boubouler

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bu.bu.le/
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Verb

boubouler

  1. (intransitive) to hoot (to make the cry of an owl)
    Synonym: hululer

Conjugation

Conjugation of boubouler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple boubouler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple bouboulant
/bu.bu.lɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle bouboulé
/bu.bu.le/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present bouboule
/bu.bul/ 		bouboules
/bu.bul/ 		bouboule
/bu.bul/ 		bouboulons
/bu.bu.lɔ̃/ 		bouboulez
/bu.bu.le/ 		bouboulent
/bu.bul/
imperfect bouboulais
/bu.bu.lɛ/ 		bouboulais
/bu.bu.lɛ/ 		bouboulait
/bu.bu.lɛ/ 		bouboulions
/bu.bu.ljɔ̃/ 		boubouliez
/bu.bu.lje/ 		bouboulaient
/bu.bu.lɛ/
past historic2 bouboulai
/bu.bu.le/ 		bouboulas
/bu.bu.la/ 		bouboula
/bu.bu.la/ 		bouboulâmes
/bu.bu.lam/ 		bouboulâtes
/bu.bu.lat/ 		bouboulèrent
/bu.bu.lɛʁ/
future bouboulerai
/bu.bul.ʁe/ 		boubouleras
/bu.bul.ʁa/ 		bouboulera
/bu.bul.ʁa/ 		bouboulerons
/bu.bul.ʁɔ̃/ 		bouboulerez
/bu.bul.ʁe/ 		boubouleront
/bu.bul.ʁɔ̃/
conditional bouboulerais
/bu.bul.ʁɛ/ 		bouboulerais
/bu.bul.ʁɛ/ 		bouboulerait
/bu.bul.ʁɛ/ 		bouboulerions
/bu.bu.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		boubouleriez
/bu.bu.lə.ʁje/ 		boubouleraient
/bu.bul.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 bouboule
/bu.bul/ 		bouboules
/bu.bul/ 		bouboule
/bu.bul/ 		bouboulions
/bu.bu.ljɔ̃/ 		boubouliez
/bu.bu.lje/ 		bouboulent
/bu.bul/
imperfect2 bouboulasse
/bu.bu.las/ 		bouboulasses
/bu.bu.las/ 		bouboulât
/bu.bu.la/ 		bouboulassions
/bu.bu.la.sjɔ̃/ 		bouboulassiez
/bu.bu.la.sje/ 		bouboulassent
/bu.bu.las/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — bouboule
/bu.bul/ 		— bouboulons
/bu.bu.lɔ̃/ 		bouboulez
/bu.bu.le/ 		—
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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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