zigzaguer
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ziɡ.za.ɡe/
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Verb
zigzaguer
- (intransitive) to zigzag
Conjugation
Conjugation of zigzaguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | zigzaguer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | zigzaguant /ziɡ.za.ɡɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | zigzagué /ziɡ.za.ɡe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | zigzague /ziɡ.zaɡ/ |
zigzagues /ziɡ.zaɡ/ |
zigzague /ziɡ.zaɡ/ |
zigzaguons /ziɡ.za.ɡɔ̃/ |
zigzaguez /ziɡ.za.ɡe/ |
zigzaguent /ziɡ.zaɡ/ |
| imperfect | zigzaguais /ziɡ.za.ɡɛ/ |
zigzaguais /ziɡ.za.ɡɛ/ |
zigzaguait /ziɡ.za.ɡɛ/ |
zigzaguions /ziɡ.za.ɡjɔ̃/ |
zigzaguiez /ziɡ.za.ɡje/ |
zigzaguaient /ziɡ.za.ɡɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | zigzaguai /ziɡ.za.ɡe/ |
zigzaguas /ziɡ.za.ɡa/ |
zigzagua /ziɡ.za.ɡa/ |
zigzaguâmes /ziɡ.za.ɡam/ |
zigzaguâtes /ziɡ.za.ɡat/ |
zigzaguèrent /ziɡ.za.ɡɛʁ/ | |
| future | zigzaguerai /ziɡ.za.ɡʁe/ |
zigzagueras /ziɡ.za.ɡʁa/ |
zigzaguera /ziɡ.za.ɡʁa/ |
zigzaguerons /ziɡ.za.ɡʁɔ̃/ |
zigzaguerez /ziɡ.za.ɡʁe/ |
zigzagueront /ziɡ.za.ɡʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | zigzaguerais /ziɡ.za.ɡʁɛ/ |
zigzaguerais /ziɡ.za.ɡʁɛ/ |
zigzaguerait /ziɡ.za.ɡʁɛ/ |
zigzaguerions /ziɡ.za.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
zigzagueriez /ziɡ.za.ɡə.ʁje/ |
zigzagueraient /ziɡ.za.ɡʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | zigzague /ziɡ.zaɡ/ |
zigzagues /ziɡ.zaɡ/ |
zigzague /ziɡ.zaɡ/ |
zigzaguions /ziɡ.za.ɡjɔ̃/ |
zigzaguiez /ziɡ.za.ɡje/ |
zigzaguent /ziɡ.zaɡ/ |
| imperfect2 | zigzaguasse /ziɡ.za.ɡas/ |
zigzaguasses /ziɡ.za.ɡas/ |
zigzaguât /ziɡ.za.ɡa/ |
zigzaguassions /ziɡ.za.ɡa.sjɔ̃/ |
zigzaguassiez /ziɡ.za.ɡa.sje/ |
zigzaguassent /ziɡ.za.ɡas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | zigzague /ziɡ.zaɡ/ |
— | zigzaguons /ziɡ.za.ɡɔ̃/ |
zigzaguez /ziɡ.za.ɡe/ |
— | |
| 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
- “zigzaguer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.