The French for twinkle is the verb clignoter

Secret to Learning Verbs is to the Patterns

French for twinkle is the regular ER verb clignoter, in the most practical verb table yet devised.

Enter your search terms   Web learn-french-help.com Submit search form

For an effective way to embed words like the French for twinkle - clignoter utilise Memory Hooks that incorporate visual triggers, like cartoons or funny scenes.

So, if you want to know how to say twinkle in French, how to express the verb in all the main tenses, here it is.

---

The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb clignoter - French for twinkle

GET AUTOMATIC ALERTS OF NEW FREE FRENCH LESSONS

For regular automatic notification of new additions to this site, of new free French lessons, of new conjugated verbs etc click on the RSS feed button in the box at the top left of the screen, and your PC will automatically get a message whenever a new French lesson appears onsite.

Here you’ll learn the conjugations of clignoter, which is French for twinkle.

• I twinkle.
• you twinkled.
• he will twinkle.
• we would twinkle.
• they may twinkle.

The Tables of the Verb Conjugated below for clignoter, give you the ability to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically) which is 'I, you, he, she, we, they' etc, and by TENSE (horizontally). Repeat this process several times.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE clignoter
Simple Tenses clignoter
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent twinkle	clignote	clignotes	clignote	clignotons	clignotez	clignotent
Past Imperfect Imparfait twinkled	clignotais	clignotais	clignotait	clignotions	clignotiez	clignotaient
Simple Past Passé Simple twinkled	clignotai	clignotas	clignota	clignotâmes	clignotâtes	clignotèrent
Future Futur will twinkle	clignoterai	clignoteras	clignotera	clignoterons	clignoterez	clignoteront
Conditional Conditionnel would twinkle	clignoterais	clignoterais	clignoterait	clignoterions	clignoteriez	clignoteraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may twinkle	clignote	clignotes	clignote	clignotions	clignotiez	clignotent
Compound Tenses clignoter
Present Perfect Passé Composé have twinkled	ai clignoté	as clignoté	a clignoté	avons clignoté	avez clignoté	ont clignoté
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had twinkled	avais clignoté	avais clignoté	avait clignoté	avions clignoté	aviez clignoté	avaient clignoté
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai clignoté	auras clignoté	aura clignoté	aurons clignoté	aurez clignoté	auront clignoté
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have twinkled	aurais clignoté	aurais clignoté	aurait clignoté	aurions clignoté	auriez clignoté	auraient clignoté
Imperative Imperatif twinkle!		clignote		clignotons	clignotez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of clignoter the French for twinkle
présent de l’indicatif

je clignote
- I twinkle
tu clignotes
- you twinkle - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on clignote
- he, she, it, one twinkles
nous clignotons
- we twinkle
vous clignotez
- you twinkle (formal or plural)
ils, elles clignotent
- they twinkle

---

Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of clignoter, the French for twinkle
imparfait de l’indicatif

je clignotais
- I twinkled
- I was twinkling
tu clignotais
- you twinkled- (familiar or informal)
- you were twinkling
il, elle, on clignotait
- he, she, it, one twinkled
- he, she, it, one was twinkling
nous clignotions
- we twinkled
- we were twinkling
vous clignotiez
- you twinkled- (formal or plural)
- you were twinkling
ils, elles clignotaient
- they twinkled
- they were twinkling

---

Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of clignoter, the French for twinkle
passé simple

je clignotai
- I twinkled
tu clignotas
- you twinkled- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on clignota
- he, she, it, one twinkled
nous clignotâmes
- we twinkled
vous clignotâtes
- you twinkled- (formal or plural)
ils, elles clignotèrent
they twinkled
(The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).

---

Future Tense conjugations of clignoter, the French for twinkle
futur

je clignoterai
- I will twinkle
tu clignoteras
- you will twinkle (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on clignotera
- he, she, it, one will twinkle
nous clignoterons
- we will twinkle
vous clignoterez
- you will twinkle (formal or plural)
ils, elles clignoteront
- they will twinkle

---

Conditional Tense conjugations of clignoter, the French for twinkle
conditionnel

je clignoterais
- I would twinkle
tu clignoterais
- you would twinkle (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on clignoterait
- he, she, it, one would twinkle
nous clignoterions
- we would twinkle
vous clignoteriez
- you would twinkle (formal or plural)
ils, elles clignoteraient
- they would twinkle

---

Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of clignoter, the French for twinkle
présent de subjonctif

que je clignote
- that I may twinkle
que tu clignotes
- that you may twinkle(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on clignote
- that he, she, it, one may twinkle
que nous clignotions
- that we may twinkle
que vous clignotiez
- that you may twinkle(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles clignotent
- that they may twinkle

---

The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb clignoter - the verb ‘to twinkle’ in French

Past Participle of clignoter is:
clignoté -twinkled.

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

---

Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of clignoter - French for twinkle
passé composé

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

---

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

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

---

Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of clignoter, the French for twinkle
futur antérieur

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

---

Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of clignoter, the French for twinkle
conditionnel passé

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

---

Imperative Tense conjugations of clignoter, the French for twinkle
impératif

clignote
- twinkle!
clignotons
- let’s twinkle!
clignotez
- twinkle!

---

Present Participle of clignoter

clignotant - twinkling

Menu of Conjugated French verbs like clignoter the French for twinkle

---

Learn French Help - the free online resource for students and learners of French
Transcity Properties Ltd, 32 Alverton, Great Linford, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK14 5EF, United Kingdom serving French on a web-plate to the world. ©
Learn the verb in French for twinkle which is clignoter conjugated here online.