choper

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French

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Etymology

From chopper (“to stumble”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃɔ.pe/
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Verb

choper (informal)

  1. to steal, nick, pinch
    Synonyms: piquer, voler
    Mon blouson a éte chopé par un voleur.
    My jacket was stolen by a thief.
  2. to arrest, catch
    Synonym: arrêter
    Il s’est fait choper par les flics en sortant de chez lui.
    He was caught by the cops when he left his house.
  3. to pick up, collect a passenger
    Synonym: aller chercher
    Veux-tu que je vienne te choper à la gare?
    Do you want me to pick you up at the station?
  4. to contract a disease, to develop an illness

Conjugation

Conjugation of choper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple choper
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple chopant
/ʃɔ.pɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle chopé
/ʃɔ.pe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present chope
/ʃɔp/ 		chopes
/ʃɔp/ 		chope
/ʃɔp/ 		chopons
/ʃɔ.pɔ̃/ 		chopez
/ʃɔ.pe/ 		chopent
/ʃɔp/
imperfect chopais
/ʃɔ.pɛ/ 		chopais
/ʃɔ.pɛ/ 		chopait
/ʃɔ.pɛ/ 		chopions
/ʃɔ.pjɔ̃/ 		chopiez
/ʃɔ.pje/ 		chopaient
/ʃɔ.pɛ/
past historic2 chopai
/ʃɔ.pe/ 		chopas
/ʃɔ.pa/ 		chopa
/ʃɔ.pa/ 		chopâmes
/ʃɔ.pam/ 		chopâtes
/ʃɔ.pat/ 		chopèrent
/ʃɔ.pɛʁ/
future choperai
/ʃɔ.pʁe/ 		choperas
/ʃɔ.pʁa/ 		chopera
/ʃɔ.pʁa/ 		choperons
/ʃɔ.pʁɔ̃/ 		choperez
/ʃɔ.pʁe/ 		choperont
/ʃɔ.pʁɔ̃/
conditional choperais
/ʃɔ.pʁɛ/ 		choperais
/ʃɔ.pʁɛ/ 		choperait
/ʃɔ.pʁɛ/ 		choperions
/ʃɔ.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		choperiez
/ʃɔ.pə.ʁje/ 		choperaient
/ʃɔ.pʁɛ/
(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 chope
/ʃɔp/ 		chopes
/ʃɔp/ 		chope
/ʃɔp/ 		chopions
/ʃɔ.pjɔ̃/ 		chopiez
/ʃɔ.pje/ 		chopent
/ʃɔp/
imperfect2 chopasse
/ʃɔ.pas/ 		chopasses
/ʃɔ.pas/ 		chopât
/ʃɔ.pa/ 		chopassions
/ʃɔ.pa.sjɔ̃/ 		chopassiez
/ʃɔ.pa.sje/ 		chopassent
/ʃɔ.pas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — chope
/ʃɔp/ 		— chopons
/ʃɔ.pɔ̃/ 		chopez
/ʃɔ.pe/ 		—
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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