laper
See also: lapër
French
Etymology
Of imitative origin.
Pronunciation
Verb
laper
- (transitive) to lap (a liquid)
Conjugation
Conjugation of laper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | laper | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | lapant /la.pɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | lapé /la.pe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | lape /lap/ |
lapes /lap/ |
lape /lap/ |
lapons /la.pɔ̃/ |
lapez /la.pe/ |
lapent /lap/ |
| imperfect | lapais /la.pɛ/ |
lapais /la.pɛ/ |
lapait /la.pɛ/ |
lapions /la.pjɔ̃/ |
lapiez /la.pje/ |
lapaient /la.pɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | lapai /la.pe/ |
lapas /la.pa/ |
lapa /la.pa/ |
lapâmes /la.pam/ |
lapâtes /la.pat/ |
lapèrent /la.pɛʁ/ | |
| future | laperai /la.pʁe/ |
laperas /la.pʁa/ |
lapera /la.pʁa/ |
laperons /la.pʁɔ̃/ |
laperez /la.pʁe/ |
laperont /la.pʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | laperais /la.pʁɛ/ |
laperais /la.pʁɛ/ |
laperait /la.pʁɛ/ |
laperions /la.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
laperiez /la.pə.ʁje/ |
laperaient /la.pʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | lape /lap/ |
lapes /lap/ |
lape /lap/ |
lapions /la.pjɔ̃/ |
lapiez /la.pje/ |
lapent /lap/ |
| imperfect2 | lapasse /la.pas/ |
lapasses /la.pas/ |
lapât /la.pa/ |
lapassions /la.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
lapassiez /la.pa.sje/ |
lapassent /la.pas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | lape /lap/ |
— | lapons /la.pɔ̃/ |
lapez /la.pe/ |
— | |
| 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
- “laper”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.