bouquiner
French
Etymology
Verb
bouquiner
- to read constantly (for pleasure)
Conjugation
Conjugation of bouquiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | bouquiner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | bouquinant /bu.ki.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | bouquiné /bu.ki.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | bouquine /bu.kin/ |
bouquines /bu.kin/ |
bouquine /bu.kin/ |
bouquinons /bu.ki.nɔ̃/ |
bouquinez /bu.ki.ne/ |
bouquinent /bu.kin/ |
| imperfect | bouquinais /bu.ki.nɛ/ |
bouquinais /bu.ki.nɛ/ |
bouquinait /bu.ki.nɛ/ |
bouquinions /bu.ki.njɔ̃/ |
bouquiniez /bu.ki.nje/ |
bouquinaient /bu.ki.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | bouquinai /bu.ki.ne/ |
bouquinas /bu.ki.na/ |
bouquina /bu.ki.na/ |
bouquinâmes /bu.ki.nam/ |
bouquinâtes /bu.ki.nat/ |
bouquinèrent /bu.ki.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | bouquinerai /bu.kin.ʁe/ |
bouquineras /bu.kin.ʁa/ |
bouquinera /bu.kin.ʁa/ |
bouquinerons /bu.kin.ʁɔ̃/ |
bouquinerez /bu.kin.ʁe/ |
bouquineront /bu.kin.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | bouquinerais /bu.kin.ʁɛ/ |
bouquinerais /bu.kin.ʁɛ/ |
bouquinerait /bu.kin.ʁɛ/ |
bouquinerions /bu.ki.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
bouquineriez /bu.ki.nə.ʁje/ |
bouquineraient /bu.kin.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 | bouquine /bu.kin/ |
bouquines /bu.kin/ |
bouquine /bu.kin/ |
bouquinions /bu.ki.njɔ̃/ |
bouquiniez /bu.ki.nje/ |
bouquinent /bu.kin/ |
| imperfect2 | bouquinasse /bu.ki.nas/ |
bouquinasses /bu.ki.nas/ |
bouquinât /bu.ki.na/ |
bouquinassions /bu.ki.na.sjɔ̃/ |
bouquinassiez /bu.ki.na.sje/ |
bouquinassent /bu.ki.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | bouquine /bu.kin/ |
— | bouquinons /bu.ki.nɔ̃/ |
bouquinez /bu.ki.ne/ |
— | |
| 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
- “bouquiner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.