baver
See also: bäver
French
Etymology
See bave.
Pronunciation
Verb
baver
Conjugation
Conjugation of baver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | baver | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | bavant /ba.vɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | bavé /ba.ve/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | bave /bav/ |
baves /bav/ |
bave /bav/ |
bavons /ba.vɔ̃/ |
bavez /ba.ve/ |
bavent /bav/ |
| imperfect | bavais /ba.vɛ/ |
bavais /ba.vɛ/ |
bavait /ba.vɛ/ |
bavions /ba.vjɔ̃/ |
baviez /ba.vje/ |
bavaient /ba.vɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | bavai /ba.ve/ |
bavas /ba.va/ |
bava /ba.va/ |
bavâmes /ba.vam/ |
bavâtes /ba.vat/ |
bavèrent /ba.vɛʁ/ | |
| future | baverai /ba.vʁe/ |
baveras /ba.vʁa/ |
bavera /ba.vʁa/ |
baverons /ba.vʁɔ̃/ |
baverez /ba.vʁe/ |
baveront /ba.vʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | baverais /ba.vʁɛ/ |
baverais /ba.vʁɛ/ |
baverait /ba.vʁɛ/ |
baverions /ba.və.ʁjɔ̃/ |
baveriez /ba.və.ʁje/ |
baveraient /ba.vʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | bave /bav/ |
baves /bav/ |
bave /bav/ |
bavions /ba.vjɔ̃/ |
baviez /ba.vje/ |
bavent /bav/ |
| imperfect2 | bavasse /ba.vas/ |
bavasses /ba.vas/ |
bavât /ba.va/ |
bavassions /ba.va.sjɔ̃/ |
bavassiez /ba.va.sje/ |
bavassent /ba.vas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | bave /bav/ |
— | bavons /ba.vɔ̃/ |
bavez /ba.ve/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “baver”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.