boubouler
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /bu.bu.le/
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Verb
[edit]boubouler
- (intransitive) to hoot (to make the cry of an owl)
- Synonym: hululer
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of boubouler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | boubouler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | bouboulant /bu.bu.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | bouboulé /bu.bu.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | bouboule /bu.bul/ |
bouboules /bu.bul/ |
bouboule /bu.bul/ |
bouboulons /bu.bu.lɔ̃/ |
bouboulez /bu.bu.le/ |
bouboulent /bu.bul/ |
| imperfect | bouboulais /bu.bu.lɛ/ |
bouboulais /bu.bu.lɛ/ |
bouboulait /bu.bu.lɛ/ |
bouboulions /bu.bu.ljɔ̃/ |
boubouliez /bu.bu.lje/ |
bouboulaient /bu.bu.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | bouboulai /bu.bu.le/ |
bouboulas /bu.bu.la/ |
bouboula /bu.bu.la/ |
bouboulâmes /bu.bu.lam/ |
bouboulâtes /bu.bu.lat/ |
bouboulèrent /bu.bu.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | bouboulerai /bu.bul.ʁe/ |
boubouleras /bu.bul.ʁa/ |
bouboulera /bu.bul.ʁa/ |
bouboulerons /bu.bul.ʁɔ̃/ |
bouboulerez /bu.bul.ʁe/ |
boubouleront /bu.bul.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | bouboulerais /bu.bul.ʁɛ/ |
bouboulerais /bu.bul.ʁɛ/ |
bouboulerait /bu.bul.ʁɛ/ |
bouboulerions /bu.bu.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
boubouleriez /bu.bu.lə.ʁje/ |
boubouleraient /bu.bul.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 | bouboule /bu.bul/ |
bouboules /bu.bul/ |
bouboule /bu.bul/ |
bouboulions /bu.bu.ljɔ̃/ |
boubouliez /bu.bu.lje/ |
bouboulent /bu.bul/ |
| imperfect2 | bouboulasse /bu.bu.las/ |
bouboulasses /bu.bu.las/ |
bouboulât /bu.bu.la/ |
bouboulassions /bu.bu.la.sjɔ̃/ |
bouboulassiez /bu.bu.la.sje/ |
bouboulassent /bu.bu.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | bouboule /bu.bul/ |
— | bouboulons /bu.bu.lɔ̃/ |
bouboulez /bu.bu.le/ |
— | |
| 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]- “boubouler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012