cancaner

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɑ̃.ka.ne/
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Verb

cancaner

  1. to gossip
  2. to quack

Conjugation

Conjugation of cancaner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple cancaner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple cancanant
/kɑ̃.ka.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle cancané
/kɑ̃.ka.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present cancane
/kɑ̃.kan/ 		cancanes
/kɑ̃.kan/ 		cancane
/kɑ̃.kan/ 		cancanons
/kɑ̃.ka.nɔ̃/ 		cancanez
/kɑ̃.ka.ne/ 		cancanent
/kɑ̃.kan/
imperfect cancanais
/kɑ̃.ka.nɛ/ 		cancanais
/kɑ̃.ka.nɛ/ 		cancanait
/kɑ̃.ka.nɛ/ 		cancanions
/kɑ̃.ka.njɔ̃/ 		cancaniez
/kɑ̃.ka.nje/ 		cancanaient
/kɑ̃.ka.nɛ/
past historic2 cancanai
/kɑ̃.ka.ne/ 		cancanas
/kɑ̃.ka.na/ 		cancana
/kɑ̃.ka.na/ 		cancanâmes
/kɑ̃.ka.nam/ 		cancanâtes
/kɑ̃.ka.nat/ 		cancanèrent
/kɑ̃.ka.nɛʁ/
future cancanerai
/kɑ̃.kan.ʁe/ 		cancaneras
/kɑ̃.kan.ʁa/ 		cancanera
/kɑ̃.kan.ʁa/ 		cancanerons
/kɑ̃.kan.ʁɔ̃/ 		cancanerez
/kɑ̃.kan.ʁe/ 		cancaneront
/kɑ̃.kan.ʁɔ̃/
conditional cancanerais
/kɑ̃.kan.ʁɛ/ 		cancanerais
/kɑ̃.kan.ʁɛ/ 		cancanerait
/kɑ̃.kan.ʁɛ/ 		cancanerions
/kɑ̃.ka.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		cancaneriez
/kɑ̃.ka.nə.ʁje/ 		cancaneraient
/kɑ̃.kan.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 cancane
/kɑ̃.kan/ 		cancanes
/kɑ̃.kan/ 		cancane
/kɑ̃.kan/ 		cancanions
/kɑ̃.ka.njɔ̃/ 		cancaniez
/kɑ̃.ka.nje/ 		cancanent
/kɑ̃.kan/
imperfect2 cancanasse
/kɑ̃.ka.nas/ 		cancanasses
/kɑ̃.ka.nas/ 		cancanât
/kɑ̃.ka.na/ 		cancanassions
/kɑ̃.ka.na.sjɔ̃/ 		cancanassiez
/kɑ̃.ka.na.sje/ 		cancanassent
/kɑ̃.ka.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — cancane
/kɑ̃.kan/ 		— cancanons
/kɑ̃.ka.nɔ̃/ 		cancanez
/kɑ̃.ka.ne/ 		—
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).

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