bégayer

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French

Etymology

From Old French beguer, besguer (compare bègue).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /be.ɡɛ.je/ ~ /be.ɡe.je/
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Verb

bégayer

  1. to stammer

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb as far as pronunciation is concerned, but as with other verbs in -ayer (such as payer and essayer), the <y> of its stem may optionally be written as <i> when it precedes a silent <e> (compare verbs in -eyer, which never have this spelling change, and verbs in -oyer and -uyer, which always have it; verbs in -ayer belong to either group, according to the writer's preference).

Conjugation of bégayer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple bégayer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple bégayant
/be.ɡɛ.jɑ̃/ or /be.ɡe.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle bégayé
/be.ɡɛ.je/ or /be.ɡe.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present bégaye or bégaie
/be.ɡɛj/ or /be.ɡɛ/ 		bégayes or bégaies
/be.ɡɛj/ or /be.ɡɛ/ 		bégaye or bégaie
/be.ɡɛj/ or /be.ɡɛ/ 		bégayons
/be.ɡɛ.jɔ̃/ or /be.ɡe.jɔ̃/ 		bégayez
/be.ɡɛ.je/ or /be.ɡe.je/ 		bégayent or bégaient
/be.ɡɛj/ or /be.ɡɛ/
imperfect bégayais
/be.ɡɛ.jɛ/ or /be.ɡe.jɛ/ 		bégayais
/be.ɡɛ.jɛ/ or /be.ɡe.jɛ/ 		bégayait
/be.ɡɛ.jɛ/ or /be.ɡe.jɛ/ 		bégayions
/be.ɡɛj.jɔ̃/ 		bégayiez
/be.ɡɛj.je/ 		bégayaient
/be.ɡɛ.jɛ/ or /be.ɡe.jɛ/
past historic2 bégayai
/be.ɡɛ.je/ or /be.ɡe.je/ 		bégayas
/be.ɡɛ.ja/ or /be.ɡe.ja/ 		bégaya
/be.ɡɛ.ja/ or /be.ɡe.ja/ 		bégayâmes
/be.ɡɛ.jam/ or /be.ɡe.jam/ 		bégayâtes
/be.ɡɛ.jat/ or /be.ɡe.jat/ 		bégayèrent
/be.ɡɛ.jɛʁ/ or /be.ɡe.jɛʁ/
future bégayerai or bégaierai
/be.ɡɛj.ʁe/ or /be.ɡɛ.ʁe/ or /be.ɡe.ʁe/ 		bégayeras or bégaieras
/be.ɡɛj.ʁa/ or /be.ɡɛ.ʁa/ or /be.ɡe.ʁa/ 		bégayera or bégaiera
/be.ɡɛj.ʁa/ or /be.ɡɛ.ʁa/ or /be.ɡe.ʁa/ 		bégayerons or bégaierons
/be.ɡɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /be.ɡɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /be.ɡe.ʁɔ̃/ 		bégayerez or bégaierez
/be.ɡɛj.ʁe/ or /be.ɡɛ.ʁe/ or /be.ɡe.ʁe/ 		bégayeront or bégaieront
/be.ɡɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /be.ɡɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /be.ɡe.ʁɔ̃/
conditional bégayerais or bégaierais
/be.ɡɛj.ʁɛ/ or /be.ɡɛ.ʁɛ/ or /be.ɡe.ʁɛ/ 		bégayerais or bégaierais
/be.ɡɛj.ʁɛ/ or /be.ɡɛ.ʁɛ/ or /be.ɡe.ʁɛ/ 		bégayerait or bégaierait
/be.ɡɛj.ʁɛ/ or /be.ɡɛ.ʁɛ/ or /be.ɡe.ʁɛ/ 		bégayerions or bégaierions
/be.ɡɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /be.ɡe.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /be.ɡɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /be.ɡe.ʁjɔ̃/ 		bégayeriez or bégaieriez
/be.ɡɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /be.ɡe.jə.ʁje/ or /be.ɡɛ.ʁje/ or /be.ɡe.ʁje/ 		bégayeraient or bégaieraient
/be.ɡɛj.ʁɛ/ or /be.ɡɛ.ʁɛ/ or /be.ɡe.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 bégaye or bégaie
/be.ɡɛj/ or /be.ɡɛ/ 		bégayes or bégaies
/be.ɡɛj/ or /be.ɡɛ/ 		bégaye or bégaie
/be.ɡɛj/ or /be.ɡɛ/ 		bégayions
/be.ɡɛj.jɔ̃/ 		bégayiez
/be.ɡɛj.je/ 		bégayent or bégaient
/be.ɡɛj/ or /be.ɡɛ/
imperfect2 bégayasse
/be.ɡɛ.jas/ or /be.ɡe.jas/ 		bégayasses
/be.ɡɛ.jas/ or /be.ɡe.jas/ 		bégayât
/be.ɡɛ.ja/ or /be.ɡe.ja/ 		bégayassions
/be.ɡɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /be.ɡe.ja.sjɔ̃/ 		bégayassiez
/be.ɡɛ.ja.sje/ or /be.ɡe.ja.sje/ 		bégayassent
/be.ɡɛ.jas/ or /be.ɡe.jas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — bégaye or bégaie
/be.ɡɛj/ or /be.ɡɛ/ 		— bégayons
/be.ɡɛ.jɔ̃/ or /be.ɡe.jɔ̃/ 		bégayez
/be.ɡɛ.je/ or /be.ɡe.je/ 		—
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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