bêtiser
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛ.ti.ze/ ~ /be.ti.ze/
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Verb
bêtiser
Conjugation
Conjugation of bêtiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | bêtiser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | bêtisant /bɛ.ti.zɑ̃/ or /be.ti.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | bêtisé /bɛ.ti.ze/ or /be.ti.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | bêtise /bɛ.tiz/ or /be.tiz/ |
bêtises /bɛ.tiz/ or /be.tiz/ |
bêtise /bɛ.tiz/ or /be.tiz/ |
bêtisons /bɛ.ti.zɔ̃/ or /be.ti.zɔ̃/ |
bêtisez /bɛ.ti.ze/ or /be.ti.ze/ |
bêtisent /bɛ.tiz/ or /be.tiz/ |
| imperfect | bêtisais /bɛ.ti.zɛ/ or /be.ti.zɛ/ |
bêtisais /bɛ.ti.zɛ/ or /be.ti.zɛ/ |
bêtisait /bɛ.ti.zɛ/ or /be.ti.zɛ/ |
bêtisions /bɛ.ti.zjɔ̃/ or /be.ti.zjɔ̃/ |
bêtisiez /bɛ.ti.zje/ or /be.ti.zje/ |
bêtisaient /bɛ.ti.zɛ/ or /be.ti.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | bêtisai /bɛ.ti.ze/ or /be.ti.ze/ |
bêtisas /bɛ.ti.za/ or /be.ti.za/ |
bêtisa /bɛ.ti.za/ or /be.ti.za/ |
bêtisâmes /bɛ.ti.zam/ or /be.ti.zam/ |
bêtisâtes /bɛ.ti.zat/ or /be.ti.zat/ |
bêtisèrent /bɛ.ti.zɛʁ/ or /be.ti.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | bêtiserai /bɛ.tiz.ʁe/ or /be.tiz.ʁe/ |
bêtiseras /bɛ.tiz.ʁa/ or /be.tiz.ʁa/ |
bêtisera /bɛ.tiz.ʁa/ or /be.tiz.ʁa/ |
bêtiserons /bɛ.tiz.ʁɔ̃/ or /be.tiz.ʁɔ̃/ |
bêtiserez /bɛ.tiz.ʁe/ or /be.tiz.ʁe/ |
bêtiseront /bɛ.tiz.ʁɔ̃/ or /be.tiz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | bêtiserais /bɛ.tiz.ʁɛ/ or /be.tiz.ʁɛ/ |
bêtiserais /bɛ.tiz.ʁɛ/ or /be.tiz.ʁɛ/ |
bêtiserait /bɛ.tiz.ʁɛ/ or /be.tiz.ʁɛ/ |
bêtiserions /bɛ.ti.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /be.ti.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
bêtiseriez /bɛ.ti.zə.ʁje/ or /be.ti.zə.ʁje/ |
bêtiseraient /bɛ.tiz.ʁɛ/ or /be.tiz.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 | bêtise /bɛ.tiz/ or /be.tiz/ |
bêtises /bɛ.tiz/ or /be.tiz/ |
bêtise /bɛ.tiz/ or /be.tiz/ |
bêtisions /bɛ.ti.zjɔ̃/ or /be.ti.zjɔ̃/ |
bêtisiez /bɛ.ti.zje/ or /be.ti.zje/ |
bêtisent /bɛ.tiz/ or /be.tiz/ |
| imperfect2 | bêtisasse /bɛ.ti.zas/ or /be.ti.zas/ |
bêtisasses /bɛ.ti.zas/ or /be.ti.zas/ |
bêtisât /bɛ.ti.za/ or /be.ti.za/ |
bêtisassions /bɛ.ti.za.sjɔ̃/ or /be.ti.za.sjɔ̃/ |
bêtisassiez /bɛ.ti.za.sje/ or /be.ti.za.sje/ |
bêtisassent /bɛ.ti.zas/ or /be.ti.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | bêtise /bɛ.tiz/ or /be.tiz/ |
— | bêtisons /bɛ.ti.zɔ̃/ or /be.ti.zɔ̃/ |
bêtisez /bɛ.ti.ze/ or /be.ti.ze/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “bêtiser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.