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japper
japper
French
Verb
japper
Usage notes
- Japper is much more commonly used in Canada than the more general aboyer.
Derived terms
Conjugation
Conjugation of japper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | japper | avoir jappé | |||||
| gerund | en jappant | en ayant jappé | |||||
| present participle | jappant /ʒa.pɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | jappé /ʒa.pe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | jappe /ʒap/ |
jappes /ʒap/ |
jappe /ʒap/ |
jappons /ʒa.pɔ̃/ |
jappez /ʒa.pe/ |
jappent /ʒap/ |
| imperfect | jappais /ʒa.pɛ/ |
jappais /ʒa.pɛ/ |
jappait /ʒa.pɛ/ |
jappions /ʒa.pjɔ̃/ |
jappiez /ʒa.pje/ |
jappaient /ʒa.pɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | jappai /ʒa.pe/ |
jappas /ʒa.pa/ |
jappa /ʒa.pa/ |
jappâmes /ʒa.pam/ |
jappâtes /ʒa.pat/ |
jappèrent /ʒa.pɛʁ/ |
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| future | japperai /ʒa.pʁe/ |
japperas /ʒa.pʁa/ |
jappera /ʒa.pʁa/ |
japperons /ʒa.pʁɔ̃/ |
japperez /ʒa.pʁe/ |
japperont /ʒa.pʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | japperais /ʒa.pʁɛ/ |
japperais /ʒa.pʁɛ/ |
japperait /ʒa.pʁɛ/ |
japperions /ʒa.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
japperiez /ʒa.pə.ʁje/ |
japperaient /ʒa.pʁɛ/ |
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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 | jappe /ʒap/ |
jappes /ʒap/ |
jappe /ʒap/ |
jappions /ʒa.pjɔ̃/ |
jappiez /ʒa.pje/ |
jappent /ʒap/ |
| imperfect1 |
jappasse /ʒa.pas/ |
jappasses /ʒa.pas/ |
jappât /ʒa.pa/ |
jappassions /ʒa.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
jappassiez /ʒa.pa.sje/ |
jappassent /ʒa.pas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | jappe /ʒap/ |
— | jappons /ʒa.pɔ̃/ |
jappez /ʒa.pe/ |
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