haleter
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /al.te/
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Verb
haleter
- to pant (To breathe heavily)
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il halète and the third-person singular future indicative il halètera.
Conjugation of haleter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | haleter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | haletant /al.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | haleté /al.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | halète /a.lɛt/ |
halètes /a.lɛt/ |
halète /a.lɛt/ |
haletons /al.tɔ̃/ |
haletez /al.te/ |
halètent /a.lɛt/ |
| imperfect | haletais /al.tɛ/ |
haletais /al.tɛ/ |
haletait /al.tɛ/ |
haletions /a.lə.tjɔ̃/ |
haletiez /a.lə.tje/ |
haletaient /al.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | haletai /al.te/ |
haletas /al.ta/ |
haleta /al.ta/ |
haletâmes /al.tam/ |
haletâtes /al.tat/ |
haletèrent /al.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | halèterai /a.lɛ.tʁe/ or /a.le.tʁe/ |
halèteras /a.lɛ.tʁa/ or /a.le.tʁa/ |
halètera /a.lɛ.tʁa/ or /a.le.tʁa/ |
halèterons /a.lɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /a.le.tʁɔ̃/ |
halèterez /a.lɛ.tʁe/ or /a.le.tʁe/ |
halèteront /a.lɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /a.le.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | halèterais /a.lɛ.tʁɛ/ or /a.le.tʁɛ/ |
halèterais /a.lɛ.tʁɛ/ or /a.le.tʁɛ/ |
halèterait /a.lɛ.tʁɛ/ or /a.le.tʁɛ/ |
halèterions /a.lɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.le.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
halèteriez /a.lɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /a.le.tə.ʁje/ |
halèteraient /a.lɛ.tʁɛ/ or /a.le.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 | halète /a.lɛt/ |
halètes /a.lɛt/ |
halète /a.lɛt/ |
haletions /a.lə.tjɔ̃/ |
haletiez /a.lə.tje/ |
halètent /a.lɛt/ |
| imperfect2 | haletasse /al.tas/ |
haletasses /al.tas/ |
haletât /al.ta/ |
haletassions /al.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
haletassiez /al.ta.sje/ |
haletassent /al.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | halète /a.lɛt/ |
— | haletons /al.tɔ̃/ |
haletez /al.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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “haleter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012