chauvir
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
chauvir
- (intransitive, dated) to perk up, to rise up (said of the ears of certain equine animals like donkeys)
Conjugation
The forms without -iss- are recommended by the French Academy, although their usage is not common.
Conjugation of chauvir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | chauvir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | chauvant or chauvissant /ʃo.vɑ̃/ or /ʃo.vi.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | chauvi /ʃo.vi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | chauvis /ʃo.vi/ |
chauvis /ʃo.vi/ |
chauvit /ʃo.vi/ |
chauvons or chauvissons /ʃo.vɔ̃/ or /ʃo.vi.sɔ̃/ |
chauvez or chauvissez /ʃo.ve/ or /ʃo.vi.se/ |
chauvent or chauvissent /ʃov/ or /ʃo.vis/ |
| imperfect | chauvais or chauvissais /ʃo.vɛ/ or /ʃo.vi.sɛ/ |
chauvais or chauvissais /ʃo.vɛ/ or /ʃo.vi.sɛ/ |
chauvait or chauvissait /ʃo.vɛ/ or /ʃo.vi.sɛ/ |
chauvions or chauvissions /ʃo.vjɔ̃/ or /ʃo.vi.sjɔ̃/ |
chauviez or chauvissiez /ʃo.vje/ or /ʃo.vi.sje/ |
chauvaient or chauvissaient /ʃo.vɛ/ or /ʃo.vi.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | chauvis /ʃo.vi/ |
chauvis /ʃo.vi/ |
chauvit /ʃo.vi/ |
chauvîmes /ʃo.vim/ |
chauvîtes /ʃo.vit/ |
chauvirent /ʃo.viʁ/ | |
| future | chauvirai /ʃo.vi.ʁe/ |
chauviras /ʃo.vi.ʁa/ |
chauvira /ʃo.vi.ʁa/ |
chauvirons /ʃo.vi.ʁɔ̃/ |
chauvirez /ʃo.vi.ʁe/ |
chauviront /ʃo.vi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | chauvirais /ʃo.vi.ʁɛ/ |
chauvirais /ʃo.vi.ʁɛ/ |
chauvirait /ʃo.vi.ʁɛ/ |
chauvirions /ʃo.vi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
chauviriez /ʃo.vi.ʁje/ |
chauviraient /ʃo.vi.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 | chauve or chauvisse /ʃov/ or /ʃo.vis/ |
chauves or chauvisses /ʃov/ or /ʃo.vis/ |
chauve or chauvisse /ʃov/ or /ʃo.vis/ |
chauvions or chauvissions /ʃo.vjɔ̃/ or /ʃo.vi.sjɔ̃/ |
chauviez or chauvissiez /ʃo.vje/ or /ʃo.vi.sje/ |
chauvent or chauvissent /ʃov/ or /ʃo.vis/ |
| imperfect2 | chauvisse /ʃo.vis/ |
chauvisses /ʃo.vis/ |
chauvît /ʃo.vi/ |
chauvissions /ʃo.vi.sjɔ̃/ |
chauvissiez /ʃo.vi.sje/ |
chauvissent /ʃo.vis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | chauvis /ʃo.vi/ |
— | chauvons or chauvissons /ʃo.vɔ̃/ or /ʃo.vi.sɔ̃/ |
chauvez or chauvissez /ʃo.ve/ or /ʃo.vi.se/ |
— | |
| 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
- “chauvir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.