touer
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /twe/
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Verb
touer
- (nautical) to tug or tow a ship, to haul a barge
- Synonyms: haler, remorquer
Conjugation
Conjugation of touer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | touer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | touant /twɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | toué /twe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | toue /tu/ | toues /tu/ | toue /tu/ | touons /twɔ̃/ | touez /twe/ | touent /tu/ |
imperfect | touais /twɛ/ | touais /twɛ/ | touait /twɛ/ | touions /tu.jɔ̃/ | touiez /tu.je/ | touaient /twɛ/ | |
past historic2 | touai /twe/ | touas /twa/ | toua /twa/ | touâmes /twam/ | touâtes /twat/ | touèrent /twɛʁ/ | |
future | touerai /tu.ʁe/ | toueras /tu.ʁa/ | touera /tu.ʁa/ | touerons /tu.ʁɔ̃/ | touerez /tu.ʁe/ | toueront /tu.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | touerais /tu.ʁɛ/ | touerais /tu.ʁɛ/ | touerait /tu.ʁɛ/ | touerions /tu.ʁjɔ̃/ | toueriez /tu.ʁje/ | toueraient /tu.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 | toue /tu/ | toues /tu/ | toue /tu/ | touions /tu.jɔ̃/ | touiez /tu.je/ | touent /tu/ |
imperfect2 | touasse /twas/ | touasses /twas/ | touât /twa/ | touassions /twa.sjɔ̃/ | touassiez /twa.sje/ | touassent /twas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | toue /tu/ | — | touons /twɔ̃/ | touez /twe/ | — | |
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
- touage
- toueur
Further reading
- “touer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.