échiner
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
échiner
- to break someone's back
- (Louisiana) to wear out, to tire
- (reflexive, literally and figuratively) to break one's back
- (reflexive, Louisiana) to tire oneself out
Conjugation
Conjugation of échiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | échiner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | échinant /e.ʃi.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | échiné /e.ʃi.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | échine /e.ʃin/ |
échines /e.ʃin/ |
échine /e.ʃin/ |
échinons /e.ʃi.nɔ̃/ |
échinez /e.ʃi.ne/ |
échinent /e.ʃin/ |
| imperfect | échinais /e.ʃi.nɛ/ |
échinais /e.ʃi.nɛ/ |
échinait /e.ʃi.nɛ/ |
échinions /e.ʃi.njɔ̃/ |
échiniez /e.ʃi.nje/ |
échinaient /e.ʃi.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | échinai /e.ʃi.ne/ |
échinas /e.ʃi.na/ |
échina /e.ʃi.na/ |
échinâmes /e.ʃi.nam/ |
échinâtes /e.ʃi.nat/ |
échinèrent /e.ʃi.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | échinerai /e.ʃin.ʁe/ |
échineras /e.ʃin.ʁa/ |
échinera /e.ʃin.ʁa/ |
échinerons /e.ʃin.ʁɔ̃/ |
échinerez /e.ʃin.ʁe/ |
échineront /e.ʃin.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | échinerais /e.ʃin.ʁɛ/ |
échinerais /e.ʃin.ʁɛ/ |
échinerait /e.ʃin.ʁɛ/ |
échinerions /e.ʃi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
échineriez /e.ʃi.nə.ʁje/ |
échineraient /e.ʃin.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | échine /e.ʃin/ |
échines /e.ʃin/ |
échine /e.ʃin/ |
échinions /e.ʃi.njɔ̃/ |
échiniez /e.ʃi.nje/ |
échinent /e.ʃin/ |
| imperfect2 | échinasse /e.ʃi.nas/ |
échinasses /e.ʃi.nas/ |
échinât /e.ʃi.na/ |
échinassions /e.ʃi.na.sjɔ̃/ |
échinassiez /e.ʃi.na.sje/ |
échinassent /e.ʃi.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | échine /e.ʃin/ |
— | échinons /e.ʃi.nɔ̃/ |
échinez /e.ʃi.ne/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “échiner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.