Borrowed from Gaulish *gobbos, from Proto-Celtic *gobbos (“muzzle, snout, beak”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵoph₃o- (“eat, masticate (of animals)”). Compare Irish gob, Scottish Gaelic gob (“beak, bill”) and English gob.
| infinitive | simple | gober | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | gobant /ɡɔ.bɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | gobé /ɡɔ.be/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | gobe /ɡɔb/ |
gobes /ɡɔb/ |
gobe /ɡɔb/ |
gobons /ɡɔ.bɔ̃/ |
gobez /ɡɔ.be/ |
gobent /ɡɔb/ |
| imperfect | gobais /ɡɔ.bɛ/ |
gobais /ɡɔ.bɛ/ |
gobait /ɡɔ.bɛ/ |
gobions /ɡɔ.bjɔ̃/ |
gobiez /ɡɔ.bje/ |
gobaient /ɡɔ.bɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | gobai /ɡɔ.be/ |
gobas /ɡɔ.ba/ |
goba /ɡɔ.ba/ |
gobâmes /ɡɔ.bam/ |
gobâtes /ɡɔ.bat/ |
gobèrent /ɡɔ.bɛʁ/ | |
| future | goberai /ɡɔ.bʁe/ |
goberas /ɡɔ.bʁa/ |
gobera /ɡɔ.bʁa/ |
goberons /ɡɔ.bʁɔ̃/ |
goberez /ɡɔ.bʁe/ |
goberont /ɡɔ.bʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | goberais /ɡɔ.bʁɛ/ |
goberais /ɡɔ.bʁɛ/ |
goberait /ɡɔ.bʁɛ/ |
goberions /ɡɔ.bə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
goberiez /ɡɔ.bə.ʁje/ |
goberaient /ɡɔ.bʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | gobe /ɡɔb/ |
gobes /ɡɔb/ |
gobe /ɡɔb/ |
gobions /ɡɔ.bjɔ̃/ |
gobiez /ɡɔ.bje/ |
gobent /ɡɔb/ |
| imperfect2 | gobasse /ɡɔ.bas/ |
gobasses /ɡɔ.bas/ |
gobât /ɡɔ.ba/ |
gobassions /ɡɔ.ba.sjɔ̃/ |
gobassiez /ɡɔ.ba.sje/ |
gobassent /ɡɔ.bas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | gobe /ɡɔb/ |
— | gobons /ɡɔ.bɔ̃/ |
gobez /ɡɔ.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). | |||||||