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Conjugation of reculer

Je
Tu
Il/elle/on
Nous
Vous
Ils/elles
Present tense
je recule
I do
tu recules
you do
il/elle/on recule
he/she/it does
nous reculons
we do
vous reculez
you all do
ils/elles reculent
they do
Present perfect tense
j’ai reculé
I did
tu as reculé
you did
il/elle/on a reculé
he/she/it did
nous avons reculé
we did
vous avez reculé
you all did
ils/elles ont reculé
they did
Past impf. tense
je reculais
I was doing
tu reculais
you were doing
il/elle/on reculait
he/she/it was doing
nous reculions
we were doing
vous reculiez
you all were doing
ils/elles reculaient
they were doing
Future tense
je reculerai
I will do
tu reculeras
you will do
il/elle/on reculera
he/she/it will do
nous reculerons
we will do
vous reculerez
you all will do
ils/elles reculeront
they will do
Je
Tu
Il/elle/on
Nous
Vous
Ils/elles
Past perfect tense
j’avais reculé
I had done
tu avais reculé
you had done
il/elle/on avait reculé
he/she/it had done
nous avions reculé
we had done
vous aviez reculé
you all had done
ils/elles avaient reculé
they had done
Past preterite tense
je reculai
I did
tu reculas
you did
il/elle/on recula
he/she/it did
nous reculâmes
we did
vous reculâtes
you all did
ils/elles reculèrent
they did
Past anterior tense
j’eus reculé
I had done
tu eus reculé
you had done
il/elle/on eut reculé
he/she/it had done
nous eûmes reculé
we had done
vous eûtes reculé
you all had done
ils/elles eurent reculé
they had done
Future perfect tense
j’aurai reculé
I will have done
tu auras reculé
you will have done
il/elle/on aura reculé
he/she/it will have done
nous aurons reculé
we will have done
vous aurez reculé
you all will have done
ils/elles auront reculé
they will have done
Je
Tu
Il/elle/on
Nous
Vous
Ils/elles
Present subjunctive tense
que je recule
that I do
que tu recules
that you do
qu’il/elle/on recule
that he/she/it do
que nous reculions
that we do
que vous reculiez
that you all do
qu’ils/elles reculent
that they do
Present perf. subjunctive tense
que j’aie reculé
that I have done
que tu aies reculé
that you have done
qu’il/elle/on ait reculé
that he/she/it have done
que nous ayons reculé
that we have done
que vous ayez reculé
that you all have done
qu’ils/elles aient reculé
that they have done
Imperfect subjunctive tense
que je reculasse
that I would do
que tu reculasses
that you would do
qu’il/elle/on reculât
that he/she/it would do
que nous reculassions
that we would do
que vous reculassiez
that you all would do
qu’ils/elles reculassent
that they would do
Past perfect subjunctive tense
que j’eusse reculé
that I had done
que tu eusses reculé
that you had done
qu’il/elle/on eût reculé
that he/she/it had done
que nous eussions reculé
that we had done
que vous eussiez reculé
that you all had done
qu’ils/elles eussent reculé
that they had done
Je
Tu
Il/elle/on
Nous
Vous
Ils/elles
Conditional mood
je reculerais
I would do
tu reculerais
you would do
il/elle/on reculerait
he/she/it would do
nous reculerions
we would do
vous reculeriez
you all would do
ils/elles reculeraient
they would do
Conditional perfect tense
j’aurais reculé
I would have done
tu aurais reculé
you would have done
il/elle/on aurait reculé
he/she/it would have done
nous aurions reculé
we would have done
vous auriez reculé
you all would have done
ils/elles auraient reculé
they would have done
Imperative mood
-
recule
do!
-
reculons
let's do!
reculez
do!
-
Past perfect imperative mood
-
aie reculé
have done
-
ayons reculé
let's have done
ayez reculé
have done
-

Examples of reculer

! - Pourquoi ne pas juste reculer... ?

- Why don't you just back off...?

"En fait, il poussait la pierre vers la crête d'une colline, mais le poids la faisait reculer, et redescendre dans la plaine en roulant." "La pierre impitoyable."

Verily he would thrust the stone toward the crest of a hill, but the weight would turn it back, and then down again to the plain would come rolling the ruthless stone."

"Est-ce que tu peux reculer?" J'obéis donc.

So I do.

"Tu peux reculer encore?"

Then "A little more!" So I do.

"de ne pas reculer devant la porte qu'il tient ouverte."

"not to step back through the door he holds open."

Dans une scène de ballet, j'ai reculé au lieu de sauter en avant.

I did this ballet jump backwards which should be done forwards.

En supposant que cela ait été fait exprès, le conducteur a reculé pour voir où la victime avait atterri.

Assuming this was done on purpose, the driver backed up to see where his victim had landed.

Oh, et la nuit dernière, quand on a terminé, tu a reculé de l'autre côté du lit, comme si tu avais posé une bombe là-bas.

Oh, and last night, when we were done, you retreated to the other side of the bed like you planted a bomb down there.

Vous verrez que je n'ai reculé devant rien pour votre confort.

I trust you'll find I've left nothing undone to make you comfortable. I want you to enjoy every minute here.

"J'avance et je recule."

"I'm up here, I'm down here."

"Je ne recule pas."

"I do not retreat."

"L'Etat ne recule pas de la charge de echols que l'allégement ne peut jamais être accordée sous ce point de vue de la loi"... sa vue...

"The state does not shrink from echols' charge that relief may never be granted under this view of the statute"-- its view--

"Les Forman ne reculent pas." Et tu veux que je recule ?

"Formans never back down." And now you're telling me to back down?

"Les p'tits gars, je suis vieux et je recule !"

You know how they do that? They just go: "Well, I'm old and I'm coming back."

- Arrêtez s'il vous plaît, reculez.

sir,please don't do that. Just step back,okay?

- Baissez vos armes et reculez.

- Hold your fire and stand down.

- Calmez-vous et reculez.

- Calm down and back away, Mr. Fleming.

- Calmez-vous, reculez.

- Calm down, move away.