Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
Introduction to the verb cligner
The English translation of the French verb “cligner” is “to blink” or “to wink”. The pronunciation of the infinitive form “cligner” is /klee-nyey/.
Cligner comes from the Middle French word “clignier”, which originated from the Old French “clignier” meaning “to close one’s eyes halfway”. In everyday French, cligner is commonly used to refer to the action of blinking or winking.
Examples:
- Je cligne des yeux lorsque la lumière est vive. (I blink when the light is bright.)
- Elle cligne de l’œil pour me faire un clin d’œil. (She winks to give me a wink.)
- Ne cligne pas des yeux pendant le spectacle. (Don’t blink during the show.)
Note: The pronunciation is an approximation using English phonetics.
Cligner – 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 cligner
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | je cligne | Je cligne des yeux. | I blink. |
tu | tu clignes | Tu clignes des yeux. | You blink. |
il | il cligne | Il cligne des yeux. | He blinks. |
elle | elle cligne | Elle cligne des yeux. | She blinks. |
on | on cligne | On cligne des yeux. | One blinks. |
nous | nous clignons | Nous clignons des yeux. | We blink. |
vous | vous clignez | Vous clignez des yeux. | You blink. |
ils | ils clignent | Ils clignent des yeux. | They blink. |
elles | elles clignent | Elles clignent des yeux. | They blink. |
Other Conjugations for Cligner.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb cligner (You’re reading it right now!)
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
Conditionnel Passé II (Conditional Past II) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
L’impératif Passé (Imperative Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
L’infinitif Passé (Infinitive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
Le Participe Présent (Present Participle) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
Le Participe Passé (Past Participle) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
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