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Conjugation of citer

Je
Tu
Il/elle/on
Nous
Vous
Ils/elles
Present tense
je cite
I quote
tu cites
you quote
il/elle/on cite
he/she/it quotes
nous citons
we quote
vous citez
you all quote
ils/elles citent
they quote
Present perfect tense
j’ai cité
I quoted
tu as cité
you quoted
il/elle/on a cité
he/she/it quoted
nous avons cité
we quoted
vous avez cité
you all quoted
ils/elles ont cité
they quoted
Past impf. tense
je citais
I was quoting
tu citais
you were quoting
il/elle/on citait
he/she/it was quoting
nous citions
we were quoting
vous citiez
you all were quoting
ils/elles citaient
they were quoting
Future tense
je citerai
I will quote
tu citeras
you will quote
il/elle/on citera
he/she/it will quote
nous citerons
we will quote
vous citerez
you all will quote
ils/elles citeront
they will quote
Je
Tu
Il/elle/on
Nous
Vous
Ils/elles
Past perfect tense
j’avais cité
I had quoted
tu avais cité
you had quoted
il/elle/on avait cité
he/she/it had quoted
nous avions cité
we had quoted
vous aviez cité
you all had quoted
ils/elles avaient cité
they had quoted
Past preterite tense
je citai
I quoted
tu citas
you quoted
il/elle/on cita
he/she/it quoted
nous citâmes
we quoted
vous citâtes
you all quoted
ils/elles citèrent
they quoted
Past anterior tense
j’eus cité
I had quoted
tu eus cité
you had quoted
il/elle/on eut cité
he/she/it had quoted
nous eûmes cité
we had quoted
vous eûtes cité
you all had quoted
ils/elles eurent cité
they had quoted
Future perfect tense
j’aurai cité
I will have quoted
tu auras cité
you will have quoted
il/elle/on aura cité
he/she/it will have quoted
nous aurons cité
we will have quoted
vous aurez cité
you all will have quoted
ils/elles auront cité
they will have quoted
Je
Tu
Il/elle/on
Nous
Vous
Ils/elles
Present subjunctive tense
que je cite
that I quote
que tu cites
that you quote
qu’il/elle/on cite
that he/she/it quote
que nous citions
that we quote
que vous citiez
that you all quote
qu’ils/elles citent
that they quote
Present perf. subjunctive tense
que j’aie cité
that I have quoted
que tu aies cité
that you have quoted
qu’il/elle/on ait cité
that he/she/it have quoted
que nous ayons cité
that we have quoted
que vous ayez cité
that you all have quoted
qu’ils/elles aient cité
that they have quoted
Imperfect subjunctive tense
que je citasse
that I would quote
que tu citasses
that you would quote
qu’il/elle/on citât
that he/she/it would quote
que nous citassions
that we would quote
que vous citassiez
that you all would quote
qu’ils/elles citassent
that they would quote
Past perfect subjunctive tense
que j’eusse cité
that I had quoted
que tu eusses cité
that you had quoted
qu’il/elle/on eût cité
that he/she/it had quoted
que nous eussions cité
that we had quoted
que vous eussiez cité
that you all had quoted
qu’ils/elles eussent cité
that they had quoted
Je
Tu
Il/elle/on
Nous
Vous
Ils/elles
Conditional mood
je citerais
I would quote
tu citerais
you would quote
il/elle/on citerait
he/she/it would quote
nous citerions
we would quote
vous citeriez
you all would quote
ils/elles citeraient
they would quote
Conditional perfect tense
j’aurais cité
I would have quoted
tu aurais cité
you would have quoted
il/elle/on aurait cité
he/she/it would have quoted
nous aurions cité
we would have quoted
vous auriez cité
you all would have quoted
ils/elles auraient cité
they would have quoted
Imperative mood
-
cite
quote!
-
citons
let's quote!
citez
quote!
-
Past perfect imperative mood
-
aie cité
have quoted
-
ayons cité
let's have quoted
ayez cité
have quoted
-
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Examples of citer

"Hop-là sur le hula-hoop !" On peut vous citer ?

"Hoopla on the Hula Hoop." Can we quote you on that, Mr. Barnes?

"Le Barde est facile à citer tant son discours est fleuri.

"The bard isn't hard to quote by memory.

"je peux le citer dans une lettre."

"that I could quote it in a letter.

"on ne peut s'empêcher de citer M. François Mauriac.

"we can't help but quote Mr François Mauriac."

"pour citer Kendrick Lamar dans sa chanson, laisse moi kiffer ma vibe"...

"To quote Kendrick Lamar in his song, expletive, don't kill my vibe"...

- Il m'a cité cette phrase texto.

-He quoted that very line to me.

- Ils m'ont mal cité.

- I was misquoted.

- Là, vous êtes cité sur 3 paragraphes.

Here you're quoted. 3 paragraphs.

- Quelqu'un t'as cité disant que c'était un de tes lecteurs - Oui

Somebody else quoted you as saying it was one of your readers.

Alors il m'a cité un obscure paragraphe du pacte de défense mutuelle.

Then he quoted me some obscure paragraph of the mutual defense pact.

" en criant 'provocateur Nazi' parce que..." Et je cite:

" shouting, 'Nazi warmonger' because..." And I quote,

"C'est un énorme, sérieux problème," je cite.

"This is a huge, serious problem," that's a quote.

"De 9 h 34 à 9 h 42, les décisions prises à bord sont...", je cite toujours : "courageuses et remarquables.

"From 9:34 until 9:42 the events on the aircraft are", again I quote, "bold and remarkable".

"Lady Sheila, la fille adoptive fan de théâtre de Lord Upward et la future femme du 1er rôle Bill Hanson a dit et je cite la citation :

"Lady Sheila, stage-struck adopted daughter of Lord Upward and bride-to-be of juvenile lead Bill Hanson, said..." And I quote the quote:

"Mark est - je cite -

(GROANS) "Mark is," and I quote...

- Ne me citez pas, je vous en prie.

- Don't quote me on it, please.

- Vous me citez bien Dylan.

- Why not? You quote Bob Dylan at me.

C'est pourquoi vous le citez.

Which explains why you quote it.

Cyrus... par quelle autorité citez-vous de cette source déshonorante ?

Cyrus... by what authority do you quote from that disreputable source?

Et ne me citez pas!

And don 't quote me!

* "the game's afoot". Citation de Holmes citant Shakespeare.

* Quote (Holmes quoting Shakespeare)

Avec vos petites manières, en promenant votre petit cul à droite à gauche, citant Shakespeare, battant des cils.

Acting so precocious, throwing your little ass around... quoting Shakespeare, batting your eyelashes.

Ce soir-même, il s'est trompé en citant Horace.

And only this evening, he made a most shocking mistake in quoting Horace.

Comme un bouledogue citant Gandhi.

It's like a pit bull quoting Gandhi.

Et toi, tu as bien ouvert cette discussion en me citant une phrase de Luke.

What about the fact that you opened this discussion by quoting Luke to me?