bavarder
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bavarder
- (intransitive) to chat
- (transitive, obsolete) to have a lengthy talk about something
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of bavarder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | bavarder | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | bavardant /ba.vaʁ.dɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | bavardé /ba.vaʁ.de/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | bavarde /ba.vaʁd/ |
bavardes /ba.vaʁd/ |
bavarde /ba.vaʁd/ |
bavardons /ba.vaʁ.dɔ̃/ |
bavardez /ba.vaʁ.de/ |
bavardent /ba.vaʁd/ |
| imperfect | bavardais /ba.vaʁ.dɛ/ |
bavardais /ba.vaʁ.dɛ/ |
bavardait /ba.vaʁ.dɛ/ |
bavardions /ba.vaʁ.djɔ̃/ |
bavardiez /ba.vaʁ.dje/ |
bavardaient /ba.vaʁ.dɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | bavardai /ba.vaʁ.de/ |
bavardas /ba.vaʁ.da/ |
bavarda /ba.vaʁ.da/ |
bavardâmes /ba.vaʁ.dam/ |
bavardâtes /ba.vaʁ.dat/ |
bavardèrent /ba.vaʁ.dɛʁ/ | |
| future | bavarderai /ba.vaʁ.də.ʁe/ |
bavarderas /ba.vaʁ.də.ʁa/ |
bavardera /ba.vaʁ.də.ʁa/ |
bavarderons /ba.vaʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/ |
bavarderez /ba.vaʁ.də.ʁe/ |
bavarderont /ba.vaʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | bavarderais /ba.vaʁ.də.ʁɛ/ |
bavarderais /ba.vaʁ.də.ʁɛ/ |
bavarderait /ba.vaʁ.də.ʁɛ/ |
bavarderions /ba.vaʁ.də.ʁjɔ̃/ |
bavarderiez /ba.vaʁ.də.ʁje/ |
bavarderaient /ba.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 | bavarde /ba.vaʁd/ |
bavardes /ba.vaʁd/ |
bavarde /ba.vaʁd/ |
bavardions /ba.vaʁ.djɔ̃/ |
bavardiez /ba.vaʁ.dje/ |
bavardent /ba.vaʁd/ |
| imperfect2 | bavardasse /ba.vaʁ.das/ |
bavardasses /ba.vaʁ.das/ |
bavardât /ba.vaʁ.da/ |
bavardassions /ba.vaʁ.da.sjɔ̃/ |
bavardassiez /ba.vaʁ.da.sje/ |
bavardassent /ba.vaʁ.das/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | bavarde /ba.vaʁd/ |
— | bavardons /ba.vaʁ.dɔ̃/ |
bavardez /ba.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). | |||||||
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Further reading edit
- “bavarder”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.