bêtifier
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Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
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Verb edit
bêtifier
- to act childishly
- to be brutalized
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of bêtifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | bêtifier | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | bêtifiant /bɛ.ti.fjɑ̃/ or /be.ti.fjɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | bêtifié /bɛ.ti.fje/ or /be.ti.fje/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | bêtifie /bɛ.ti.fi/ or /be.ti.fi/ |
bêtifies /bɛ.ti.fi/ or /be.ti.fi/ |
bêtifie /bɛ.ti.fi/ or /be.ti.fi/ |
bêtifions /bɛ.ti.fjɔ̃/ or /be.ti.fjɔ̃/ |
bêtifiez /bɛ.ti.fje/ or /be.ti.fje/ |
bêtifient /bɛ.ti.fi/ or /be.ti.fi/ |
| imperfect | bêtifiais /bɛ.ti.fjɛ/ or /be.ti.fjɛ/ |
bêtifiais /bɛ.ti.fjɛ/ or /be.ti.fjɛ/ |
bêtifiait /bɛ.ti.fjɛ/ or /be.ti.fjɛ/ |
bêtifiions /bɛ.ti.fi.jɔ̃/ or /be.ti.fi.jɔ̃/ |
bêtifiiez /bɛ.ti.fi.je/ or /be.ti.fi.je/ |
bêtifiaient /bɛ.ti.fjɛ/ or /be.ti.fjɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | bêtifiai /bɛ.ti.fje/ or /be.ti.fje/ |
bêtifias /bɛ.ti.fja/ or /be.ti.fja/ |
bêtifia /bɛ.ti.fja/ or /be.ti.fja/ |
bêtifiâmes /bɛ.ti.fjam/ or /be.ti.fjam/ |
bêtifiâtes /bɛ.ti.fjat/ or /be.ti.fjat/ |
bêtifièrent /bɛ.ti.fjɛʁ/ or /be.ti.fjɛʁ/ | |
| future | bêtifierai /bɛ.ti.fi.ʁe/ or /be.ti.fi.ʁe/ |
bêtifieras /bɛ.ti.fi.ʁa/ or /be.ti.fi.ʁa/ |
bêtifiera /bɛ.ti.fi.ʁa/ or /be.ti.fi.ʁa/ |
bêtifierons /bɛ.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/ or /be.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/ |
bêtifierez /bɛ.ti.fi.ʁe/ or /be.ti.fi.ʁe/ |
bêtifieront /bɛ.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/ or /be.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | bêtifierais /bɛ.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ or /be.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ |
bêtifierais /bɛ.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ or /be.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ |
bêtifierait /bɛ.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ or /be.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ |
bêtifierions /bɛ.ti.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ or /be.ti.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
bêtifieriez /bɛ.ti.fi.ʁje/ or /be.ti.fi.ʁje/ |
bêtifieraient /bɛ.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ or /be.ti.fi.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 | bêtifie /bɛ.ti.fi/ or /be.ti.fi/ |
bêtifies /bɛ.ti.fi/ or /be.ti.fi/ |
bêtifie /bɛ.ti.fi/ or /be.ti.fi/ |
bêtifiions /bɛ.ti.fi.jɔ̃/ or /be.ti.fi.jɔ̃/ |
bêtifiiez /bɛ.ti.fi.je/ or /be.ti.fi.je/ |
bêtifient /bɛ.ti.fi/ or /be.ti.fi/ |
| imperfect2 | bêtifiasse /bɛ.ti.fjas/ or /be.ti.fjas/ |
bêtifiasses /bɛ.ti.fjas/ or /be.ti.fjas/ |
bêtifiât /bɛ.ti.fja/ or /be.ti.fja/ |
bêtifiassions /bɛ.ti.fja.sjɔ̃/ or /be.ti.fja.sjɔ̃/ |
bêtifiassiez /bɛ.ti.fja.sje/ or /be.ti.fja.sje/ |
bêtifiassent /bɛ.ti.fjas/ or /be.ti.fjas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | bêtifie /bɛ.ti.fi/ or /be.ti.fi/ |
— | bêtifions /bɛ.ti.fjɔ̃/ or /be.ti.fjɔ̃/ |
bêtifiez /bɛ.ti.fje/ or /be.ti.fje/ |
— | |
| 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
- “bêtifier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.