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nettoyer
nettoyer
French
Verb
nettoyer
Conjugation
This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like noyer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the ‘y’ with an ‘i’ before a silent ‘e’.
Conjugation of nettoyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | nettoyer | avoir nettoyé | |||||
| gerund | en nettoyant | en ayant nettoyé | |||||
| present participle | nettoyant /nɛ.twa.jɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | nettoyé /nɛ.twa.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 | nettoie /nɛ.twa/ |
nettoies /nɛ.twa/ |
nettoie /nɛ.twa/ |
nettoyons /nɛ.twa.jɔ̃/ |
nettoyez /nɛ.twa.je/ |
nettoient /nɛ.twa/ |
| imperfect | nettoyais /nɛ.twa.jɛ/ |
nettoyais /nɛ.twa.jɛ/ |
nettoyait /nɛ.twa.jɛ/ |
nettoyions /nɛ.twaj.jɔ̃/ |
nettoyiez /nɛ.twaj.je/ |
nettoyaient /nɛ.twa.jɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | nettoyai /nɛ.twa.je/ |
nettoyas /nɛ.twa.ja/ |
nettoya /nɛ.twa.ja/ |
nettoyâmes /nɛ.twa.jam/ |
nettoyâtes /nɛ.twa.jat/ |
nettoyèrent /nɛ.twa.jɛʁ/ |
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| future | nettoierai /nɛ.twa.ʁe/ |
nettoieras /nɛ.twa.ʁa/ |
nettoiera /nɛ.twa.ʁa/ |
nettoierons /nɛ.twa.ʁɔ̃/ |
nettoierez /nɛ.twa.ʁe/ |
nettoieront /nɛ.twa.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | nettoierais /nɛ.twa.ʁɛ/ |
nettoierais /nɛ.twa.ʁɛ/ |
nettoierait /nɛ.twa.ʁɛ/ |
nettoierions /nɛ.twa.ʁjɔ̃/ |
nettoieriez /nɛ.twa.ʁje/ |
nettoieraient /nɛ.twa.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 | nettoie /nɛ.twa/ |
nettoies /nɛ.twa/ |
nettoie /nɛ.twa/ |
nettoyions /nɛ.twaj.jɔ̃/ |
nettoyiez /nɛ.twaj.je/ |
nettoient /nɛ.twa/ |
| imperfect1 |
nettoyasse /nɛ.twa.jas/ |
nettoyasses /nɛ.twa.jas/ |
nettoyât /nɛ.twa.ja/ |
nettoyassions /nɛ.twa.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
nettoyassiez /nɛ.twa.ja.sje/ |
nettoyassent /nɛ.twa.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 | – | |
| — | nettoie /nɛ.twa/ |
— | nettoyons /nɛ.twa.jɔ̃/ |
nettoyez /nɛ.twa.je/ |
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Related terms
Middle French
Etymology
Verb
nettoyer
- to clean
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of nettoyer
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | nettoyer | avoir nettoyé | |||||
| gerund | en nettoyant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | nettoyant | ||||||
| past participle | nettoyé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | nettoye | nettoyes | nettoye | nettoyons | nettoyez | nettoyent |
| imperfect | nettoyois, nettoyoys | nettoyois, nettoyoys | nettoyoit, nettoyoyt | nettoyions, nettoyyons | nettoyiez, nettoyyez | nettoyoient, nettoyoyent | |
| past historic | nettoya | nettoyas | nettoya | nettoyasmes | nettoyastes | nettoyerent | |
| future | nettoyerai, nettoyeray | nettoyeras | nettoyera | nettoyerons | nettoyerez | nettoyeront | |
| conditional | nettoyerois, nettoyeroys | nettoyerois, nettoyeroys | nettoyeroit, nettoyeroyt | nettoyerions, nettoyeryons | nettoyeriez, nettoyeryez | nettoyeroient, nettoyeroyent | |
| 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 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 ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | nettoye | nettoyes | nettoye | nettoyons | nettoyez | nettoyent |
| imperfect | nettoyasse | nettoyasses | nettoyast | nettoyassions | nettoyassiez | nettoyassent | |
| 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 | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | nettoye | — | nettoyons | nettoyez | — | ||