mâcher

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See also: macher and Macher

French

Etymology

From Middle French mascher, from Old French mascher, inherited from Latin masticāre. Doublet of mastiquer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.ʃe/ ~ /mɑ.ʃe/
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Verb

mâcher

  1. to chew
  2. (informal) to begin or prepare some work
    Je t’ai mâché le travail, tu n’as plus qu’à le terminer.
    I prepared some work for you, you just need to finish it.

Conjugation

Conjugation of mâcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple mâcher
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple mâchant
/ma.ʃɑ̃/ or /mɑ.ʃɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle mâché
/ma.ʃe/ or /mɑ.ʃe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present mâche
/maʃ/ or /mɑʃ/ 		mâches
/maʃ/ or /mɑʃ/ 		mâche
/maʃ/ or /mɑʃ/ 		mâchons
/ma.ʃɔ̃/ or /mɑ.ʃɔ̃/ 		mâchez
/ma.ʃe/ or /mɑ.ʃe/ 		mâchent
/maʃ/ or /mɑʃ/
imperfect mâchais
/ma.ʃɛ/ or /mɑ.ʃɛ/ 		mâchais
/ma.ʃɛ/ or /mɑ.ʃɛ/ 		mâchait
/ma.ʃɛ/ or /mɑ.ʃɛ/ 		mâchions
/ma.ʃjɔ̃/ or /mɑ.ʃjɔ̃/ 		mâchiez
/ma.ʃje/ or /mɑ.ʃje/ 		mâchaient
/ma.ʃɛ/ or /mɑ.ʃɛ/
past historic2 mâchai
/ma.ʃe/ or /mɑ.ʃe/ 		mâchas
/ma.ʃa/ or /mɑ.ʃa/ 		mâcha
/ma.ʃa/ or /mɑ.ʃa/ 		mâchâmes
/ma.ʃam/ or /mɑ.ʃam/ 		mâchâtes
/ma.ʃat/ or /mɑ.ʃat/ 		mâchèrent
/ma.ʃɛʁ/ or /mɑ.ʃɛʁ/
future mâcherai
/maʃ.ʁe/ or /mɑʃ.ʁe/ 		mâcheras
/maʃ.ʁa/ or /mɑʃ.ʁa/ 		mâchera
/maʃ.ʁa/ or /mɑʃ.ʁa/ 		mâcherons
/maʃ.ʁɔ̃/ or /mɑʃ.ʁɔ̃/ 		mâcherez
/maʃ.ʁe/ or /mɑʃ.ʁe/ 		mâcheront
/maʃ.ʁɔ̃/ or /mɑʃ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional mâcherais
/maʃ.ʁɛ/ or /mɑʃ.ʁɛ/ 		mâcherais
/maʃ.ʁɛ/ or /mɑʃ.ʁɛ/ 		mâcherait
/maʃ.ʁɛ/ or /mɑʃ.ʁɛ/ 		mâcherions
/ma.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /mɑ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		mâcheriez
/ma.ʃə.ʁje/ or /mɑ.ʃə.ʁje/ 		mâcheraient
/maʃ.ʁɛ/ or /mɑʃ.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 mâche
/maʃ/ or /mɑʃ/ 		mâches
/maʃ/ or /mɑʃ/ 		mâche
/maʃ/ or /mɑʃ/ 		mâchions
/ma.ʃjɔ̃/ or /mɑ.ʃjɔ̃/ 		mâchiez
/ma.ʃje/ or /mɑ.ʃje/ 		mâchent
/maʃ/ or /mɑʃ/
imperfect2 mâchasse
/ma.ʃas/ or /mɑ.ʃas/ 		mâchasses
/ma.ʃas/ or /mɑ.ʃas/ 		mâchât
/ma.ʃa/ or /mɑ.ʃa/ 		mâchassions
/ma.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ or /mɑ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ 		mâchassiez
/ma.ʃa.sje/ or /mɑ.ʃa.sje/ 		mâchassent
/ma.ʃas/ or /mɑ.ʃas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — mâche
/maʃ/ or /mɑʃ/ 		— mâchons
/ma.ʃɔ̃/ or /mɑ.ʃɔ̃/ 		mâchez
/ma.ʃe/ or /mɑ.ʃe/ 		—
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).

Descendants

  • → Alemannic German: mäschere (possibly)
  • → Esperanto: maĉi

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