From Middle English bokere, from Old English bōcere (“scribe”), equivalent to book + -er. Modern sense influenced by the verb to book.
booker (plural bookers)
Borrowed from English book + -er.
booker
infinitive | simple | booker | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | bookant /bu.kɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | booké /bu.ke/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | booke /buk/ |
bookes /buk/ |
booke /buk/ |
bookons /bu.kɔ̃/ |
bookez /bu.ke/ |
bookent /buk/ |
imperfect | bookais /bu.kɛ/ |
bookais /bu.kɛ/ |
bookait /bu.kɛ/ |
bookions /bu.kjɔ̃/ |
bookiez /bu.kje/ |
bookaient /bu.kɛ/ | |
past historic2 | bookai /bu.ke/ |
bookas /bu.ka/ |
booka /bu.ka/ |
bookâmes /bu.kam/ |
bookâtes /bu.kat/ |
bookèrent /bu.kɛʁ/ | |
future | bookerai /bu.kʁe/ |
bookeras /bu.kʁa/ |
bookera /bu.kʁa/ |
bookerons /bu.kʁɔ̃/ |
bookerez /bu.kʁe/ |
bookeront /bu.kʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | bookerais /bu.kʁɛ/ |
bookerais /bu.kʁɛ/ |
bookerait /bu.kʁɛ/ |
bookerions /bu.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
bookeriez /bu.kə.ʁje/ |
bookeraient /bu.kʁɛ/ | |
(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 | booke /buk/ |
bookes /buk/ |
booke /buk/ |
bookions /bu.kjɔ̃/ |
bookiez /bu.kje/ |
bookent /buk/ |
imperfect2 | bookasse /bu.kas/ |
bookasses /bu.kas/ |
bookât /bu.ka/ |
bookassions /bu.ka.sjɔ̃/ |
bookassiez /bu.ka.sje/ |
bookassent /bu.kas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | booke /buk/ |
— | bookons /bu.kɔ̃/ |
bookez /bu.ke/ |
— | |
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). |
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