Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb décavaillonner
Introduction to the verb décavaillonner
The English translation of the French verb décavaillonner is “to hill up”.
The infinitive form, décavaillonner, is pronounced as “de-kah-vah-yoh-nay”.
The word décavaillonner originates from the combination of the prefix “dé-” (which indicates separation or reversal) and the noun “cavaillon” (meaning a furrow or trench in the soil). It is most often used in everyday French to refer to the agricultural practice of forming small ridges or mounds of soil around the base of plants, typically done to promote root development or protect against frost.
Examples of usage:
- J’ai décavaillonné les plants de pommes de terre. (I hilled up the potato plants.)
- Il est important de décavaillonner les jeunes pousses de haricots. (It is important to hill up the young bean shoots.)
- Les viticulteurs décavaillonnent les vignes pour protéger les racines des gelées. (Winemakers hill up the vines to protect the roots from frost.)
Décavaillonner – 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 décavaillonner
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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Je | décavaillonne | Je décavaillonne les mauvaises herbes. | I weed out the weeds. |
Tu | décavaillonnes | Tu décavaillonnes le champ chaque semaine. | You weed out the field every week. |
Il | décavaillonne | Il décavaillonne la terre pour planter des légumes. | He weeds out the soil to plant vegetables. |
Elle | décavaillonne | Elle décavaillonne les plates-bandes du jardin. | She weeds out the flowerbeds in the garden. |
On | décavaillonne | On décavaillonne les parterres d’herbes aromatiques. | One weeds out the herb beds. |
Nous | décavaillonnons | Nous décavaillonnons les plantations de tomates. | We weed out the tomato plantations. |
Vous | décavaillonnez | Vous décavaillonnez les rangées de fleurs. | You weed out the rows of flowers. |
Ils | décavaillonnent | Ils décavaillonnent les champs de maïs. | They weed out the corn fields. |
Elles | décavaillonnent | Elles décavaillonnent les vignes. | They weed out the vineyards. |
Other Conjugations for Décavaillonner.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb décavaillonner (You’re reading it right now!)
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décavaillonner
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décavaillonner
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décavaillonner
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décavaillonner
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décavaillonner
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décavaillonner
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décavaillonner
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décavaillonner
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décavaillonner
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décavaillonner
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décavaillonner
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décavaillonner
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décavaillonner
Conditionnel Passé II (Conditional Past II) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décavaillonner
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décavaillonner
L’impératif Passé (Imperative Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décavaillonner
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décavaillonner
L’infinitif Passé (Infinitive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décavaillonner
Le Participe Présent (Present Participle) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décavaillonner
Le Participe Passé (Past Participle) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décavaillonner
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