pédaler
See also: pedaler
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
pédaler
- to pedal (a bicycle)
Conjugation
Conjugation of pédaler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | pédaler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | pédalant /pe.da.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | pédalé /pe.da.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | pédale /pe.dal/ | pédales /pe.dal/ | pédale /pe.dal/ | pédalons /pe.da.lɔ̃/ | pédalez /pe.da.le/ | pédalent /pe.dal/ |
| imperfect | pédalais /pe.da.lɛ/ | pédalais /pe.da.lɛ/ | pédalait /pe.da.lɛ/ | pédalions /pe.da.ljɔ̃/ | pédaliez /pe.da.lje/ | pédalaient /pe.da.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | pédalai /pe.da.le/ | pédalas /pe.da.la/ | pédala /pe.da.la/ | pédalâmes /pe.da.lam/ | pédalâtes /pe.da.lat/ | pédalèrent /pe.da.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | pédalerai /pe.dal.ʁe/ | pédaleras /pe.dal.ʁa/ | pédalera /pe.dal.ʁa/ | pédalerons /pe.dal.ʁɔ̃/ | pédalerez /pe.dal.ʁe/ | pédaleront /pe.dal.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | pédalerais /pe.dal.ʁɛ/ | pédalerais /pe.dal.ʁɛ/ | pédalerait /pe.dal.ʁɛ/ | pédalerions /pe.da.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ | pédaleriez /pe.da.lə.ʁje/ | pédaleraient /pe.dal.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 | pédale /pe.dal/ | pédales /pe.dal/ | pédale /pe.dal/ | pédalions /pe.da.ljɔ̃/ | pédaliez /pe.da.lje/ | pédalent /pe.dal/ |
| imperfect2 | pédalasse /pe.da.las/ | pédalasses /pe.da.las/ | pédalât /pe.da.la/ | pédalassions /pe.da.la.sjɔ̃/ | pédalassiez /pe.da.la.sje/ | pédalassent /pe.da.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | pédale /pe.dal/ | — | pédalons /pe.da.lɔ̃/ | pédalez /pe.da.le/ | — | |
| 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
- pédalage
- pédaler dans la choucroute/pédaler dans la semoule
- rétropédaler
Further reading
- “pédaler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.