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bégueter
This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il béguète and the third-person singular future indicative il béguètera.
infinitive | simple | bégueter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | béguetant /beɡ.tɑ̃/ or /bɛɡ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | bégueté /beɡ.te/ or /bɛɡ.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | béguète /be.ɡɛt/ |
béguètes /be.ɡɛt/ |
béguète /be.ɡɛt/ |
béguetons /beɡ.tɔ̃/ or /bɛɡ.tɔ̃/ |
béguetez /beɡ.te/ or /bɛɡ.te/ |
béguètent /be.ɡɛt/ |
imperfect | béguetais /beɡ.tɛ/ or /bɛɡ.tɛ/ |
béguetais /beɡ.tɛ/ or /bɛɡ.tɛ/ |
béguetait /beɡ.tɛ/ or /bɛɡ.tɛ/ |
béguetions /be.ɡə.tjɔ̃/ |
béguetiez /be.ɡə.tje/ |
béguetaient /beɡ.tɛ/ or /bɛɡ.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | béguetai /beɡ.te/ or /bɛɡ.te/ |
béguetas /beɡ.ta/ or /bɛɡ.ta/ |
bégueta /beɡ.ta/ or /bɛɡ.ta/ |
béguetâmes /beɡ.tam/ or /bɛɡ.tam/ |
béguetâtes /beɡ.tat/ or /bɛɡ.tat/ |
béguetèrent /beɡ.tɛʁ/ or /bɛɡ.tɛʁ/ | |
future | béguèterai /be.ɡɛ.tʁe/ or /be.ɡe.tʁe/ |
béguèteras /be.ɡɛ.tʁa/ or /be.ɡe.tʁa/ |
béguètera /be.ɡɛ.tʁa/ or /be.ɡe.tʁa/ |
béguèterons /be.ɡɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /be.ɡe.tʁɔ̃/ |
béguèterez /be.ɡɛ.tʁe/ or /be.ɡe.tʁe/ |
béguèteront /be.ɡɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /be.ɡe.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | béguèterais /be.ɡɛ.tʁɛ/ or /be.ɡe.tʁɛ/ |
béguèterais /be.ɡɛ.tʁɛ/ or /be.ɡe.tʁɛ/ |
béguèterait /be.ɡɛ.tʁɛ/ or /be.ɡe.tʁɛ/ |
béguèterions /be.ɡɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /be.ɡe.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
béguèteriez /be.ɡɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /be.ɡe.tə.ʁje/ |
béguèteraient /be.ɡɛ.tʁɛ/ or /be.ɡe.tʁɛ/ | |
(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 | béguète /be.ɡɛt/ |
béguètes /be.ɡɛt/ |
béguète /be.ɡɛt/ |
béguetions /be.ɡə.tjɔ̃/ |
béguetiez /be.ɡə.tje/ |
béguètent /be.ɡɛt/ |
imperfect2 | béguetasse /beɡ.tas/ or /bɛɡ.tas/ |
béguetasses /beɡ.tas/ or /bɛɡ.tas/ |
béguetât /beɡ.ta/ or /bɛɡ.ta/ |
béguetassions /beɡ.ta.sjɔ̃/ or /bɛɡ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
béguetassiez /beɡ.ta.sje/ or /bɛɡ.ta.sje/ |
béguetassent /beɡ.tas/ or /bɛɡ.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | béguète /be.ɡɛt/ |
— | béguetons /beɡ.tɔ̃/ or /bɛɡ.tɔ̃/ |
béguetez /beɡ.te/ or /bɛɡ.te/ |
— | |
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). |