bafouer
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
An expressive formation based on an interjection of disdain made by quickly expelling air through pouted lips. (Compare Catalan baf (“puff”).)
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
bafouer
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of bafouer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | bafouer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | bafouant /ba.fwɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | bafoué /ba.fwe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | bafoue /ba.fu/ |
bafoues /ba.fu/ |
bafoue /ba.fu/ |
bafouons /ba.fwɔ̃/ |
bafouez /ba.fwe/ |
bafouent /ba.fu/ |
| imperfect | bafouais /ba.fwɛ/ |
bafouais /ba.fwɛ/ |
bafouait /ba.fwɛ/ |
bafouions /ba.fu.jɔ̃/ |
bafouiez /ba.fu.je/ |
bafouaient /ba.fwɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | bafouai /ba.fwe/ |
bafouas /ba.fwa/ |
bafoua /ba.fwa/ |
bafouâmes /ba.fwam/ |
bafouâtes /ba.fwat/ |
bafouèrent /ba.fwɛʁ/ | |
| future | bafouerai /ba.fu.ʁe/ |
bafoueras /ba.fu.ʁa/ |
bafouera /ba.fu.ʁa/ |
bafouerons /ba.fu.ʁɔ̃/ |
bafouerez /ba.fu.ʁe/ |
bafoueront /ba.fu.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | bafouerais /ba.fu.ʁɛ/ |
bafouerais /ba.fu.ʁɛ/ |
bafouerait /ba.fu.ʁɛ/ |
bafouerions /ba.fu.ʁjɔ̃/ |
bafoueriez /ba.fu.ʁje/ |
bafoueraient /ba.fu.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | bafoue /ba.fu/ |
bafoues /ba.fu/ |
bafoue /ba.fu/ |
bafouions /ba.fu.jɔ̃/ |
bafouiez /ba.fu.je/ |
bafouent /ba.fu/ |
| imperfect2 | bafouasse /ba.fwas/ |
bafouasses /ba.fwas/ |
bafouât /ba.fwa/ |
bafouassions /ba.fwa.sjɔ̃/ |
bafouassiez /ba.fwa.sje/ |
bafouassent /ba.fwas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | bafoue /ba.fu/ |
— | bafouons /ba.fwɔ̃/ |
bafouez /ba.fwe/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading[edit]
- “bafouer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.