From bip + -er, of onomatopoeic origin.
biper
| infinitive | simple | biper | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | bipant /bi.pɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | bipé /bi.pe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | bipe /bip/ |
bipes /bip/ |
bipe /bip/ |
bipons /bi.pɔ̃/ |
bipez /bi.pe/ |
bipent /bip/ |
| imperfect | bipais /bi.pɛ/ |
bipais /bi.pɛ/ |
bipait /bi.pɛ/ |
bipions /bi.pjɔ̃/ |
bipiez /bi.pje/ |
bipaient /bi.pɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | bipai /bi.pe/ |
bipas /bi.pa/ |
bipa /bi.pa/ |
bipâmes /bi.pam/ |
bipâtes /bi.pat/ |
bipèrent /bi.pɛʁ/ | |
| future | biperai /bi.pʁe/ |
biperas /bi.pʁa/ |
bipera /bi.pʁa/ |
biperons /bi.pʁɔ̃/ |
biperez /bi.pʁe/ |
biperont /bi.pʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | biperais /bi.pʁɛ/ |
biperais /bi.pʁɛ/ |
biperait /bi.pʁɛ/ |
biperions /bi.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
biperiez /bi.pə.ʁje/ |
biperaient /bi.pʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | bipe /bip/ |
bipes /bip/ |
bipe /bip/ |
bipions /bi.pjɔ̃/ |
bipiez /bi.pje/ |
bipent /bip/ |
| imperfect2 | bipasse /bi.pas/ |
bipasses /bi.pas/ |
bipât /bi.pa/ |
bipassions /bi.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
bipassiez /bi.pa.sje/ |
bipassent /bi.pas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | bipe /bip/ |
— | bipons /bi.pɔ̃/ |
bipez /bi.pe/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Borrowed from English beeper. First attested in 1988.[1][2]
biper m inan