branler
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[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
Contraction of Old French brandeler, from Late Latin *brandulare.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /bʁɑ̃le/
[edit] Verb
branler
- (transitive) to shake
- (intransitive) to touch (some work)
- Comme il n'a rien branlé, il reste encore la moitié du boulot à faire. Since he hasn't touched anything, there's still half the work left to do.
- (intransitive)(vulgar, slang) to do
- Qu'est-ce que tu branles? What the fuck are you playing at?
- (transitive)(vulgar, slang) to jerk off (another person)
- Elle m'a branlé, puis j'ai joui. She wanked me off, then I came.
- (reflexive) to masturbate, wank
[edit] Conjugation
Conjugation of branler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | branler | avoir branlé | |||||
| gerund | en branlant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | branlant | ||||||
| past participle | branlé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | branle | branles | branle | branlons | branlez | branlent |
| imperfect | branlais | branlais | branlait | branlions | branliez | branlaient | |
| past historic | branlai | branlas | branla | branlâmes | branlâtes | branlèrent | |
| future | branlerai | branleras | branlera | branlerons | branlerez | branleront | |
| conditional | branlerais | branlerais | branlerait | branlerions | branleriez | branleraient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | branle | branles | branle | branlions | branliez | branlent |
| imperfect | branlasse | branlasses | branlât | branlassions | branlassiez | branlassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | branle | — | branlons | branlez | — | ||
