trottiner
French
Etymology
Diminutive form of trotter, with suffix -iner.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʁɔ.ti.ne/
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Verb
trottiner
- (intransitive) to trot, to amble
Conjugation
Conjugation of trottiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | trottiner | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | trottinant /tʁɔ.ti.nɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | trottiné /tʁɔ.ti.ne/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | trottine /tʁɔ.tin/ | trottines /tʁɔ.tin/ | trottine /tʁɔ.tin/ | trottinons /tʁɔ.ti.nɔ̃/ | trottinez /tʁɔ.ti.ne/ | trottinent /tʁɔ.tin/ |
imperfect | trottinais /tʁɔ.ti.nɛ/ | trottinais /tʁɔ.ti.nɛ/ | trottinait /tʁɔ.ti.nɛ/ | trottinions /tʁɔ.ti.njɔ̃/ | trottiniez /tʁɔ.ti.nje/ | trottinaient /tʁɔ.ti.nɛ/ | |
past historic2 | trottinai /tʁɔ.ti.ne/ | trottinas /tʁɔ.ti.na/ | trottina /tʁɔ.ti.na/ | trottinâmes /tʁɔ.ti.nam/ | trottinâtes /tʁɔ.ti.nat/ | trottinèrent /tʁɔ.ti.nɛʁ/ | |
future | trottinerai /tʁɔ.tin.ʁe/ | trottineras /tʁɔ.tin.ʁa/ | trottinera /tʁɔ.tin.ʁa/ | trottinerons /tʁɔ.tin.ʁɔ̃/ | trottinerez /tʁɔ.tin.ʁe/ | trottineront /tʁɔ.tin.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | trottinerais /tʁɔ.tin.ʁɛ/ | trottinerais /tʁɔ.tin.ʁɛ/ | trottinerait /tʁɔ.tin.ʁɛ/ | trottinerions /tʁɔ.ti.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ | trottineriez /tʁɔ.ti.nə.ʁje/ | trottineraient /tʁɔ.tin.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 | trottine /tʁɔ.tin/ | trottines /tʁɔ.tin/ | trottine /tʁɔ.tin/ | trottinions /tʁɔ.ti.njɔ̃/ | trottiniez /tʁɔ.ti.nje/ | trottinent /tʁɔ.tin/ |
imperfect2 | trottinasse /tʁɔ.ti.nas/ | trottinasses /tʁɔ.ti.nas/ | trottinât /tʁɔ.ti.na/ | trottinassions /tʁɔ.ti.na.sjɔ̃/ | trottinassiez /tʁɔ.ti.na.sje/ | trottinassent /tʁɔ.ti.nas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | trottine /tʁɔ.tin/ | — | trottinons /tʁɔ.ti.nɔ̃/ | trottinez /tʁɔ.ti.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
- trottinette
Further reading
- “trottiner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- titreront