bâiller
See also: bailler
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French baailler, from Old French baaillier, from Early Medieval Latin bataculāre (“to yawn”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba.je/ ~ /bɑ.je/
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Verb
bâiller
- to yawn
Conjugation
Conjugation of bâiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | bâiller | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | bâillant /ba.jɑ̃/ or /bɑ.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | bâillé /ba.je/ or /bɑ.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | bâille /baj/ or /bɑj/ |
bâilles /baj/ or /bɑj/ |
bâille /baj/ or /bɑj/ |
bâillons /ba.jɔ̃/ or /bɑ.jɔ̃/ |
bâillez /ba.je/ or /bɑ.je/ |
bâillent /baj/ or /bɑj/ |
| imperfect | bâillais /ba.jɛ/ or /bɑ.jɛ/ |
bâillais /ba.jɛ/ or /bɑ.jɛ/ |
bâillait /ba.jɛ/ or /bɑ.jɛ/ |
bâillions /baj.jɔ̃/ or /bɑj.jɔ̃/ |
bâilliez /baj.je/ or /bɑj.je/ |
bâillaient /ba.jɛ/ or /bɑ.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | bâillai /ba.je/ or /bɑ.je/ |
bâillas /ba.ja/ or /bɑ.ja/ |
bâilla /ba.ja/ or /bɑ.ja/ |
bâillâmes /ba.jam/ or /bɑ.jam/ |
bâillâtes /ba.jat/ or /bɑ.jat/ |
bâillèrent /ba.jɛʁ/ or /bɑ.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | bâillerai /baj.ʁe/ or /bɑj.ʁe/ |
bâilleras /baj.ʁa/ or /bɑj.ʁa/ |
bâillera /baj.ʁa/ or /bɑj.ʁa/ |
bâillerons /baj.ʁɔ̃/ or /bɑj.ʁɔ̃/ |
bâillerez /baj.ʁe/ or /bɑj.ʁe/ |
bâilleront /baj.ʁɔ̃/ or /bɑj.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | bâillerais /baj.ʁɛ/ or /bɑj.ʁɛ/ |
bâillerais /baj.ʁɛ/ or /bɑj.ʁɛ/ |
bâillerait /baj.ʁɛ/ or /bɑj.ʁɛ/ |
bâillerions /ba.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /bɑ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
bâilleriez /ba.jə.ʁje/ or /bɑ.jə.ʁje/ |
bâilleraient /baj.ʁɛ/ or /bɑj.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 | bâille /baj/ or /bɑj/ |
bâilles /baj/ or /bɑj/ |
bâille /baj/ or /bɑj/ |
bâillions /baj.jɔ̃/ or /bɑj.jɔ̃/ |
bâilliez /baj.je/ or /bɑj.je/ |
bâillent /baj/ or /bɑj/ |
| imperfect2 | bâillasse /ba.jas/ or /bɑ.jas/ |
bâillasses /ba.jas/ or /bɑ.jas/ |
bâillât /ba.ja/ or /bɑ.ja/ |
bâillassions /ba.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /bɑ.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
bâillassiez /ba.ja.sje/ or /bɑ.ja.sje/ |
bâillassent /ba.jas/ or /bɑ.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | bâille /baj/ or /bɑj/ |
— | bâillons /ba.jɔ̃/ or /bɑ.jɔ̃/ |
bâillez /ba.je/ or /bɑ.je/ |
— | |
| 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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “bâiller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.