Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb mitrailler
Introduction to the verb mitrailler
The English translation of the French verb mitrailler is “to strafe” or “to machine gun.” It is pronounced “mee-trah-yay.”
Mitrailler comes from the word “mitraille,” which means shrapnel or bullets. It is most often used in everyday French to describe the action of shooting rapidly and continuously with a machine gun or other automatic weapon.
Here are three simple examples of its usage:
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Les soldats ont commencé à mitrailler les tranchées ennemies. (The soldiers started strafing the enemy trenches.)
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La police a dû mitrailler le suspect qui était armé. (The police had to machine gun the armed suspect.)
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L’avion a mitraillé les cibles au sol. (The plane strafed the targets on the ground.)
Mitrailler – 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 mitrailler
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | mitraille | Je mitraille sans relâche. | I machine-gun relentlessly. |
tu | mitrailles | Tu mitrailles lourdement. | You machine-gun heavily. |
il | mitraille | Il mitraille depuis des heures. | He has been machine-gunning for hours. |
elle | mitraille | Elle mitraille avec précision. | She machine-guns with precision. |
on | mitraille | On mitraille du haut des collines. | We machine-gun from the top of the hills. |
nous | mitraillons | Nous mitraillons les cibles ennemies. | We machine-gun the enemy targets. |
vous | mitraillez | Vous mitraillez avec efficacité. | You machine-gun efficiently. |
ils | mitraillent | Ils mitraillent les positions ennemies. | They machine-gun the enemy positions. |
elles | mitraillent | Elles mitraillent sans relâche. | They machine-gun relentlessly. |
Other Conjugations for Mitrailler.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb mitrailler (this article)
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb mitrailler
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb mitrailler
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb mitrailler
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb mitrailler
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb mitrailler
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb mitrailler
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb mitrailler
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb mitrailler
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb mitrailler
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb mitrailler
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb mitrailler
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb mitrailler
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb mitrailler
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb mitrailler
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb mitrailler
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb mitrailler
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