From Middle French gerber, from gerbe (“sheaf”), from Old French jarbe, garbe (“sheaf, ear of grain, wreath”), borrowed from Frankish *garbā (“sheaf”).
gerber
| infinitive | simple | gerber | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | gerbant /ʒɛʁ.bɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | gerbé /ʒɛʁ.be/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | gerbe /ʒɛʁb/ |
gerbes /ʒɛʁb/ |
gerbe /ʒɛʁb/ |
gerbons /ʒɛʁ.bɔ̃/ |
gerbez /ʒɛʁ.be/ |
gerbent /ʒɛʁb/ |
| imperfect | gerbais /ʒɛʁ.bɛ/ |
gerbais /ʒɛʁ.bɛ/ |
gerbait /ʒɛʁ.bɛ/ |
gerbions /ʒɛʁ.bjɔ̃/ |
gerbiez /ʒɛʁ.bje/ |
gerbaient /ʒɛʁ.bɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | gerbai /ʒɛʁ.be/ |
gerbas /ʒɛʁ.ba/ |
gerba /ʒɛʁ.ba/ |
gerbâmes /ʒɛʁ.bam/ |
gerbâtes /ʒɛʁ.bat/ |
gerbèrent /ʒɛʁ.bɛʁ/ | |
| future | gerberai /ʒɛʁ.bə.ʁe/ |
gerberas /ʒɛʁ.bə.ʁa/ |
gerbera /ʒɛʁ.bə.ʁa/ |
gerberons /ʒɛʁ.bə.ʁɔ̃/ |
gerberez /ʒɛʁ.bə.ʁe/ |
gerberont /ʒɛʁ.bə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | gerberais /ʒɛʁ.bə.ʁɛ/ |
gerberais /ʒɛʁ.bə.ʁɛ/ |
gerberait /ʒɛʁ.bə.ʁɛ/ |
gerberions /ʒɛʁ.bə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
gerberiez /ʒɛʁ.bə.ʁje/ |
gerberaient /ʒɛʁ.bə.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 | gerbe /ʒɛʁb/ |
gerbes /ʒɛʁb/ |
gerbe /ʒɛʁb/ |
gerbions /ʒɛʁ.bjɔ̃/ |
gerbiez /ʒɛʁ.bje/ |
gerbent /ʒɛʁb/ |
| imperfect2 | gerbasse /ʒɛʁ.bas/ |
gerbasses /ʒɛʁ.bas/ |
gerbât /ʒɛʁ.ba/ |
gerbassions /ʒɛʁ.ba.sjɔ̃/ |
gerbassiez /ʒɛʁ.ba.sje/ |
gerbassent /ʒɛʁ.bas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | gerbe /ʒɛʁb/ |
— | gerbons /ʒɛʁ.bɔ̃/ |
gerbez /ʒɛʁ.be/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
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gerber m (plural gerbyn)