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couver
couver
French
Verb
couver
- to brood (an egg)
- to mollycoddle (keep someone or something safe)
Conjugation
Conjugation of couver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | couver | avoir couvé | |||||
| gerund | en couvant | en ayant couvé | |||||
| present participle | couvant /ku.vɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | couvé /ku.ve/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | couve /kuv/ |
couves /kuv/ |
couve /kuv/ |
couvons /ku.vɔ̃/ |
couvez /ku.ve/ |
couvent /kuv/ |
| imperfect | couvais /ku.vɛ/ |
couvais /ku.vɛ/ |
couvait /ku.vɛ/ |
couvions /ku.vjɔ̃/ |
couviez /ku.vje/ |
couvaient /ku.vɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | couvai /ku.ve/ |
couvas /ku.va/ |
couva /ku.va/ |
couvâmes /ku.vam/ |
couvâtes /ku.vat/ |
couvèrent /ku.vɛʁ/ |
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| future | couverai /ku.vʁe/ |
couveras /ku.vʁa/ |
couvera /ku.vʁa/ |
couverons /ku.vʁɔ̃/ |
couverez /ku.vʁe/ |
couveront /ku.vʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | couverais /ku.vʁɛ/ |
couverais /ku.vʁɛ/ |
couverait /ku.vʁɛ/ |
couverions /ku.və.ʁjɔ̃/ |
couveriez /ku.və.ʁje/ |
couveraient /ku.vʁɛ/ |
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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 | couve /kuv/ |
couves /kuv/ |
couve /kuv/ |
couvions /ku.vjɔ̃/ |
couviez /ku.vje/ |
couvent /kuv/ |
| imperfect1 |
couvasse /ku.vas/ |
couvasses /ku.vas/ |
couvât /ku.va/ |
couvassions /ku.va.sjɔ̃/ |
couvassiez /ku.va.sje/ |
couvassent /ku.vas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | couve /kuv/ |
— | couvons /ku.vɔ̃/ |
couvez /ku.ve/ |
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