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bouleverser
bouleverser
French
Verb
bouleverser
- to completely and drastically change, to overturn
- to shake, to cause a strong emotion
- to disorganize, to turn upside down
Conjugation
Conjugation of bouleverser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | bouleverser | avoir bouleversé | |||||
| gerund | en bouleversant | en ayant bouleversé | |||||
| present participle | bouleversant /bul.vɛʁ.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | bouleversé /bul.vɛʁ.se/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | bouleverse /bul.vɛʁs/ |
bouleverses /bul.vɛʁs/ |
bouleverse /bul.vɛʁs/ |
bouleversons /bul.vɛʁ.sɔ̃/ |
bouleversez /bul.vɛʁ.se/ |
bouleversent /bul.vɛʁs/ |
| imperfect | bouleversais /bul.vɛʁ.sɛ/ |
bouleversais /bul.vɛʁ.sɛ/ |
bouleversait /bul.vɛʁ.sɛ/ |
bouleversions /bul.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ |
bouleversiez /bul.vɛʁ.sje/ |
bouleversaient /bul.vɛʁ.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | bouleversai /bul.vɛʁ.se/ |
bouleversas /bul.vɛʁ.sa/ |
bouleversa /bul.vɛʁ.sa/ |
bouleversâmes /bul.vɛʁ.sam/ |
bouleversâtes /bul.vɛʁ.sat/ |
bouleversèrent /bul.vɛʁ.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | bouleverserai /bul.vɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ |
bouleverseras /bul.vɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ |
bouleversera /bul.vɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ |
bouleverserons /bul.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ |
bouleverserez /bul.vɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ |
bouleverseront /bul.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | bouleverserais /bul.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
bouleverserais /bul.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
bouleverserait /bul.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
bouleverserions /bul.vɛʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
bouleverseriez /bul.vɛʁ.sə.ʁje/ |
bouleverseraient /bul.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
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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 | bouleverse /bul.vɛʁs/ |
bouleverses /bul.vɛʁs/ |
bouleverse /bul.vɛʁs/ |
bouleversions /bul.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ |
bouleversiez /bul.vɛʁ.sje/ |
bouleversent /bul.vɛʁs/ |
| imperfect1 |
bouleversasse /bul.vɛʁ.sas/ |
bouleversasses /bul.vɛʁ.sas/ |
bouleversât /bul.vɛʁ.sa/ |
bouleversassions /bul.vɛʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
bouleversassiez /bul.vɛʁ.sa.sje/ |
bouleversassent /bul.vɛʁ.sas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | bouleverse /bul.vɛʁs/ |
— | bouleversons /bul.vɛʁ.sɔ̃/ |
bouleversez /bul.vɛʁ.se/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||