couiner
French
Pronunciation
Verb
couiner
- (intransitive, of an object) to creak, squeak
- (intransitive, of an animal or person) to squeal, squeak
Conjugation
Conjugation of couiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | couiner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | couinant /kwi.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | couiné /kwi.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | couine /kwin/ |
couines /kwin/ |
couine /kwin/ |
couinons /kwi.nɔ̃/ |
couinez /kwi.ne/ |
couinent /kwin/ |
| imperfect | couinais /kwi.nɛ/ |
couinais /kwi.nɛ/ |
couinait /kwi.nɛ/ |
couinions /kwi.njɔ̃/ |
couiniez /kwi.nje/ |
couinaient /kwi.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | couinai /kwi.ne/ |
couinas /kwi.na/ |
couina /kwi.na/ |
couinâmes /kwi.nam/ |
couinâtes /kwi.nat/ |
couinèrent /kwi.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | couinerai /kwin.ʁe/ |
couineras /kwin.ʁa/ |
couinera /kwin.ʁa/ |
couinerons /kwin.ʁɔ̃/ |
couinerez /kwin.ʁe/ |
couineront /kwin.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | couinerais /kwin.ʁɛ/ |
couinerais /kwin.ʁɛ/ |
couinerait /kwin.ʁɛ/ |
couinerions /kwi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
couineriez /kwi.nə.ʁje/ |
couineraient /kwin.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 | couine /kwin/ |
couines /kwin/ |
couine /kwin/ |
couinions /kwi.njɔ̃/ |
couiniez /kwi.nje/ |
couinent /kwin/ |
| imperfect2 | couinasse /kwi.nas/ |
couinasses /kwi.nas/ |
couinât /kwi.na/ |
couinassions /kwi.na.sjɔ̃/ |
couinassiez /kwi.na.sje/ |
couinassent /kwi.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | couine /kwin/ |
— | couinons /kwi.nɔ̃/ |
couinez /kwi.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “couiner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.