ardoiser
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Verb
ardoiser
- to cover with slates (or with a slate colour)
- to put it on the slate (pay with an informal credit account)
Conjugation
Conjugation of ardoiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | ardoiser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | ardoisant /aʁ.dwa.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | ardoisé /aʁ.dwa.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | ardoise /aʁ.dwaz/ |
ardoises /aʁ.dwaz/ |
ardoise /aʁ.dwaz/ |
ardoisons /aʁ.dwa.zɔ̃/ |
ardoisez /aʁ.dwa.ze/ |
ardoisent /aʁ.dwaz/ |
| imperfect | ardoisais /aʁ.dwa.zɛ/ |
ardoisais /aʁ.dwa.zɛ/ |
ardoisait /aʁ.dwa.zɛ/ |
ardoisions /aʁ.dwa.zjɔ̃/ |
ardoisiez /aʁ.dwa.zje/ |
ardoisaient /aʁ.dwa.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | ardoisai /aʁ.dwa.ze/ |
ardoisas /aʁ.dwa.za/ |
ardoisa /aʁ.dwa.za/ |
ardoisâmes /aʁ.dwa.zam/ |
ardoisâtes /aʁ.dwa.zat/ |
ardoisèrent /aʁ.dwa.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | ardoiserai /aʁ.dwaz.ʁe/ |
ardoiseras /aʁ.dwaz.ʁa/ |
ardoisera /aʁ.dwaz.ʁa/ |
ardoiserons /aʁ.dwaz.ʁɔ̃/ |
ardoiserez /aʁ.dwaz.ʁe/ |
ardoiseront /aʁ.dwaz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | ardoiserais /aʁ.dwaz.ʁɛ/ |
ardoiserais /aʁ.dwaz.ʁɛ/ |
ardoiserait /aʁ.dwaz.ʁɛ/ |
ardoiserions /aʁ.dwa.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ardoiseriez /aʁ.dwa.zə.ʁje/ |
ardoiseraient /aʁ.dwaz.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 | ardoise /aʁ.dwaz/ |
ardoises /aʁ.dwaz/ |
ardoise /aʁ.dwaz/ |
ardoisions /aʁ.dwa.zjɔ̃/ |
ardoisiez /aʁ.dwa.zje/ |
ardoisent /aʁ.dwaz/ |
| imperfect2 | ardoisasse /aʁ.dwa.zas/ |
ardoisasses /aʁ.dwa.zas/ |
ardoisât /aʁ.dwa.za/ |
ardoisassions /aʁ.dwa.za.sjɔ̃/ |
ardoisassiez /aʁ.dwa.za.sje/ |
ardoisassent /aʁ.dwa.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | ardoise /aʁ.dwaz/ |
— | ardoisons /aʁ.dwa.zɔ̃/ |
ardoisez /aʁ.dwa.ze/ |
— | |
| 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
- “ardoiser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.