Inherited from Old French bécher (“to bite”), from Latin beccus (“beak, bill”).
bicher
infinitive | simple | bicher | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | bichant /bi.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | biché /bi.ʃe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | biche /biʃ/ |
biches /biʃ/ |
biche /biʃ/ |
bichons /bi.ʃɔ̃/ |
bichez /bi.ʃe/ |
bichent /biʃ/ |
imperfect | bichais /bi.ʃɛ/ |
bichais /bi.ʃɛ/ |
bichait /bi.ʃɛ/ |
bichions /bi.ʃjɔ̃/ |
bichiez /bi.ʃje/ |
bichaient /bi.ʃɛ/ | |
past historic2 | bichai /bi.ʃe/ |
bichas /bi.ʃa/ |
bicha /bi.ʃa/ |
bichâmes /bi.ʃam/ |
bichâtes /bi.ʃat/ |
bichèrent /bi.ʃɛʁ/ | |
future | bicherai /biʃ.ʁe/ |
bicheras /biʃ.ʁa/ |
bichera /biʃ.ʁa/ |
bicherons /biʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
bicherez /biʃ.ʁe/ |
bicheront /biʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | bicherais /biʃ.ʁɛ/ |
bicherais /biʃ.ʁɛ/ |
bicherait /biʃ.ʁɛ/ |
bicherions /bi.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
bicheriez /bi.ʃə.ʁje/ |
bicheraient /biʃ.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 | biche /biʃ/ |
biches /biʃ/ |
biche /biʃ/ |
bichions /bi.ʃjɔ̃/ |
bichiez /bi.ʃje/ |
bichent /biʃ/ |
imperfect2 | bichasse /bi.ʃas/ |
bichasses /bi.ʃas/ |
bichât /bi.ʃa/ |
bichassions /bi.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
bichassiez /bi.ʃa.sje/ |
bichassent /bi.ʃas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | biche /biʃ/ |
— | bichons /bi.ʃɔ̃/ |
bichez /bi.ʃe/ |
— | |
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). |