morceler
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
morceler
Conjugation
With the exception of appeler, jeter and their derived verbs, all verbs that used to double the consonants can now also be conjugated like amener.
Conjugation of morceler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | morceler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | morcelant /mɔʁ.sə.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | morcelé /mɔʁ.sə.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | morcelle or morcèle /mɔʁ.sɛl/ |
morcelles or morcèles /mɔʁ.sɛl/ |
morcelle or morcèle /mɔʁ.sɛl/ |
morcelons /mɔʁ.sə.lɔ̃/ |
morcelez /mɔʁ.sə.le/ |
morcellent or morcèlent /mɔʁ.sɛl/ |
| imperfect | morcelais /mɔʁ.sə.lɛ/ |
morcelais /mɔʁ.sə.lɛ/ |
morcelait /mɔʁ.sə.lɛ/ |
morcelions /mɔʁ.sə.ljɔ̃/ |
morceliez /mɔʁ.sə.lje/ |
morcelaient /mɔʁ.sə.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | morcelai /mɔʁ.sə.le/ |
morcelas /mɔʁ.sə.la/ |
morcela /mɔʁ.sə.la/ |
morcelâmes /mɔʁ.sə.lam/ |
morcelâtes /mɔʁ.sə.lat/ |
morcelèrent /mɔʁ.sə.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | morcellerai or morcèlerai /mɔʁ.sɛl.ʁe/ |
morcelleras or morcèleras /mɔʁ.sɛl.ʁa/ |
morcellera or morcèlera /mɔʁ.sɛl.ʁa/ |
morcellerons or morcèlerons /mɔʁ.sɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
morcellerez or morcèlerez /mɔʁ.sɛl.ʁe/ |
morcelleront or morcèleront /mɔʁ.sɛl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | morcellerais or morcèlerais /mɔʁ.sɛl.ʁɛ/ |
morcellerais or morcèlerais /mɔʁ.sɛl.ʁɛ/ |
morcellerait or morcèlerait /mɔʁ.sɛl.ʁɛ/ |
morcellerions or morcèlerions /mɔʁ.sɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /mɔʁ.se.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
morcelleriez or morcèleriez /mɔʁ.sɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /mɔʁ.se.lə.ʁje/ |
morcelleraient or morcèleraient /mɔʁ.sɛl.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 | morcelle or morcèle /mɔʁ.sɛl/ |
morcelles or morcèles /mɔʁ.sɛl/ |
morcelle or morcèle /mɔʁ.sɛl/ |
morcelions /mɔʁ.sə.ljɔ̃/ |
morceliez /mɔʁ.sə.lje/ |
morcellent or morcèlent /mɔʁ.sɛl/ |
| imperfect2 | morcelasse /mɔʁ.sə.las/ |
morcelasses /mɔʁ.sə.las/ |
morcelât /mɔʁ.sə.la/ |
morcelassions /mɔʁ.sə.la.sjɔ̃/ |
morcelassiez /mɔʁ.sə.la.sje/ |
morcelassent /mɔʁ.sə.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | morcelle or morcèle /mɔʁ.sɛl/ |
— | morcelons /mɔʁ.sə.lɔ̃/ |
morcelez /mɔʁ.sə.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
- “morceler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012