niveler
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ni.vle/
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Conjugation
This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il nivèle and the third-person singular future indicative il nivèlera.
Conjugation of niveler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | niveler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | nivelant /ni.vlɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | nivelé /ni.vle/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | nivèle /ni.vɛl/ |
nivèles /ni.vɛl/ |
nivèle /ni.vɛl/ |
nivelons /ni.vlɔ̃/ |
nivelez /ni.vle/ |
nivèlent /ni.vɛl/ |
| imperfect | nivelais /ni.vlɛ/ |
nivelais /ni.vlɛ/ |
nivelait /ni.vlɛ/ |
nivelions /ni.və.ljɔ̃/ |
niveliez /ni.və.lje/ |
nivelaient /ni.vlɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | nivelai /ni.vle/ |
nivelas /ni.vla/ |
nivela /ni.vla/ |
nivelâmes /ni.vlam/ |
nivelâtes /ni.vlat/ |
nivelèrent /ni.vlɛʁ/ | |
| future | nivèlerai /ni.vɛl.ʁe/ |
nivèleras /ni.vɛl.ʁa/ |
nivèlera /ni.vɛl.ʁa/ |
nivèlerons /ni.vɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
nivèlerez /ni.vɛl.ʁe/ |
nivèleront /ni.vɛl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | nivèlerais /ni.vɛl.ʁɛ/ |
nivèlerais /ni.vɛl.ʁɛ/ |
nivèlerait /ni.vɛl.ʁɛ/ |
nivèlerions /ni.vɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ni.ve.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
nivèleriez /ni.vɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /ni.ve.lə.ʁje/ |
nivèleraient /ni.vɛl.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | nivèle /ni.vɛl/ |
nivèles /ni.vɛl/ |
nivèle /ni.vɛl/ |
nivelions /ni.və.ljɔ̃/ |
niveliez /ni.və.lje/ |
nivèlent /ni.vɛl/ |
| imperfect2 | nivelasse /ni.vlas/ |
nivelasses /ni.vlas/ |
nivelât /ni.vla/ |
nivelassions /ni.vla.sjɔ̃/ |
nivelassiez /ni.vla.sje/ |
nivelassent /ni.vlas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | nivèle /ni.vɛl/ |
— | nivelons /ni.vlɔ̃/ |
nivelez /ni.vle/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “niveler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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