lester
See also: Lester
French
Etymology
Verb
lester
- to ballast
Conjugation
Conjugation of lester (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | lester | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | lestant /lɛs.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | lesté /lɛs.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | leste /lɛst/ |
lestes /lɛst/ |
leste /lɛst/ |
lestons /lɛs.tɔ̃/ |
lestez /lɛs.te/ |
lestent /lɛst/ |
| imperfect | lestais /lɛs.tɛ/ |
lestais /lɛs.tɛ/ |
lestait /lɛs.tɛ/ |
lestions /lɛs.tjɔ̃/ |
lestiez /lɛs.tje/ |
lestaient /lɛs.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | lestai /lɛs.te/ |
lestas /lɛs.ta/ |
lesta /lɛs.ta/ |
lestâmes /lɛs.tam/ |
lestâtes /lɛs.tat/ |
lestèrent /lɛs.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | lesterai /lɛs.tə.ʁe/ |
lesteras /lɛs.tə.ʁa/ |
lestera /lɛs.tə.ʁa/ |
lesterons /lɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
lesterez /lɛs.tə.ʁe/ |
lesteront /lɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | lesterais /lɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ |
lesterais /lɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ |
lesterait /lɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ |
lesterions /lɛs.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
lesteriez /lɛs.tə.ʁje/ |
lesteraient /lɛs.tə.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 | leste /lɛst/ |
lestes /lɛst/ |
leste /lɛst/ |
lestions /lɛs.tjɔ̃/ |
lestiez /lɛs.tje/ |
lestent /lɛst/ |
| imperfect2 | lestasse /lɛs.tas/ |
lestasses /lɛs.tas/ |
lestât /lɛs.ta/ |
lestassions /lɛs.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
lestassiez /lɛs.ta.sje/ |
lestassent /lɛs.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | leste /lɛst/ |
— | lestons /lɛs.tɔ̃/ |
lestez /lɛs.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
- “lester”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.