Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb claboter
Introduction to the verb claboter
The English translation of the French verb “claboter” is “to splash” or “to slosh.” The infinitive form “claboter” is pronounced as “kla-boh-tey.”
The word “claboter” comes from the Old French word “clabauder,” which means “to gossip” or “to speak loudly.” Over time, it evolved to mean “to splash” or “to make a sloshing sound.” In everyday French, the verb is often used to describe the action of liquid splashing or making a noise.
In the Passé Simple tense (Simple Past) in French, “claboter” would be conjugated as follows:
- Je clabotai (I splashed)
- Tu clabotas (You splashed)
- Il/Elle/On clabota (He/She/One splashed)
- Nous clabotâmes (We splashed)
- Vous clabotâtes (You splashed)
- Ils/Elles clabotèrent (They splashed)
Examples of “claboter” in the Passé Simple tense and their English translations:
- Hier, je clabotai dans une flaque d’eau. (Yesterday, I splashed in a puddle.)
- Les enfants clabotèrent joyeusement dans la piscine. (The children splashed happily in the pool.)
- Le bateau clabota contre les rochers. (The boat sloshed against the rocks.)
Table of the Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of claboter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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Je | clabotai | J’ai clabotai dans la boue. | I splashed in the mud. |
Tu | clabotas | Tu clabotas dans la flaque. | You splashed in the puddle. |
Il | clabota | Il clabota dans la rivière. | He splashed in the river. |
Elle | clabota | Elle clabota dans la mare. | She splashed in the pond. |
On | clabota | On clabota dans la piscine. | One splashed in the pool. |
Nous | clabotâmes | Nous clabotâmes dans l’océan. | We splashed in the ocean. |
Vous | clabotâtes | Vous clabotâtes dans le lac. | You splashed in the lake. |
Ils | clabotèrent | Ils clabotèrent dans la mer. | They splashed in the sea. |
Elles | clabotèrent | Elles clabotèrent dans la rivière. | They (feminine) splashed in the river. |
Other Conjugations for Claboter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb claboter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb claboter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb claboter (You’re reading it right now!)
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb claboter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb claboter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb claboter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb claboter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb claboter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb claboter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb claboter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb claboter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb claboter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb claboter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb claboter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb claboter
Conditionnel Passé II (Conditional Past II) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb claboter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb claboter
L’impératif Passé (Imperative Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb claboter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb claboter
L’infinitif Passé (Infinitive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb claboter
Le Participe Présent (Present Participle) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb claboter
Le Participe Passé (Past Participle) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb claboter
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Claboter – About the French Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense
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Passé Composé
Imparfait
Conditional and Subjunctive
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