chamailler

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French

Pronunciation

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Verb

chamailler

  1. (reflexive, reciprocal) to bicker, to squabble, to quarrel, especially over something of little value
    Arrêtez enfin de vous chamailler !
    Stop bickering already!
    Mes enfants ne s’entendent pas du tout ; ils ne font que se chamailler.
    My kids don't get along; all they do is bicker.
    • (Can we date this quote?), Guy de Maupassant, “Toine”, in Les Contes normands:
      Depuis trente ans qu’ils étaient mariés, ils se chamaillaient tous les jours.
      For the thirty years they've been married, they've bickered every day.

Conjugation

Conjugation of se chamailler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple se chamailler
compound s'être + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple se chamaillant
/sə ʃa.ma.jɑ̃/
compound ayant or étant + past participle
past participle chamaillé
/ʃa.ma.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present me chamaille
/mə ʃa.maj/ 		te chamailles
/tə ʃa.maj/ 		se chamaille
/sə ʃa.maj/ 		nous chamaillons
/nu ʃa.ma.jɔ̃/ 		vous chamaillez
/vu ʃa.ma.je/ 		se chamaillent
/sə ʃa.maj/
imperfect me chamaillais
/mə ʃa.ma.jɛ/ 		te chamaillais
/tə ʃa.ma.jɛ/ 		se chamaillait
/sə ʃa.ma.jɛ/ 		nous chamaillions
/nu ʃa.maj.jɔ̃/ 		vous chamailliez
/vu ʃa.maj.je/ 		se chamaillaient
/sə ʃa.ma.jɛ/
past historic2 me chamaillai
/mə ʃa.ma.je/ 		te chamaillas
/tə ʃa.ma.ja/ 		se chamailla
/sə ʃa.ma.ja/ 		nous chamaillâmes
/nu ʃa.ma.jam/ 		vous chamaillâtes
/vu ʃa.ma.jat/ 		se chamaillèrent
/sə ʃa.ma.jɛʁ/
future me chamaillerai
/mə ʃa.maj.ʁe/ 		te chamailleras
/tə ʃa.maj.ʁa/ 		se chamaillera
/sə ʃa.maj.ʁa/ 		nous chamaillerons
/nu ʃa.maj.ʁɔ̃/ 		vous chamaillerez
/vu ʃa.maj.ʁe/ 		se chamailleront
/sə ʃa.maj.ʁɔ̃/
conditional me chamaillerais
/mə ʃa.maj.ʁɛ/ 		te chamaillerais
/tə ʃa.maj.ʁɛ/ 		se chamaillerait
/sə ʃa.maj.ʁɛ/ 		nous chamaillerions
/nu ʃa.ma.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		vous chamailleriez
/vu ʃa.ma.jə.ʁje/ 		se chamailleraient
/sə ʃa.maj.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of s'être + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of s'être + past participle
future perfect future of s'être + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present me chamaille
/mə ʃa.maj/ 		te chamailles
/tə ʃa.maj/ 		se chamaille
/sə ʃa.maj/ 		nous chamaillions
/nu ʃa.maj.jɔ̃/ 		vous chamailliez
/vu ʃa.maj.je/ 		se chamaillent
/sə ʃa.maj/
imperfect2 me chamaillasse
/mə ʃa.ma.jas/ 		te chamaillasses
/tə ʃa.ma.jas/ 		se chamaillât
/sə ʃa.ma.ja/ 		nous chamaillassions
/nu ʃa.ma.ja.sjɔ̃/ 		vous chamaillassiez
/vu ʃa.ma.ja.sje/ 		se chamaillassent
/sə ʃa.ma.jas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — chamaille-toi
/ʃa.maj.twa/ 		— chamaillons-nous
/ʃa.ma.jɔ̃.nu/ 		chamaillez-vous
/ʃa.ma.je.vu/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of s'être + past participle — simple imperative of s'être + past participle simple imperative of s'être + 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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