clavarder
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /kla.vaʁ.de/
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Verb
[edit]clavarder
- (North America) to chat by typing on a keyboard
- Synonym: tchatter
Usage notes
[edit]Primarily used in Quebec. In Africa and Europe, the more usual term is tchatter.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of clavarder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | clavarder | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | clavardant /kla.vaʁ.dɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | clavardé /kla.vaʁ.de/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | clavarde /kla.vaʁd/ |
clavardes /kla.vaʁd/ |
clavarde /kla.vaʁd/ |
clavardons /kla.vaʁ.dɔ̃/ |
clavardez /kla.vaʁ.de/ |
clavardent /kla.vaʁd/ |
| imperfect | clavardais /kla.vaʁ.dɛ/ |
clavardais /kla.vaʁ.dɛ/ |
clavardait /kla.vaʁ.dɛ/ |
clavardions /kla.vaʁ.djɔ̃/ |
clavardiez /kla.vaʁ.dje/ |
clavardaient /kla.vaʁ.dɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | clavardai /kla.vaʁ.de/ |
clavardas /kla.vaʁ.da/ |
clavarda /kla.vaʁ.da/ |
clavardâmes /kla.vaʁ.dam/ |
clavardâtes /kla.vaʁ.dat/ |
clavardèrent /kla.vaʁ.dɛʁ/ | |
| future | clavarderai /kla.vaʁ.də.ʁe/ |
clavarderas /kla.vaʁ.də.ʁa/ |
clavardera /kla.vaʁ.də.ʁa/ |
clavarderons /kla.vaʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/ |
clavarderez /kla.vaʁ.də.ʁe/ |
clavarderont /kla.vaʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | clavarderais /kla.vaʁ.də.ʁɛ/ |
clavarderais /kla.vaʁ.də.ʁɛ/ |
clavarderait /kla.vaʁ.də.ʁɛ/ |
clavarderions /kla.vaʁ.də.ʁjɔ̃/ |
clavarderiez /kla.vaʁ.də.ʁje/ |
clavarderaient /kla.vaʁ.də.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 | clavarde /kla.vaʁd/ |
clavardes /kla.vaʁd/ |
clavarde /kla.vaʁd/ |
clavardions /kla.vaʁ.djɔ̃/ |
clavardiez /kla.vaʁ.dje/ |
clavardent /kla.vaʁd/ |
| imperfect2 | clavardasse /kla.vaʁ.das/ |
clavardasses /kla.vaʁ.das/ |
clavardât /kla.vaʁ.da/ |
clavardassions /kla.vaʁ.da.sjɔ̃/ |
clavardassiez /kla.vaʁ.da.sje/ |
clavardassent /kla.vaʁ.das/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | clavarde /kla.vaʁd/ |
— | clavardons /kla.vaʁ.dɔ̃/ |
clavardez /kla.vaʁ.de/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||