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bégayer
bégayer
French
Verb
bégayer
- to stammer
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb as far as pronunciation is concerned, but as with other verbs in -ayer (such as payer and essayer, the <y> of its stem may optionally be written as <i> when it precedes a silent <e> (compare verbs in -eyer, which never have this spelling change, and verbs in -oyer and -uyer, which always have it; verbs in -ayer belong to both groups, according to the writer's preference).
Conjugation of bégayer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | bégayer | avoir bégayé | |||||
| gerund | en bégayant | en ayant bégayé | |||||
| present participle | bégayant /be.ɡɛ.jɑ̃/ or /be.ʒe.jɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | bégayé /be.ɡɛ.je/ or /be.ʒe.je/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | bégaye or bégaie /be.ɡɛj/ or /be.ɡɛ/ |
bégayes or bégaies /be.ɡɛj/ or /be.ɡɛ/ |
bégaye or bégaie /be.ɡɛj/ or /be.ɡɛ/ |
bégayons /be.ɡɛ.jɔ̃/ or /be.ʒe.jɔ̃/ |
bégayez /be.ɡɛ.je/ or /be.ʒe.je/ |
bégayent or bégaient /be.ɡɛj/ or /be.ɡɛ/ |
| imperfect | bégayais /be.ɡɛ.jɛ/ or /be.ʒe.jɛ/ |
bégayais /be.ɡɛ.jɛ/ or /be.ʒe.jɛ/ |
bégayait /be.ɡɛ.jɛ/ or /be.ʒe.jɛ/ |
bégayions /be.ɡɛj.jɔ̃/ or /be.ʒej.jɔ̃/ |
bégayiez /be.ɡɛj.je/ or /be.ʒej.je/ |
bégayaient /be.ɡɛ.jɛ/ or /be.ʒe.jɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | bégayai /be.ɡɛ.je/ or /be.ʒe.je/ |
bégayas /be.ɡɛ.ja/ or /be.ʒe.ja/ |
bégaya /be.ɡɛ.ja/ or /be.ʒe.ja/ |
bégayâmes /be.ɡɛ.jam/ or /be.ʒe.jam/ |
bégayâtes /be.ɡɛ.jat/ or /be.ʒe.jat/ |
bégayèrent /be.ɡɛ.jɛʁ/ or /be.ʒe.jɛʁ/ |
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| future | bégayerai or bégaierai /be.ɡɛj.ʁe/ or /be.ɡɛ.ʁe/ |
bégayeras or bégaieras /be.ɡɛj.ʁa/ or /be.ɡɛ.ʁa/ |
bégayera or bégaiera /be.ɡɛj.ʁa/ or /be.ɡɛ.ʁa/ |
bégayerons or bégaierons /be.ɡɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /be.ɡɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
bégayerez or bégaierez /be.ɡɛj.ʁe/ or /be.ɡɛ.ʁe/ |
bégayeront or bégaieront /be.ɡɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /be.ɡɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | bégayerais or bégaierais /be.ɡɛj.ʁɛ/ or /be.ɡɛ.ʁɛ/ |
bégayerais or bégaierais /be.ɡɛj.ʁɛ/ or /be.ɡɛ.ʁɛ/ |
bégayerait or bégaierait /be.ɡɛj.ʁɛ/ or /be.ɡɛ.ʁɛ/ |
bégayerions or bégaierions /be.ɡɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /be.ɡɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
bégayeriez or bégaieriez /be.ɡɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /be.ɡɛ.ʁje/ |
bégayeraient or bégaieraient /be.ɡɛj.ʁɛ/ or /be.ɡɛ.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 | bégaye or bégaie /be.ɡɛj/ or /be.ɡɛ/ |
bégayes or bégaies /be.ɡɛj/ or /be.ɡɛ/ |
bégaye or bégaie /be.ɡɛj/ or /be.ɡɛ/ |
bégayions /be.ɡɛj.jɔ̃/ or /be.ʒej.jɔ̃/ |
bégayiez /be.ɡɛj.je/ or /be.ʒej.je/ |
bégayent or bégaient /be.ɡɛj/ or /be.ɡɛ/ |
| imperfect1 |
bégayasse /be.ɡɛ.jas/ or /be.ʒe.jas/ |
bégayasses /be.ɡɛ.jas/ or /be.ʒe.jas/ |
bégayât /be.ɡɛ.ja/ or /be.ʒe.ja/ |
bégayassions /be.ɡɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /be.ʒe.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
bégayassiez /be.ɡɛ.ja.sje/ or /be.ʒe.ja.sje/ |
bégayassent /be.ɡɛ.jas/ or /be.ʒe.jas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | bégaye or bégaie /be.ɡɛj/ or /be.ɡɛ/ |
— | bégayons /be.ɡɛ.jɔ̃/ or /be.ʒe.jɔ̃/ |
bégayez /be.ɡɛ.je/ or /be.ʒe.je/ |
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