gribouiller
French
Pronunciation
Verb
gribouiller
- to scribble (write something scruffily)
- to doodle (to draw or scribble aimlessly)
- to scribble on (cover with messy writing)
Conjugation
Conjugation of gribouiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | gribouiller | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | gribouillant /ɡʁi.bu.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | gribouillé /ɡʁi.bu.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | gribouille /ɡʁi.buj/ |
gribouilles /ɡʁi.buj/ |
gribouille /ɡʁi.buj/ |
gribouillons /ɡʁi.bu.jɔ̃/ |
gribouillez /ɡʁi.bu.je/ |
gribouillent /ɡʁi.buj/ |
| imperfect | gribouillais /ɡʁi.bu.jɛ/ |
gribouillais /ɡʁi.bu.jɛ/ |
gribouillait /ɡʁi.bu.jɛ/ |
gribouillions /ɡʁi.buj.jɔ̃/ |
gribouilliez /ɡʁi.buj.je/ |
gribouillaient /ɡʁi.bu.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | gribouillai /ɡʁi.bu.je/ |
gribouillas /ɡʁi.bu.ja/ |
gribouilla /ɡʁi.bu.ja/ |
gribouillâmes /ɡʁi.bu.jam/ |
gribouillâtes /ɡʁi.bu.jat/ |
gribouillèrent /ɡʁi.bu.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | gribouillerai /ɡʁi.buj.ʁe/ |
gribouilleras /ɡʁi.buj.ʁa/ |
gribouillera /ɡʁi.buj.ʁa/ |
gribouillerons /ɡʁi.buj.ʁɔ̃/ |
gribouillerez /ɡʁi.buj.ʁe/ |
gribouilleront /ɡʁi.buj.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | gribouillerais /ɡʁi.buj.ʁɛ/ |
gribouillerais /ɡʁi.buj.ʁɛ/ |
gribouillerait /ɡʁi.buj.ʁɛ/ |
gribouillerions /ɡʁi.bu.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
gribouilleriez /ɡʁi.bu.jə.ʁje/ |
gribouilleraient /ɡʁi.buj.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 | gribouille /ɡʁi.buj/ |
gribouilles /ɡʁi.buj/ |
gribouille /ɡʁi.buj/ |
gribouillions /ɡʁi.buj.jɔ̃/ |
gribouilliez /ɡʁi.buj.je/ |
gribouillent /ɡʁi.buj/ |
| imperfect2 | gribouillasse /ɡʁi.bu.jas/ |
gribouillasses /ɡʁi.bu.jas/ |
gribouillât /ɡʁi.bu.ja/ |
gribouillassions /ɡʁi.bu.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
gribouillassiez /ɡʁi.bu.ja.sje/ |
gribouillassent /ɡʁi.bu.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | gribouille /ɡʁi.buj/ |
— | gribouillons /ɡʁi.bu.jɔ̃/ |
gribouillez /ɡʁi.bu.je/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
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Further reading
- “gribouiller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.