chauvir

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French

Pronunciation

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Verb

chauvir

  1. (intransitive, dated) to perk up, to rise up (said of the ears of certain equine animals like donkeys)

Conjugation

The forms without -iss- are recommended by the French Academy, although their usage is not common.

Conjugation of chauvir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple chauvir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple chauvant or chauvissant
/ʃo.vɑ̃/ or /ʃo.vi.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle chauvi
/ʃo.vi/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present chauvis
/ʃo.vi/ 		chauvis
/ʃo.vi/ 		chauvit
/ʃo.vi/ 		chauvons or chauvissons
/ʃo.vɔ̃/ or /ʃo.vi.sɔ̃/ 		chauvez or chauvissez
/ʃo.ve/ or /ʃo.vi.se/ 		chauvent or chauvissent
/ʃov/ or /ʃo.vis/
imperfect chauvais or chauvissais
/ʃo.vɛ/ or /ʃo.vi.sɛ/ 		chauvais or chauvissais
/ʃo.vɛ/ or /ʃo.vi.sɛ/ 		chauvait or chauvissait
/ʃo.vɛ/ or /ʃo.vi.sɛ/ 		chauvions or chauvissions
/ʃo.vjɔ̃/ or /ʃo.vi.sjɔ̃/ 		chauviez or chauvissiez
/ʃo.vje/ or /ʃo.vi.sje/ 		chauvaient or chauvissaient
/ʃo.vɛ/ or /ʃo.vi.sɛ/
past historic2 chauvis
/ʃo.vi/ 		chauvis
/ʃo.vi/ 		chauvit
/ʃo.vi/ 		chauvîmes
/ʃo.vim/ 		chauvîtes
/ʃo.vit/ 		chauvirent
/ʃo.viʁ/
future chauvirai
/ʃo.vi.ʁe/ 		chauviras
/ʃo.vi.ʁa/ 		chauvira
/ʃo.vi.ʁa/ 		chauvirons
/ʃo.vi.ʁɔ̃/ 		chauvirez
/ʃo.vi.ʁe/ 		chauviront
/ʃo.vi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional chauvirais
/ʃo.vi.ʁɛ/ 		chauvirais
/ʃo.vi.ʁɛ/ 		chauvirait
/ʃo.vi.ʁɛ/ 		chauvirions
/ʃo.vi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		chauviriez
/ʃo.vi.ʁje/ 		chauviraient
/ʃo.vi.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 chauve or chauvisse
/ʃov/ or /ʃo.vis/ 		chauves or chauvisses
/ʃov/ or /ʃo.vis/ 		chauve or chauvisse
/ʃov/ or /ʃo.vis/ 		chauvions or chauvissions
/ʃo.vjɔ̃/ or /ʃo.vi.sjɔ̃/ 		chauviez or chauvissiez
/ʃo.vje/ or /ʃo.vi.sje/ 		chauvent or chauvissent
/ʃov/ or /ʃo.vis/
imperfect2 chauvisse
/ʃo.vis/ 		chauvisses
/ʃo.vis/ 		chauvît
/ʃo.vi/ 		chauvissions
/ʃo.vi.sjɔ̃/ 		chauvissiez
/ʃo.vi.sje/ 		chauvissent
/ʃo.vis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — chauvis
/ʃo.vi/ 		— chauvons or chauvissons
/ʃo.vɔ̃/ or /ʃo.vi.sɔ̃/ 		chauvez or chauvissez
/ʃo.ve/ or /ʃo.vi.se/ 		—
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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