boursoufler
French
Alternative forms
- boursouffler (post-1990 spelling)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buʁ.su.fle/
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Verb
boursoufler
Conjugation
Conjugation of boursoufler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | boursoufler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | boursouflant /buʁ.su.flɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | boursouflé /buʁ.su.fle/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | boursoufle /buʁ.sufl/ |
boursoufles /buʁ.sufl/ |
boursoufle /buʁ.sufl/ |
boursouflons /buʁ.su.flɔ̃/ |
boursouflez /buʁ.su.fle/ |
boursouflent /buʁ.sufl/ |
| imperfect | boursouflais /buʁ.su.flɛ/ |
boursouflais /buʁ.su.flɛ/ |
boursouflait /buʁ.su.flɛ/ |
boursouflions /buʁ.su.fli.jɔ̃/ |
boursoufliez /buʁ.su.fli.je/ |
boursouflaient /buʁ.su.flɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | boursouflai /buʁ.su.fle/ |
boursouflas /buʁ.su.fla/ |
boursoufla /buʁ.su.fla/ |
boursouflâmes /buʁ.su.flam/ |
boursouflâtes /buʁ.su.flat/ |
boursouflèrent /buʁ.su.flɛʁ/ | |
| future | boursouflerai /buʁ.su.flə.ʁe/ |
boursoufleras /buʁ.su.flə.ʁa/ |
boursouflera /buʁ.su.flə.ʁa/ |
boursouflerons /buʁ.su.flə.ʁɔ̃/ |
boursouflerez /buʁ.su.flə.ʁe/ |
boursoufleront /buʁ.su.flə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | boursouflerais /buʁ.su.flə.ʁɛ/ |
boursouflerais /buʁ.su.flə.ʁɛ/ |
boursouflerait /buʁ.su.flə.ʁɛ/ |
boursouflerions /buʁ.su.flə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
boursoufleriez /buʁ.su.flə.ʁje/ |
boursoufleraient /buʁ.su.flə.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 | boursoufle /buʁ.sufl/ |
boursoufles /buʁ.sufl/ |
boursoufle /buʁ.sufl/ |
boursouflions /buʁ.su.fli.jɔ̃/ |
boursoufliez /buʁ.su.fli.je/ |
boursouflent /buʁ.sufl/ |
| imperfect2 | boursouflasse /buʁ.su.flas/ |
boursouflasses /buʁ.su.flas/ |
boursouflât /buʁ.su.fla/ |
boursouflassions /buʁ.su.fla.sjɔ̃/ |
boursouflassiez /buʁ.su.fla.sje/ |
boursouflassent /buʁ.su.flas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | boursoufle /buʁ.sufl/ |
— | boursouflons /buʁ.su.flɔ̃/ |
boursouflez /buʁ.su.fle/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “boursoufler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.