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chauvir
chauvir
French
Verb
chauvir
- (intransitive, dated) to perk up, to rise up (said of the ears of certain equine animals like donkeys)
Conjugation
The forms without -iss- are recommended by the French Academy, although their usage is not common.
Conjugation of chauvir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | chauvir | avoir chauvi | |||||
| gerund | en chauvant or chauvissant | en ayant chauvi | |||||
| present participle | chauvant or chauvissant /ʃo.vɑ̃/ or /ʃo.vi.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | chauvi /ʃo.vi/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | chauvis /ʃo.vi/ |
chauvis /ʃo.vi/ |
chauvit /ʃo.vi/ |
chauvons or chauvissons /ʃo.vɔ̃/ or /ʃo.vi.sɔ̃/ |
chauvez or chauvissez /ʃo.ve/ or /ʃo.vi.se/ |
chauvent or chauvissent /ʃov/ or /ʃo.vis/ |
| imperfect | chauvais or chauvissais /ʃo.vɛ/ or /ʃo.vi.sɛ/ |
chauvais or chauvissais /ʃo.vɛ/ or /ʃo.vi.sɛ/ |
chauvait or chauvissait /ʃo.vɛ/ or /ʃo.vi.sɛ/ |
chauvions or chauvissions /ʃo.vjɔ̃/ or /ʃo.vi.sjɔ̃/ |
chauviez or chauvissiez /ʃo.vje/ or /ʃo.vi.sje/ |
chauvaient or chauvissaient /ʃo.vɛ/ or /ʃo.vi.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | chauvis /ʃo.vi/ |
chauvis /ʃo.vi/ |
chauvit /ʃo.vi/ |
chauvîmes /ʃo.vim/ |
chauvîtes /ʃo.vit/ |
chauvirent /ʃo.viʁ/ |
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| future | chauvirai /ʃo.vi.ʁe/ |
chauviras /ʃo.vi.ʁa/ |
chauvira /ʃo.vi.ʁa/ |
chauvirons /ʃo.vi.ʁɔ̃/ |
chauvirez /ʃo.vi.ʁe/ |
chauviront /ʃo.vi.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | chauvirais /ʃo.vi.ʁɛ/ |
chauvirais /ʃo.vi.ʁɛ/ |
chauvirait /ʃo.vi.ʁɛ/ |
chauvirions /ʃo.vi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
chauviriez /ʃo.vi.ʁje/ |
chauviraient /ʃo.vi.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 | chauve or chauvisse /ʃov/ or /ʃo.vis/ |
chauves or chauvisses /ʃov/ or /ʃo.vis/ |
chauve or chauvisse /ʃov/ or /ʃo.vis/ |
chauvions or chauvissions /ʃo.vjɔ̃/ or /ʃo.vi.sjɔ̃/ |
chauviez or chauvissiez /ʃo.vje/ or /ʃo.vi.sje/ |
chauvent or chauvissent /ʃov/ or /ʃo.vis/ |
| imperfect1 |
chauvisse /ʃo.vis/ |
chauvisses /ʃo.vis/ |
chauvît /ʃo.vi/ |
chauvissions /ʃo.vi.sjɔ̃/ |
chauvissiez /ʃo.vi.sje/ |
chauvissent /ʃo.vis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | chauvis /ʃo.vi/ |
— | chauvons or chauvissons /ʃo.vɔ̃/ or /ʃo.vi.sɔ̃/ |
chauvez or chauvissez /ʃo.ve/ or /ʃo.vi.se/ |
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