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tâtonner
01
to feel one's way, to grope
chercher quelque chose en touchant ou en avançant prudemment
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Auxiliary verb
avoir
1st person singular
tâtonne
1st person plural
tâtonnons
Future 1st person
tâtonnerai
Present participle
tâtonnant
Past participle
tâtonné
Imperfect 1st person plural
tâtonnions
Examples
Les aveugles tâtonnent le mur pour se repérer.
Blind people feel their way along the wall to orient themselves.
02
to gropingly try, to experiment
essayer différentes solutions pour trouver la bonne
Examples
Il tâtonne différentes stratégies pour gagner le jeu.
He gropingly tries different strategies to win the game.
