alterner
French
Etymology
From Latin alternō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /al.tɛʁ.ne/
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Verb
alterner
- to alternate
Conjugation
Conjugation of alterner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | alterner | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | alternant /al.tɛʁ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | alterné /al.tɛʁ.ne/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | alterne /al.tɛʁn/ | alternes /al.tɛʁn/ | alterne /al.tɛʁn/ | alternons /al.tɛʁ.nɔ̃/ | alternez /al.tɛʁ.ne/ | alternent /al.tɛʁn/ |
imperfect | alternais /al.tɛʁ.nɛ/ | alternais /al.tɛʁ.nɛ/ | alternait /al.tɛʁ.nɛ/ | alternions /al.tɛʁ.njɔ̃/ | alterniez /al.tɛʁ.nje/ | alternaient /al.tɛʁ.nɛ/ | |
past historic2 | alternai /al.tɛʁ.ne/ | alternas /al.tɛʁ.na/ | alterna /al.tɛʁ.na/ | alternâmes /al.tɛʁ.nam/ | alternâtes /al.tɛʁ.nat/ | alternèrent /al.tɛʁ.nɛʁ/ | |
future | alternerai /al.tɛʁ.nə.ʁe/ | alterneras /al.tɛʁ.nə.ʁa/ | alternera /al.tɛʁ.nə.ʁa/ | alternerons /al.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/ | alternerez /al.tɛʁ.nə.ʁe/ | alterneront /al.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | alternerais /al.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ | alternerais /al.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ | alternerait /al.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ | alternerions /al.tɛʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ | alterneriez /al.tɛʁ.nə.ʁje/ | alterneraient /al.tɛʁ.nə.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 | alterne /al.tɛʁn/ | alternes /al.tɛʁn/ | alterne /al.tɛʁn/ | alternions /al.tɛʁ.njɔ̃/ | alterniez /al.tɛʁ.nje/ | alternent /al.tɛʁn/ |
imperfect2 | alternasse /al.tɛʁ.nas/ | alternasses /al.tɛʁ.nas/ | alternât /al.tɛʁ.na/ | alternassions /al.tɛʁ.na.sjɔ̃/ | alternassiez /al.tɛʁ.na.sje/ | alternassent /al.tɛʁ.nas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | alterne /al.tɛʁn/ | — | alternons /al.tɛʁ.nɔ̃/ | alternez /al.tɛʁ.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
- alternance
- alternateur
- circulation alternée
- garde alternée
Related terms
- alternatif
Further reading
- “alterner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- râlèrent
Latin
Verb
alterner
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of alternō
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
alterner
- imperative of alternere