chevroter
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃə.vʁɔ.te/
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Verb
chevroter
Conjugation
Conjugation of chevroter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | chevroter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | chevrotant /ʃə.vʁɔ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | chevroté /ʃə.vʁɔ.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | chevrote /ʃə.vʁɔt/ |
chevrotes /ʃə.vʁɔt/ |
chevrote /ʃə.vʁɔt/ |
chevrotons /ʃə.vʁɔ.tɔ̃/ |
chevrotez /ʃə.vʁɔ.te/ |
chevrotent /ʃə.vʁɔt/ |
| imperfect | chevrotais /ʃə.vʁɔ.tɛ/ |
chevrotais /ʃə.vʁɔ.tɛ/ |
chevrotait /ʃə.vʁɔ.tɛ/ |
chevrotions /ʃə.vʁɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
chevrotiez /ʃə.vʁɔ.tje/ |
chevrotaient /ʃə.vʁɔ.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | chevrotai /ʃə.vʁɔ.te/ |
chevrotas /ʃə.vʁɔ.ta/ |
chevrota /ʃə.vʁɔ.ta/ |
chevrotâmes /ʃə.vʁɔ.tam/ |
chevrotâtes /ʃə.vʁɔ.tat/ |
chevrotèrent /ʃə.vʁɔ.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | chevroterai /ʃə.vʁɔ.tʁe/ |
chevroteras /ʃə.vʁɔ.tʁa/ |
chevrotera /ʃə.vʁɔ.tʁa/ |
chevroterons /ʃə.vʁɔ.tʁɔ̃/ |
chevroterez /ʃə.vʁɔ.tʁe/ |
chevroteront /ʃə.vʁɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | chevroterais /ʃə.vʁɔ.tʁɛ/ |
chevroterais /ʃə.vʁɔ.tʁɛ/ |
chevroterait /ʃə.vʁɔ.tʁɛ/ |
chevroterions /ʃə.vʁɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
chevroteriez /ʃə.vʁɔ.tə.ʁje/ |
chevroteraient /ʃə.vʁɔ.tʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | chevrote /ʃə.vʁɔt/ |
chevrotes /ʃə.vʁɔt/ |
chevrote /ʃə.vʁɔt/ |
chevrotions /ʃə.vʁɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
chevrotiez /ʃə.vʁɔ.tje/ |
chevrotent /ʃə.vʁɔt/ |
| imperfect2 | chevrotasse /ʃə.vʁɔ.tas/ |
chevrotasses /ʃə.vʁɔ.tas/ |
chevrotât /ʃə.vʁɔ.ta/ |
chevrotassions /ʃə.vʁɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
chevrotassiez /ʃə.vʁɔ.ta.sje/ |
chevrotassent /ʃə.vʁɔ.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | chevrote /ʃə.vʁɔt/ |
— | chevrotons /ʃə.vʁɔ.tɔ̃/ |
chevrotez /ʃə.vʁɔ.te/ |
— | |
| 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
- “chevroter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.