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provoquer
provoquer
French
Verb
provoquer
- to provoke, bring on, bring about
Conjugation
Conjugation of provoquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | provoquer | avoir provoqué | |||||
| gerund | en provoquant | en ayant provoqué | |||||
| present participle | provoquant /pʁɔ.vɔ.kɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | provoqué /pʁɔ.vɔ.ke/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | provoque /pʁɔ.vɔk/ |
provoques /pʁɔ.vɔk/ |
provoque /pʁɔ.vɔk/ |
provoquons /pʁɔ.vɔ.kɔ̃/ |
provoquez /pʁɔ.vɔ.ke/ |
provoquent /pʁɔ.vɔk/ |
| imperfect | provoquais /pʁɔ.vɔ.kɛ/ |
provoquais /pʁɔ.vɔ.kɛ/ |
provoquait /pʁɔ.vɔ.kɛ/ |
provoquions /pʁɔ.vɔ.kjɔ̃/ |
provoquiez /pʁɔ.vɔ.kje/ |
provoquaient /pʁɔ.vɔ.kɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | provoquai /pʁɔ.vɔ.ke/ |
provoquas /pʁɔ.vɔ.ka/ |
provoqua /pʁɔ.vɔ.ka/ |
provoquâmes /pʁɔ.vɔ.kam/ |
provoquâtes /pʁɔ.vɔ.kat/ |
provoquèrent /pʁɔ.vɔ.kɛʁ/ |
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| future | provoquerai /pʁɔ.vɔ.kʁe/ |
provoqueras /pʁɔ.vɔ.kʁa/ |
provoquera /pʁɔ.vɔ.kʁa/ |
provoquerons /pʁɔ.vɔ.kʁɔ̃/ |
provoquerez /pʁɔ.vɔ.kʁe/ |
provoqueront /pʁɔ.vɔ.kʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | provoquerais /pʁɔ.vɔ.kʁɛ/ |
provoquerais /pʁɔ.vɔ.kʁɛ/ |
provoquerait /pʁɔ.vɔ.kʁɛ/ |
provoquerions /pʁɔ.vɔ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
provoqueriez /pʁɔ.vɔ.kə.ʁje/ |
provoqueraient /pʁɔ.vɔ.kʁɛ/ |
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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 | provoque /pʁɔ.vɔk/ |
provoques /pʁɔ.vɔk/ |
provoque /pʁɔ.vɔk/ |
provoquions /pʁɔ.vɔ.kjɔ̃/ |
provoquiez /pʁɔ.vɔ.kje/ |
provoquent /pʁɔ.vɔk/ |
| imperfect1 |
provoquasse /pʁɔ.vɔ.kas/ |
provoquasses /pʁɔ.vɔ.kas/ |
provoquât /pʁɔ.vɔ.ka/ |
provoquassions /pʁɔ.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃/ |
provoquassiez /pʁɔ.vɔ.ka.sje/ |
provoquassent /pʁɔ.vɔ.kas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | provoque /pʁɔ.vɔk/ |
— | provoquons /pʁɔ.vɔ.kɔ̃/ |
provoquez /pʁɔ.vɔ.ke/ |
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