ligoter
French
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Verb
ligoter
- (transitive) to bind, tie up
Conjugation
Conjugation of ligoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | ligoter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | ligotant /li.ɡɔ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | ligoté /li.ɡɔ.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | ligote /li.ɡɔt/ |
ligotes /li.ɡɔt/ |
ligote /li.ɡɔt/ |
ligotons /li.ɡɔ.tɔ̃/ |
ligotez /li.ɡɔ.te/ |
ligotent /li.ɡɔt/ |
| imperfect | ligotais /li.ɡɔ.tɛ/ |
ligotais /li.ɡɔ.tɛ/ |
ligotait /li.ɡɔ.tɛ/ |
ligotions /li.ɡɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
ligotiez /li.ɡɔ.tje/ |
ligotaient /li.ɡɔ.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | ligotai /li.ɡɔ.te/ |
ligotas /li.ɡɔ.ta/ |
ligota /li.ɡɔ.ta/ |
ligotâmes /li.ɡɔ.tam/ |
ligotâtes /li.ɡɔ.tat/ |
ligotèrent /li.ɡɔ.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | ligoterai /li.ɡɔ.tʁe/ |
ligoteras /li.ɡɔ.tʁa/ |
ligotera /li.ɡɔ.tʁa/ |
ligoterons /li.ɡɔ.tʁɔ̃/ |
ligoterez /li.ɡɔ.tʁe/ |
ligoteront /li.ɡɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | ligoterais /li.ɡɔ.tʁɛ/ |
ligoterais /li.ɡɔ.tʁɛ/ |
ligoterait /li.ɡɔ.tʁɛ/ |
ligoterions /li.ɡɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ligoteriez /li.ɡɔ.tə.ʁje/ |
ligoteraient /li.ɡɔ.tʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | ligote /li.ɡɔt/ |
ligotes /li.ɡɔt/ |
ligote /li.ɡɔt/ |
ligotions /li.ɡɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
ligotiez /li.ɡɔ.tje/ |
ligotent /li.ɡɔt/ |
| imperfect2 | ligotasse /li.ɡɔ.tas/ |
ligotasses /li.ɡɔ.tas/ |
ligotât /li.ɡɔ.ta/ |
ligotassions /li.ɡɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
ligotassiez /li.ɡɔ.ta.sje/ |
ligotassent /li.ɡɔ.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | ligote /li.ɡɔt/ |
— | ligotons /li.ɡɔ.tɔ̃/ |
ligotez /li.ɡɔ.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
- “ligoter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.