clamser
French
Etymology
First attested as crapser, crampser - either of onomatopeic origin or related to crampe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klam.se/
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Verb
clamser
- (colloquial) to die
Conjugation
Conjugation of clamser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | clamser | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | clamsant /klam.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | clamsé /klam.se/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | clamse /klams/ | clamses /klams/ | clamse /klams/ | clamsons /klam.sɔ̃/ | clamsez /klam.se/ | clamsent /klams/ |
imperfect | clamsais /klam.sɛ/ | clamsais /klam.sɛ/ | clamsait /klam.sɛ/ | clamsions /klam.sjɔ̃/ | clamsiez /klam.sje/ | clamsaient /klam.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | clamsai /klam.se/ | clamsas /klam.sa/ | clamsa /klam.sa/ | clamsâmes /klam.sam/ | clamsâtes /klam.sat/ | clamsèrent /klam.sɛʁ/ | |
future | clamserai /klam.sə.ʁe/ | clamseras /klam.sə.ʁa/ | clamsera /klam.sə.ʁa/ | clamserons /klam.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | clamserez /klam.sə.ʁe/ | clamseront /klam.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | clamserais /klam.sə.ʁɛ/ | clamserais /klam.sə.ʁɛ/ | clamserait /klam.sə.ʁɛ/ | clamserions /klam.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | clamseriez /klam.sə.ʁje/ | clamseraient /klam.sə.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 | clamse /klams/ | clamses /klams/ | clamse /klams/ | clamsions /klam.sjɔ̃/ | clamsiez /klam.sje/ | clamsent /klams/ |
imperfect2 | clamsasse /klam.sas/ | clamsasses /klam.sas/ | clamsât /klam.sa/ | clamsassions /klam.sa.sjɔ̃/ | clamsassiez /klam.sa.sje/ | clamsassent /klam.sas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | clamse /klams/ | — | clamsons /klam.sɔ̃/ | clamsez /klam.se/ | — | |
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
- “clamser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.