| imperfect | clamais /kla.mɛ/ |
clamais /kla.mɛ/ |
clamait /kla.mɛ/ |
clamions /kla.mjɔ̃/ |
clamiez /kla.mje/ |
clamaient /kla.mɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | clamai /kla.me/ |
clamas /kla.ma/ |
clama /kla.ma/ |
clamâmes /kla.mam/ |
clamâtes /kla.mat/ |
clamèrent /kla.mɛʁ/ |
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| future | clamerai /klam.ʁe/ |
clameras /klam.ʁa/ |
clamera /klam.ʁa/ |
clamerons /klam.ʁɔ̃/ |
clamerez /klam.ʁe/ |
clameront /klam.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | clamerais /klam.ʁɛ/ |
clamerais /klam.ʁɛ/ |
clamerait /klam.ʁɛ/ |
clamerions /kla.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
clameriez /kla.mə.ʁje/ |
clameraient /klam.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 | clame /klam/ |
clames /klam/ |
clame /klam/ |
clamions /kla.mjɔ̃/ |
clamiez /kla.mje/ |
clament /klam/ |
| imperfect1 |
clamasse /kla.mas/ |
clamasses /kla.mas/ |
clamât /kla.ma/ |
clamassions /kla.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
clamassiez /kla.ma.sje/ |
clamassent /kla.mas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | clame /klam/ |
— | clamons /kla.mɔ̃/ |
clamez /kla.me/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
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Old French
Etymology
From Latin clamāre, present active infinitive of clāmō.
Verb
clamer
Related terms
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ms, *-mt are modified to ns, nt. This verb has a stressed present stem claim distinct from the unstressed stem clam. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of clamer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | clamer | avoir clamé | |||||
| gerund | en clamant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | clamant | ||||||
| past participle | clamé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | claim | claimes | claime | clamons | clamez | claiment |
| imperfect | clamoie, clameie, clamoe, clameve | clamoies, clameies, clamoes, clameves | clamoit, clameit, clamot, clameve | clamiiens, clamiens | clamiiez, clamiez | clamoient, clameient, clamoent, clamevent | |
| preterite | clamai | clamas | clama | clamames | clamastes | clamerent | |
| future | clamerai | clameras | clamera | clamerons | clameroiz, clamereiz, clamerez | clameront | |
| conditional | clameroie, clamereie | clameroies, clamereies | clameroit, clamereit | clameriiens, clameriens | clameriiez, clameriez | clameroient, clamereient | |
| 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 anterior | Use the preterite 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 jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | claim | clains | claint | clamons | clamez | claiment |
| imperfect | clamasse | clamasses | clamast | clamissons, clamissiens | clamissoiz, clamissez, clamissiez | clamassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | claime | — | clamons | clamez | — | ||