ligner

Danish

Verb

ligner

  1. present of ligne

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /li.ɲe/
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Verb

ligner

  1. to line, make a line (mark with a line)
  2. to line (add lines to a surface)
  3. (nautical, rare) to fold up (a sail)
  4. (fishing) to fish with a line

Conjugation
Conjugation of ligner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple ligner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple lignant
/li.ɲɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle ligné
/li.ɲe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present ligne
/liɲ/		 lignes
/liɲ/		 ligne
/liɲ/		 lignons
/li.ɲɔ̃/		 lignez
/li.ɲe/		 lignent
/liɲ/
imperfect lignais
/li.ɲɛ/		 lignais
/li.ɲɛ/		 lignait
/li.ɲɛ/		 lignions
/li.ɲjɔ̃/		 ligniez
/li.ɲje/		 lignaient
/li.ɲɛ/
past historic2 lignai
/li.ɲe/		 lignas
/li.ɲa/		 ligna
/li.ɲa/		 lignâmes
/li.ɲam/		 lignâtes
/li.ɲat/		 lignèrent
/li.ɲɛʁ/
future lignerai
/li.ɲə.ʁe/		 ligneras
/li.ɲə.ʁa/		 lignera
/li.ɲə.ʁa/		 lignerons
/li.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/		 lignerez
/li.ɲə.ʁe/		 ligneront
/li.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional lignerais
/li.ɲə.ʁɛ/		 lignerais
/li.ɲə.ʁɛ/		 lignerait
/li.ɲə.ʁɛ/		 lignerions
/li.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/		 ligneriez
/li.ɲə.ʁje/		 ligneraient
/li.ɲə.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 ligne
/liɲ/		 lignes
/liɲ/		 ligne
/liɲ/		 lignions
/li.ɲjɔ̃/		 ligniez
/li.ɲje/		 lignent
/liɲ/
imperfect2 lignasse
/li.ɲas/		 lignasses
/li.ɲas/		 lignât
/li.ɲa/		 lignassions
/li.ɲa.sjɔ̃/		 lignassiez
/li.ɲa.sje/		 lignassent
/li.ɲas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — ligne
/liɲ/		 — lignons
/li.ɲɔ̃/		 lignez
/li.ɲe/		 —
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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Latin

Verb

ligner

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of lignor

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

ligner

  1. present of ligne
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