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tergiverser
tergiverser
French
Verb
tergiverser
Conjugation
Conjugation of tergiverser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | tergiverser | avoir tergiversé | |||||
| gerund | en tergiversant | en ayant tergiversé | |||||
| present participle | tergiversant /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | tergiversé /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.se/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | tergiverse /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁs/ |
tergiverses /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁs/ |
tergiverse /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁs/ |
tergiversons /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sɔ̃/ |
tergiversez /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.se/ |
tergiversent /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁs/ |
| imperfect | tergiversais /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sɛ/ |
tergiversais /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sɛ/ |
tergiversait /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sɛ/ |
tergiversions /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ |
tergiversiez /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sje/ |
tergiversaient /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | tergiversai /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.se/ |
tergiversas /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sa/ |
tergiversa /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sa/ |
tergiversâmes /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sam/ |
tergiversâtes /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sat/ |
tergiversèrent /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | tergiverserai /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ |
tergiverseras /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ |
tergiversera /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ |
tergiverserons /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ |
tergiverserez /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ |
tergiverseront /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | tergiverserais /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
tergiverserais /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
tergiverserait /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
tergiverserions /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
tergiverseriez /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sə.ʁje/ |
tergiverseraient /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sə.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 | tergiverse /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁs/ |
tergiverses /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁs/ |
tergiverse /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁs/ |
tergiversions /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ |
tergiversiez /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sje/ |
tergiversent /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁs/ |
| imperfect1 |
tergiversasse /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sas/ |
tergiversasses /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sas/ |
tergiversât /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sa/ |
tergiversassions /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
tergiversassiez /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sa.sje/ |
tergiversassent /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | tergiverse /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁs/ |
— | tergiversons /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sɔ̃/ |
tergiversez /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.se/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Usage notes
- Do not confuse with English tergiversate