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gîter
gîter
See also: giter
French
Verb
gîter
- (intransitive, nautical) to list, heel over
- (intransitive, archaic, literary) to (take) shelter, rest
Conjugation
Conjugation of gîter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | gîter | avoir gîté | |||||
| gerund | en gîtant | en ayant gîté | |||||
| present participle | gîtant /ʒi.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | gîté /ʒi.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | gîte /ʒit/ |
gîtes /ʒit/ |
gîte /ʒit/ |
gîtons /ʒi.tɔ̃/ |
gîtez /ʒi.te/ |
gîtent /ʒit/ |
| imperfect | gîtais /ʒi.tɛ/ |
gîtais /ʒi.tɛ/ |
gîtait /ʒi.tɛ/ |
gîtions /ʒi.tjɔ̃/ |
gîtiez /ʒi.tje/ |
gîtaient /ʒi.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | gîtai /ʒi.te/ |
gîtas /ʒi.ta/ |
gîta /ʒi.ta/ |
gîtâmes /ʒi.tam/ |
gîtâtes /ʒi.tat/ |
gîtèrent /ʒi.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | gîterai /ʒi.tʁe/ |
gîteras /ʒi.tʁa/ |
gîtera /ʒi.tʁa/ |
gîterons /ʒi.tʁɔ̃/ |
gîterez /ʒi.tʁe/ |
gîteront /ʒi.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | gîterais /ʒi.tʁɛ/ |
gîterais /ʒi.tʁɛ/ |
gîterait /ʒi.tʁɛ/ |
gîterions /ʒi.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
gîteriez /ʒi.tə.ʁje/ |
gîteraient /ʒi.tʁɛ/ |
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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 | gîte /ʒit/ |
gîtes /ʒit/ |
gîte /ʒit/ |
gîtions /ʒi.tjɔ̃/ |
gîtiez /ʒi.tje/ |
gîtent /ʒit/ |
| imperfect1 |
gîtasse /ʒi.tas/ |
gîtasses /ʒi.tas/ |
gîtât /ʒi.ta/ |
gîtassions /ʒi.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
gîtassiez /ʒi.ta.sje/ |
gîtassent /ʒi.tas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | gîte /ʒit/ |
— | gîtons /ʒi.tɔ̃/ |
gîtez /ʒi.te/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||