arpenter
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aʁ.pɑ̃.te/
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Verb
arpenter
Conjugation
Conjugation of arpenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | arpenter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | arpentant /aʁ.pɑ̃.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | arpenté /aʁ.pɑ̃.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | arpente /aʁ.pɑ̃t/ |
arpentes /aʁ.pɑ̃t/ |
arpente /aʁ.pɑ̃t/ |
arpentons /aʁ.pɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
arpentez /aʁ.pɑ̃.te/ |
arpentent /aʁ.pɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect | arpentais /aʁ.pɑ̃.tɛ/ |
arpentais /aʁ.pɑ̃.tɛ/ |
arpentait /aʁ.pɑ̃.tɛ/ |
arpentions /aʁ.pɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
arpentiez /aʁ.pɑ̃.tje/ |
arpentaient /aʁ.pɑ̃.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | arpentai /aʁ.pɑ̃.te/ |
arpentas /aʁ.pɑ̃.ta/ |
arpenta /aʁ.pɑ̃.ta/ |
arpentâmes /aʁ.pɑ̃.tam/ |
arpentâtes /aʁ.pɑ̃.tat/ |
arpentèrent /aʁ.pɑ̃.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | arpenterai /aʁ.pɑ̃.tʁe/ |
arpenteras /aʁ.pɑ̃.tʁa/ |
arpentera /aʁ.pɑ̃.tʁa/ |
arpenterons /aʁ.pɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
arpenterez /aʁ.pɑ̃.tʁe/ |
arpenteront /aʁ.pɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | arpenterais /aʁ.pɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
arpenterais /aʁ.pɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
arpenterait /aʁ.pɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
arpenterions /aʁ.pɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
arpenteriez /aʁ.pɑ̃.tə.ʁje/ |
arpenteraient /aʁ.pɑ̃.tʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | arpente /aʁ.pɑ̃t/ |
arpentes /aʁ.pɑ̃t/ |
arpente /aʁ.pɑ̃t/ |
arpentions /aʁ.pɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
arpentiez /aʁ.pɑ̃.tje/ |
arpentent /aʁ.pɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect2 | arpentasse /aʁ.pɑ̃.tas/ |
arpentasses /aʁ.pɑ̃.tas/ |
arpentât /aʁ.pɑ̃.ta/ |
arpentassions /aʁ.pɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
arpentassiez /aʁ.pɑ̃.ta.sje/ |
arpentassent /aʁ.pɑ̃.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | arpente /aʁ.pɑ̃t/ |
— | arpentons /aʁ.pɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
arpentez /aʁ.pɑ̃.te/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “arpenter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012