hâbler

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hablar. Doublet of fabuler.

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /a.ble/ ~ /ɑ.ble/

Verb

hâbler

1. (transitive, intransitive, archaic, rare) to speak, talk

   hâbler le polonais – to speak Polish

Conjugation

Conjugation of hâbler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	hâbler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	hâblant /a.blɑ̃/ or /ɑ.blɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		hâblé /a.ble/ or /ɑ.ble/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	hâble /abl/ or /ɑbl/	hâbles /abl/ or /ɑbl/	hâble /abl/ or /ɑbl/	hâblons /a.blɔ̃/ or /ɑ.blɔ̃/	hâblez /a.ble/ or /ɑ.ble/	hâblent /abl/ or /ɑbl/
	imperfect	hâblais /a.blɛ/ or /ɑ.blɛ/	hâblais /a.blɛ/ or /ɑ.blɛ/	hâblait /a.blɛ/ or /ɑ.blɛ/	hâblions /a.bli.jɔ̃/ or /ɑ.bli.jɔ̃/	hâbliez /a.bli.je/ or /ɑ.bli.je/	hâblaient /a.blɛ/ or /ɑ.blɛ/
	past historic2	hâblai /a.ble/ or /ɑ.ble/	hâblas /a.bla/ or /ɑ.bla/	hâbla /a.bla/ or /ɑ.bla/	hâblâmes /a.blam/ or /ɑ.blam/	hâblâtes /a.blat/ or /ɑ.blat/	hâblèrent /a.blɛʁ/ or /ɑ.blɛʁ/
	future	hâblerai /a.blə.ʁe/ or /ɑ.blə.ʁe/	hâbleras /a.blə.ʁa/ or /ɑ.blə.ʁa/	hâblera /a.blə.ʁa/ or /ɑ.blə.ʁa/	hâblerons /a.blə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ.blə.ʁɔ̃/	hâblerez /a.blə.ʁe/ or /ɑ.blə.ʁe/	hâbleront /a.blə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ.blə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	hâblerais /a.blə.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ.blə.ʁɛ/	hâblerais /a.blə.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ.blə.ʁɛ/	hâblerait /a.blə.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ.blə.ʁɛ/	hâblerions /a.blə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ.blə.ʁjɔ̃/	hâbleriez /a.blə.ʁje/ or /ɑ.blə.ʁje/	hâbleraient /a.blə.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ.blə.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	hâble /abl/ or /ɑbl/	hâbles /abl/ or /ɑbl/	hâble /abl/ or /ɑbl/	hâblions /a.bli.jɔ̃/ or /ɑ.bli.jɔ̃/	hâbliez /a.bli.je/ or /ɑ.bli.je/	hâblent /abl/ or /ɑbl/
	imperfect2	hâblasse /a.blas/ or /ɑ.blas/	hâblasses /a.blas/ or /ɑ.blas/	hâblât /a.bla/ or /ɑ.bla/	hâblassions /a.bla.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ.bla.sjɔ̃/	hâblassiez /a.bla.sje/ or /ɑ.bla.sje/	hâblassent /a.blas/ or /ɑ.blas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	hâble /abl/ or /ɑbl/	—	hâblons /a.blɔ̃/ or /ɑ.blɔ̃/	hâblez /a.ble/ or /ɑ.ble/	—
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “hâbler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.