Variant form of bayer (“to gape”).
béer
infinitive | simple | béer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | béant /be.ɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | béé /be.e/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | bée /be/ |
bées /be/ |
bée /be/ |
béons /be.ɔ̃/ |
béez /be.e/ |
béent /be/ |
imperfect | béais /be.ɛ/ |
béais /be.ɛ/ |
béait /be.ɛ/ |
béions /bej.jɔ̃/ or /bɛj.jɔ̃/ |
béiez /bej.je/ or /bɛj.je/ |
béaient /be.ɛ/ | |
past historic2 | béai /be.e/ |
béas /be.a/ |
béa /be.a/ |
béâmes /be.am/ |
béâtes /be.at/ |
béèrent /be.ɛʁ/ | |
future | béerai /be.ʁe/ |
béeras /be.ʁa/ |
béera /be.ʁa/ |
béerons /be.ʁɔ̃/ |
béerez /be.ʁe/ |
béeront /be.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | béerais /be.ʁɛ/ |
béerais /be.ʁɛ/ |
béerait /be.ʁɛ/ |
béerions /be.ʁjɔ̃/ |
béeriez /be.ʁje/ |
béeraient /be.ʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | bée /be/ |
bées /be/ |
bée /be/ |
béions /bej.jɔ̃/ or /bɛj.jɔ̃/ |
béiez /bej.je/ or /bɛj.je/ |
béent /be/ |
imperfect2 | béasse /be.as/ |
béasses /be.as/ |
béât /be.a/ |
béassions /be.a.sjɔ̃/ |
béassiez /be.a.sje/ |
béassent /be.as/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | bée /be/ |
— | béons /be.ɔ̃/ |
béez /be.e/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |