emperler
French
Etymology
em- (“en-”, transitive verb prefix) + perle (“pearl”) + -er (verbal suffix)
Pronunciation
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Verb
emperler
- to impearl (decorate with pearls)
Conjugation
Conjugation of emperler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | emperler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | emperlant /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | emperlé /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | emperle /ɑ̃.pɛʁl/ |
emperles /ɑ̃.pɛʁl/ |
emperle /ɑ̃.pɛʁl/ |
emperlons /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lɔ̃/ |
emperlez /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.le/ |
emperlent /ɑ̃.pɛʁl/ |
| imperfect | emperlais /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lɛ/ |
emperlais /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lɛ/ |
emperlait /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lɛ/ |
emperlions /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.ljɔ̃/ |
emperliez /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lje/ |
emperlaient /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | emperlai /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.le/ |
emperlas /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.la/ |
emperla /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.la/ |
emperlâmes /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lam/ |
emperlâtes /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lat/ |
emperlèrent /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | emperlerai /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lə.ʁe/ |
emperleras /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lə.ʁa/ |
emperlera /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lə.ʁa/ |
emperlerons /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lə.ʁɔ̃/ |
emperlerez /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lə.ʁe/ |
emperleront /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | emperlerais /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lə.ʁɛ/ |
emperlerais /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lə.ʁɛ/ |
emperlerait /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lə.ʁɛ/ |
emperlerions /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
emperleriez /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lə.ʁje/ |
emperleraient /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lə.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 | emperle /ɑ̃.pɛʁl/ |
emperles /ɑ̃.pɛʁl/ |
emperle /ɑ̃.pɛʁl/ |
emperlions /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.ljɔ̃/ |
emperliez /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lje/ |
emperlent /ɑ̃.pɛʁl/ |
| imperfect2 | emperlasse /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.las/ |
emperlasses /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.las/ |
emperlât /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.la/ |
emperlassions /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.la.sjɔ̃/ |
emperlassiez /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.la.sje/ |
emperlassent /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | emperle /ɑ̃.pɛʁl/ |
— | emperlons /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lɔ̃/ |
emperlez /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.le/ |
— | |
| 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
- “emperler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.