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bégueter
bégueter
French
Verb
bégueter
- to bleat
Derived terms
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated mostly like the regular -er verbs (parler and chanter and so on), but the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-. For example, in the third-person singular present indicative, we have il béguète rather than *il béguete. Other verbs conjugated this way include lever and mener. Related but distinct conjugations include those of appeler and préférer.
Conjugation of bégueter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | bégueter | avoir bégueté | |||||
| gerund | en béguetant | en ayant bégueté | |||||
| present participle | béguetant /beɡ.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | bégueté /beɡ.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | béguète /be.ɡɛt/ |
béguètes /be.ɡɛt/ |
béguète /be.ɡɛt/ |
béguetons /beɡ.tɔ̃/ |
béguetez /beɡ.te/ |
béguètent /be.ɡɛt/ |
| imperfect | béguetais /beɡ.tɛ/ |
béguetais /beɡ.tɛ/ |
béguetait /beɡ.tɛ/ |
béguetions /be.ɡə.tjɔ̃/ |
béguetiez /be.ɡə.tje/ |
béguetaient /beɡ.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | béguetai /beɡ.te/ |
béguetas /beɡ.ta/ |
bégueta /beɡ.ta/ |
béguetâmes /beɡ.tam/ |
béguetâtes /beɡ.tat/ |
béguetèrent /beɡ.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | béguèterai /be.ɡɛ.tʁe/ |
béguèteras /be.ɡɛ.tʁa/ |
béguètera /be.ɡɛ.tʁa/ |
béguèterons /be.ɡɛ.tʁɔ̃/ |
béguèterez /be.ɡɛ.tʁe/ |
béguèteront /be.ɡɛ.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | béguèterais /be.ɡɛ.tʁɛ/ |
béguèterais /be.ɡɛ.tʁɛ/ |
béguèterait /be.ɡɛ.tʁɛ/ |
béguèterions /be.ɡɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
béguèteriez /be.ɡɛ.tə.ʁje/ |
béguèteraient /be.ɡɛ.tʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | béguète /be.ɡɛt/ |
béguètes /be.ɡɛt/ |
béguète /be.ɡɛt/ |
béguetions /be.ɡə.tjɔ̃/ |
béguetiez /be.ɡə.tje/ |
béguètent /be.ɡɛt/ |
| imperfect1 |
béguetasse /beɡ.tas/ |
béguetasses /beɡ.tas/ |
béguetât /beɡ.ta/ |
béguetassions /beɡ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
béguetassiez /beɡ.ta.sje/ |
béguetassent /beɡ.tas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | béguète /be.ɡɛt/ |
— | béguetons /beɡ.tɔ̃/ |
béguetez /beɡ.te/ |
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