expectorer
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
expectorer
- to expectorate
Conjugation
Conjugation of expectorer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | expectorer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | expectorant /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | expectoré /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | expectore /ɛk.spɛk.tɔʁ/ |
expectores /ɛk.spɛk.tɔʁ/ |
expectore /ɛk.spɛk.tɔʁ/ |
expectorons /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁɔ̃/ |
expectorez /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁe/ |
expectorent /ɛk.spɛk.tɔʁ/ |
| imperfect | expectorais /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁɛ/ |
expectorais /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁɛ/ |
expectorait /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁɛ/ |
expectorions /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
expectoriez /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁje/ |
expectoraient /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | expectorai /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁe/ |
expectoras /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁa/ |
expectora /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁa/ |
expectorâmes /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁam/ |
expectorâtes /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁat/ |
expectorèrent /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | expectorerai /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁə.ʁe/ |
expectoreras /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁə.ʁa/ |
expectorera /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁə.ʁa/ |
expectorerons /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
expectorerez /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁə.ʁe/ |
expectoreront /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | expectorerais /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
expectorerais /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
expectorerait /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
expectorerions /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
expectoreriez /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁə.ʁje/ |
expectoreraient /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁə.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 | expectore /ɛk.spɛk.tɔʁ/ |
expectores /ɛk.spɛk.tɔʁ/ |
expectore /ɛk.spɛk.tɔʁ/ |
expectorions /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
expectoriez /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁje/ |
expectorent /ɛk.spɛk.tɔʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | expectorasse /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁas/ |
expectorasses /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁas/ |
expectorât /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁa/ |
expectorassions /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
expectorassiez /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁa.sje/ |
expectorassent /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | expectore /ɛk.spɛk.tɔʁ/ |
— | expectorons /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁɔ̃/ |
expectorez /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁe/ |
— | |
| 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
- “expectorer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.