parachever
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa.ʁaʃ.ve/
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Verb
parachever
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il parachève and the third-person singular future indicative il parachèvera.
Conjugation of parachever (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | parachever | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | parachevant /pa.ʁaʃ.vɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | parachevé /pa.ʁaʃ.ve/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | parachève /pa.ʁa.ʃɛv/ |
parachèves /pa.ʁa.ʃɛv/ |
parachève /pa.ʁa.ʃɛv/ |
parachevons /pa.ʁaʃ.vɔ̃/ |
parachevez /pa.ʁaʃ.ve/ |
parachèvent /pa.ʁa.ʃɛv/ |
| imperfect | parachevais /pa.ʁaʃ.vɛ/ |
parachevais /pa.ʁaʃ.vɛ/ |
parachevait /pa.ʁaʃ.vɛ/ |
parachevions /pa.ʁa.ʃə.vjɔ̃/ |
paracheviez /pa.ʁa.ʃə.vje/ |
parachevaient /pa.ʁaʃ.vɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | parachevai /pa.ʁaʃ.ve/ |
parachevas /pa.ʁaʃ.va/ |
paracheva /pa.ʁaʃ.va/ |
parachevâmes /pa.ʁaʃ.vam/ |
parachevâtes /pa.ʁaʃ.vat/ |
parachevèrent /pa.ʁaʃ.vɛʁ/ | |
| future | parachèverai /pa.ʁa.ʃɛ.vʁe/ or /pa.ʁa.ʃe.vʁe/ |
parachèveras /pa.ʁa.ʃɛ.vʁa/ or /pa.ʁa.ʃe.vʁa/ |
parachèvera /pa.ʁa.ʃɛ.vʁa/ or /pa.ʁa.ʃe.vʁa/ |
parachèverons /pa.ʁa.ʃɛ.vʁɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁa.ʃe.vʁɔ̃/ |
parachèverez /pa.ʁa.ʃɛ.vʁe/ or /pa.ʁa.ʃe.vʁe/ |
parachèveront /pa.ʁa.ʃɛ.vʁɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁa.ʃe.vʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | parachèverais /pa.ʁa.ʃɛ.vʁɛ/ or /pa.ʁa.ʃe.vʁɛ/ |
parachèverais /pa.ʁa.ʃɛ.vʁɛ/ or /pa.ʁa.ʃe.vʁɛ/ |
parachèverait /pa.ʁa.ʃɛ.vʁɛ/ or /pa.ʁa.ʃe.vʁɛ/ |
parachèverions /pa.ʁa.ʃɛ.və.ʁjɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁa.ʃe.və.ʁjɔ̃/ |
parachèveriez /pa.ʁa.ʃɛ.və.ʁje/ or /pa.ʁa.ʃe.və.ʁje/ |
parachèveraient /pa.ʁa.ʃɛ.vʁɛ/ or /pa.ʁa.ʃe.vʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | parachève /pa.ʁa.ʃɛv/ |
parachèves /pa.ʁa.ʃɛv/ |
parachève /pa.ʁa.ʃɛv/ |
parachevions /pa.ʁa.ʃə.vjɔ̃/ |
paracheviez /pa.ʁa.ʃə.vje/ |
parachèvent /pa.ʁa.ʃɛv/ |
| imperfect2 | parachevasse /pa.ʁaʃ.vas/ |
parachevasses /pa.ʁaʃ.vas/ |
parachevât /pa.ʁaʃ.va/ |
parachevassions /pa.ʁaʃ.va.sjɔ̃/ |
parachevassiez /pa.ʁaʃ.va.sje/ |
parachevassent /pa.ʁaʃ.vas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | parachève /pa.ʁa.ʃɛv/ |
— | parachevons /pa.ʁaʃ.vɔ̃/ |
parachevez /pa.ʁaʃ.ve/ |
— | |
| 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
- “parachever”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.