pianoter
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pja.nɔ.te/
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Verb
pianoter
- to play the piano poorly
- to drum the fingers
- (computing, mildly humorous) to type (use a computer keyboard), to type away at
Conjugation
Conjugation of pianoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | pianoter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | pianotant /pja.nɔ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | pianoté /pja.nɔ.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | pianote /pja.nɔt/ |
pianotes /pja.nɔt/ |
pianote /pja.nɔt/ |
pianotons /pja.nɔ.tɔ̃/ |
pianotez /pja.nɔ.te/ |
pianotent /pja.nɔt/ |
| imperfect | pianotais /pja.nɔ.tɛ/ |
pianotais /pja.nɔ.tɛ/ |
pianotait /pja.nɔ.tɛ/ |
pianotions /pja.nɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
pianotiez /pja.nɔ.tje/ |
pianotaient /pja.nɔ.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | pianotai /pja.nɔ.te/ |
pianotas /pja.nɔ.ta/ |
pianota /pja.nɔ.ta/ |
pianotâmes /pja.nɔ.tam/ |
pianotâtes /pja.nɔ.tat/ |
pianotèrent /pja.nɔ.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | pianoterai /pja.nɔ.tʁe/ |
pianoteras /pja.nɔ.tʁa/ |
pianotera /pja.nɔ.tʁa/ |
pianoterons /pja.nɔ.tʁɔ̃/ |
pianoterez /pja.nɔ.tʁe/ |
pianoteront /pja.nɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | pianoterais /pja.nɔ.tʁɛ/ |
pianoterais /pja.nɔ.tʁɛ/ |
pianoterait /pja.nɔ.tʁɛ/ |
pianoterions /pja.nɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
pianoteriez /pja.nɔ.tə.ʁje/ |
pianoteraient /pja.nɔ.tʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | pianote /pja.nɔt/ |
pianotes /pja.nɔt/ |
pianote /pja.nɔt/ |
pianotions /pja.nɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
pianotiez /pja.nɔ.tje/ |
pianotent /pja.nɔt/ |
| imperfect2 | pianotasse /pja.nɔ.tas/ |
pianotasses /pja.nɔ.tas/ |
pianotât /pja.nɔ.ta/ |
pianotassions /pja.nɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
pianotassiez /pja.nɔ.ta.sje/ |
pianotassent /pja.nɔ.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | pianote /pja.nɔt/ |
— | pianotons /pja.nɔ.tɔ̃/ |
pianotez /pja.nɔ.te/ |
— | |
| 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
- “pianoter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.