chouiner

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃwi.ne/

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Verb

chouiner

1. (colloquial) to cry, to whine, to whinge
2. (derogatory) to complain, whine

Conjugation

Conjugation of chouiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	chouiner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	chouinant /ʃwi.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		chouiné /ʃwi.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	chouine /ʃwin/	chouines /ʃwin/	chouine /ʃwin/	chouinons /ʃwi.nɔ̃/	chouinez /ʃwi.ne/	chouinent /ʃwin/
	imperfect	chouinais /ʃwi.nɛ/	chouinais /ʃwi.nɛ/	chouinait /ʃwi.nɛ/	chouinions /ʃwi.njɔ̃/	chouiniez /ʃwi.nje/	chouinaient /ʃwi.nɛ/
	past historic2	chouinai /ʃwi.ne/	chouinas /ʃwi.na/	chouina /ʃwi.na/	chouinâmes /ʃwi.nam/	chouinâtes /ʃwi.nat/	chouinèrent /ʃwi.nɛʁ/
	future	chouinerai /ʃwin.ʁe/	chouineras /ʃwin.ʁa/	chouinera /ʃwin.ʁa/	chouinerons /ʃwin.ʁɔ̃/	chouinerez /ʃwin.ʁe/	chouineront /ʃwin.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	chouinerais /ʃwin.ʁɛ/	chouinerais /ʃwin.ʁɛ/	chouinerait /ʃwin.ʁɛ/	chouinerions /ʃwi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	chouineriez /ʃwi.nə.ʁje/	chouineraient /ʃwin.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	chouine /ʃwin/	chouines /ʃwin/	chouine /ʃwin/	chouinions /ʃwi.njɔ̃/	chouiniez /ʃwi.nje/	chouinent /ʃwin/
	imperfect2	chouinasse /ʃwi.nas/	chouinasses /ʃwi.nas/	chouinât /ʃwi.na/	chouinassions /ʃwi.na.sjɔ̃/	chouinassiez /ʃwi.na.sje/	chouinassent /ʃwi.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	chouine /ʃwin/	—	chouinons /ʃwi.nɔ̃/	chouinez /ʃwi.ne/	—
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).