Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb écailler
Introduction to the verb écailler
The English translation of écailler is “to scale” or “to remove scales.” It is pronounced as eh-kah-yay.
Écailler comes from the French word “écaille,” which means “scale” or “shell.” It is most often used in everyday French to refer to the act of removing scales or shells from fish or other seafood.
Examples of usage:
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Je vais écailler les poissons pour le dîner. (I am going to scale the fish for dinner.)
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Il faut d’abord écailler les crevettes avant de les cuire. (You have to remove the scales from the shrimp before cooking them.)
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Les pêcheurs ont passé toute la journée à écailler les huîtres. (The fishermen spent the whole day shucking oysters.)
Écailler – 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 écailler
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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Je | J’écaill | Je suis en train d’écailler des oeufs. | I am shelling some eggs. |
Tu | Tu écaill | Tu écaillis les fruits de mer. | You are shelling the seafood. |
Il | Il écaill | Il écaillit les poissons. | He is scaling the fish. |
Elle | Elle écaill | Elle écaillit les crustacés. | She is shelling the crustaceans. |
On | On écaill | On écaillera les coquilles. | We will shell the shells. |
Nous | Nous écaill | Nous écaillons les noix. | We are shelling the nuts. |
Vous | Vous écaill | Vous écaillerez les huîtres. | You will shuck the oysters. |
Ils | Ils écaill | Ils écaillent les légumes. | They are peeling the vegetables. |
Elles | Elles écaill | Elles écaillent les fruits. | They are peeling the fruits. |
Other Conjugations for Écailler.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb écailler (this article)
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb écailler
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb écailler
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb écailler
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb écailler
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb écailler
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb écailler
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb écailler
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb écailler
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb écailler
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb écailler
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb écailler
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb écailler
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb écailler
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb écailler
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb écailler
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb écailler
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