Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb vivoter
Introduction to the verb vivoter
The English translation of the French verb vivoter is “to eke out a living” or “to barely survive.” It is pronounced “vee-voh-teh.”
The origin of the word vivoter can be traced back to the Latin word “vivere,” meaning “to live.” In everyday French, vivoter is often used to describe a difficult or meager existence, often with a connotation of struggling or just getting by.
Here are three examples of vivoter in everyday French:
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Je vivotais en faisant des petits boulots avant de trouver un emploi stable. (I was barely making a living doing odd jobs before finding a stable job.)
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Les personnes âgées doivent souvent vivoter avec de petites pensions de retraite. (Elderly people often have to eke out a living with small retirement pensions.)
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Les enfants de la rue doivent apprendre à vivoter pour survivre dans un monde difficile. (Street children must learn to scrape by in order to survive in a harsh world.)
Vivoter – About the French Present Tense
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Common Everyday Usage Patterns For Le Present
Interactions with Other Tenses
Table of the Present Tense Conjugation of vivoter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | je vivote | Je vivote avec mes économies. | I survive with my savings. |
tu | tu vivotes | Tu vivotes au jour le jour. | You scrape by day by day. |
il | il vivote | Il vivote dans la misère. | He barely makes a living. |
elle | elle vivote | Elle vivote avec peu de ressources. | She gets by with few resources. |
on | on vivote | On vivote avec le strict minimum. | We survive on the bare minimum. |
nous | nous vivotons | Nous vivotons dans un petit appartement. | We scrape by in a small apartment. |
vous | vous vivotez | Vous vivotez grâce aux donations. | You get by thanks to donations. |
ils | ils vivotent | Ils vivotent avec l’aide de leur famille. | They make a living with help from their family. |
elles | elles vivotent | Elles vivotent en vendant des objets. | They get by by selling items. |
Other Conjugations for Vivoter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb vivoter (this article)
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb vivoter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb vivoter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb vivoter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb vivoter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb vivoter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb vivoter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb vivoter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb vivoter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb vivoter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb vivoter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb vivoter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb vivoter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb vivoter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb vivoter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb vivoter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb vivoter
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