persiffler

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁ.si.fle/

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Verb

persiffler

1. post-1990 spelling of persifler

Conjugation

Conjugation of persiffler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	persiffler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	persifflant /pɛʁ.si.flɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		persifflé /pɛʁ.si.fle/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	persiffle /pɛʁ.sifl/	persiffles /pɛʁ.sifl/	persiffle /pɛʁ.sifl/	persifflons /pɛʁ.si.flɔ̃/	persifflez /pɛʁ.si.fle/	persifflent /pɛʁ.sifl/
	imperfect	persifflais /pɛʁ.si.flɛ/	persifflais /pɛʁ.si.flɛ/	persifflait /pɛʁ.si.flɛ/	persifflions /pɛʁ.si.fli.jɔ̃/	persiffliez /pɛʁ.si.fli.je/	persifflaient /pɛʁ.si.flɛ/
	past historic2	persifflai /pɛʁ.si.fle/	persifflas /pɛʁ.si.fla/	persiffla /pɛʁ.si.fla/	persifflâmes /pɛʁ.si.flam/	persifflâtes /pɛʁ.si.flat/	persifflèrent /pɛʁ.si.flɛʁ/
	future	persifflerai /pɛʁ.si.flə.ʁe/	persiffleras /pɛʁ.si.flə.ʁa/	persifflera /pɛʁ.si.flə.ʁa/	persifflerons /pɛʁ.si.flə.ʁɔ̃/	persifflerez /pɛʁ.si.flə.ʁe/	persiffleront /pɛʁ.si.flə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	persifflerais /pɛʁ.si.flə.ʁɛ/	persifflerais /pɛʁ.si.flə.ʁɛ/	persifflerait /pɛʁ.si.flə.ʁɛ/	persifflerions /pɛʁ.si.flə.ʁjɔ̃/	persiffleriez /pɛʁ.si.flə.ʁje/	persiffleraient /pɛʁ.si.flə.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	persiffle /pɛʁ.sifl/	persiffles /pɛʁ.sifl/	persiffle /pɛʁ.sifl/	persifflions /pɛʁ.si.fli.jɔ̃/	persiffliez /pɛʁ.si.fli.je/	persifflent /pɛʁ.sifl/
	imperfect2	persifflasse /pɛʁ.si.flas/	persifflasses /pɛʁ.si.flas/	persifflât /pɛʁ.si.fla/	persifflassions /pɛʁ.si.fla.sjɔ̃/	persifflassiez /pɛʁ.si.fla.sje/	persifflassent /pɛʁ.si.flas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	persiffle /pɛʁ.sifl/	—	persifflons /pɛʁ.si.flɔ̃/	persifflez /pɛʁ.si.fle/	—
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).