The French for blink is the verb cligner

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French for blink is the regular ER verb cligner, displayed below in an easy to use tabular format which enables you to learn by subject pronoun, AND by tense. Most verb tables only allow you to learn only by tense, one tense at a time.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb cligner - French for blink

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of cligner, which is French for blink.

• I blink.
• you blinked.
• he will blink.
• we would blink.
• they may blink.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for cligner, enable you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Repeat the process again and again for best results.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE cligner
Simple Tenses cligner
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent blink	cligne	clignes	cligne	clignons	clignez	clignent
Past Imperfect Imparfait blinked	clignais	clignais	clignait	clignions	cligniez	clignaient
Simple Past Passé Simple blinked	clignai	clignas	cligna	clignâmes	clignâtes	clignèrent
Future Futur will blink	clignerai	cligneras	clignera	clignerons	clignerez	cligneront
Conditional Conditionnel would blink	clignerais	clignerais	clignerait	clignerions	cligneriez	cligneraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may blink	cligne	clignes	cligne	clignions	cligniez	clignent
Compound Tenses cligner
Present Perfect Passé Composé have blinked	ai cligné	as cligné	a cligné	avons cligné	avez cligné	ont cligné
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had blinked	avais cligné	avais cligné	avait cligné	avions cligné	aviez cligné	avaient cligné
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai cligné	auras cligné	aura cligné	aurons cligné	aurez cligné	auront cligné
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have blinked	aurais cligné	aurais cligné	aurait cligné	aurions cligné	auriez cligné	auraient cligné
Imperative Imperatif blink!		cligne		clignons	clignez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of cligner the French for blink
présent de l’indicatif

je cligne
- I blink
tu clignes
- you blink - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on cligne
- he, she, it, one blinks
nous clignons
- we blink
vous clignez
- you blink (formal or plural)
ils, elles clignent
- they blink

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of cligner, the French for blink
imparfait de l’indicatif

je clignais
- I blinked
- I was blinking
tu clignais
- you blinked- (familiar or informal)
- you were blinking
il, elle, on clignait
- he, she, it, one blinked
- he, she, it, one was blinking
nous clignions
- we blinked
- we were blinking
vous cligniez
- you blinked- (formal or plural)
- you were blinking
ils, elles clignaient
- they blinked
- they were blinking

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of cligner, the French for blink
passé simple

je clignai
- I blinked
tu clignas
- you blinked- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on cligna
- he, she, it, one blinked
nous clignâmes
- we blinked
vous clignâtes
- you blinked- (formal or plural)
ils, elles clignèrent
they blinked
(The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).

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Future Tense conjugations of cligner, the French for blink
futur

je clignerai
- I will blink
tu cligneras
- you will blink (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on clignera
- he, she, it, one will blink
nous clignerons
- we will blink
vous clignerez
- you will blink (formal or plural)
ils, elles cligneront
- they will blink

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Conditional Tense conjugations of cligner, the French for blink
conditionnel

je clignerais
- I would blink
tu clignerais
- you would blink (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on clignerait
- he, she, it, one would blink
nous clignerions
- we would blink
vous cligneriez
- you would blink (formal or plural)
ils, elles cligneraient
- they would blink

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of cligner, the French for blink
présent de subjonctif

que je cligne
- that I may blink
que tu clignes
- that you may blink(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on cligne
- that he, she, it, one may blink
que nous clignions
- that we may blink
que vous cligniez
- that you may blink(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles clignent
- that they may blink

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb cligner - the verb ‘to blink’ in French

Past Participle of cligner is:
cligné -blinked.

• I have blinked
• you had blinked
• he will have blinked
• we would have blinked

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of cligner - French for blink
passé composé

Here’s the French for blink conjugated with all the pronouns in the present perfect tense.
j’ai cligné
- I have blinked or I did blink or
- I blinked
tu as cligné
- you have blinked or you did blink - (familiar or informal) or
- you blinked
il, elle, on a cligné
- he, she, it, one has blink or did blink
- he, she, it blinked
nous avons cligné
- we have blinked or we did blink
- we blinked
vous avez cligné
- you have blinked or you did blink (formal or plural) or
- or we blinked
ils, elles ont cligné
- they have blinked or they did blink
- they blinked

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of cligner - blink in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

Here’s the French for -blink conjugated with all the pronouns in the past perfect tense.
j’avais cligné
- I had blinked
tu avais cligné
- you had blinked- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on avait cligné
- he, she, it, one had blinked
nous avions cligné
- we had blinked
vous aviez cligné
- you had blinked (formal or plural)
ils, elles avaient cligné
- they had blinked

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of cligner, the French for blink
futur antérieur

j’aurai cligné
- I will have
tu auras cligné
- you will have - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aura cligné
- he, she, it, one will have
nous aurons cligné
- we will have
vous aurez cligné
- you will have - (formal or plural)
ils, elles auront cligné
- they will have

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of cligner, the French for blink
conditionnel passé

j’aurais cligné
- I would have blinked
tu aurais cligné
- you would have blinked- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aurait cligné
- he, she, it, one would have blinked
nous aurions cligné
- we would have blinked
vous auriez cligné
- you would have blinked- (formal or plural)
ils, elles auraient cligné
- they would have blinked

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Imperative Tense conjugations of cligner, the French for blink
impératif

cligne
- blink!
clignons
- let’s blink!
clignez
- blink!

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Present Participle of cligner

clignant - blinking

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