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courber
courber
French
Verb
courber
- (transitive) To bend (cause to become bent)
- (transitive) To bend (e.g. a rule)
- (intransitive) To bend (become bent)
- (reflexive) To bend
- (reflexive) To bow, to bow down, to bend down, to bend over.
- (reflexive) To bend over backwards (be at another's will)
Conjugation
Conjugation of courber (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | courber | avoir courbé | |||||
| gerund | en courbant | en ayant courbé | |||||
| present participle | courbant /kuʁ.bɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | courbé /kuʁ.be/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | courbe /kuʁb/ |
courbes /kuʁb/ |
courbe /kuʁb/ |
courbons /kuʁ.bɔ̃/ |
courbez /kuʁ.be/ |
courbent /kuʁb/ |
| imperfect | courbais /kuʁ.bɛ/ |
courbais /kuʁ.bɛ/ |
courbait /kuʁ.bɛ/ |
courbions /kuʁ.bjɔ̃/ |
courbiez /kuʁ.bje/ |
courbaient /kuʁ.bɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | courbai /kuʁ.be/ |
courbas /kuʁ.ba/ |
courba /kuʁ.ba/ |
courbâmes /kuʁ.bam/ |
courbâtes /kuʁ.bat/ |
courbèrent /kuʁ.bɛʁ/ |
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| future | courberai /kuʁ.bə.ʁe/ |
courberas /kuʁ.bə.ʁa/ |
courbera /kuʁ.bə.ʁa/ |
courberons /kuʁ.bə.ʁɔ̃/ |
courberez /kuʁ.bə.ʁe/ |
courberont /kuʁ.bə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | courberais /kuʁ.bə.ʁɛ/ |
courberais /kuʁ.bə.ʁɛ/ |
courberait /kuʁ.bə.ʁɛ/ |
courberions /kuʁ.bə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
courberiez /kuʁ.bə.ʁje/ |
courberaient /kuʁ.bə.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 | courbe /kuʁb/ |
courbes /kuʁb/ |
courbe /kuʁb/ |
courbions /kuʁ.bjɔ̃/ |
courbiez /kuʁ.bje/ |
courbent /kuʁb/ |
| imperfect1 |
courbasse /kuʁ.bas/ |
courbasses /kuʁ.bas/ |
courbât /kuʁ.ba/ |
courbassions /kuʁ.ba.sjɔ̃/ |
courbassiez /kuʁ.ba.sje/ |
courbassent /kuʁ.bas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | courbe /kuʁb/ |
— | courbons /kuʁ.bɔ̃/ |
courbez /kuʁ.be/ |
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Derived terms
- courber l'échine