bisser
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bisser
- (transitive) to repeat; to perform an encore
- (transitive) to request a repeat; to call for an encore, to encore
- (transitive, Belgium, Burkina Faso, Congo, Mali, Rwanda, education) to repeat a year at school
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of bisser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | bisser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | bissant /bi.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | bissé /bi.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | bisse /bis/ |
bisses /bis/ |
bisse /bis/ |
bissons /bi.sɔ̃/ |
bissez /bi.se/ |
bissent /bis/ |
| imperfect | bissais /bi.sɛ/ |
bissais /bi.sɛ/ |
bissait /bi.sɛ/ |
bissions /bi.sjɔ̃/ |
bissiez /bi.sje/ |
bissaient /bi.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | bissai /bi.se/ |
bissas /bi.sa/ |
bissa /bi.sa/ |
bissâmes /bi.sam/ |
bissâtes /bi.sat/ |
bissèrent /bi.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | bisserai /bi.sʁe/ |
bisseras /bi.sʁa/ |
bissera /bi.sʁa/ |
bisserons /bi.sʁɔ̃/ |
bisserez /bi.sʁe/ |
bisseront /bi.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | bisserais /bi.sʁɛ/ |
bisserais /bi.sʁɛ/ |
bisserait /bi.sʁɛ/ |
bisserions /bi.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
bisseriez /bi.sə.ʁje/ |
bisseraient /bi.sʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | bisse /bis/ |
bisses /bis/ |
bisse /bis/ |
bissions /bi.sjɔ̃/ |
bissiez /bi.sje/ |
bissent /bis/ |
| imperfect2 | bissasse /bi.sas/ |
bissasses /bi.sas/ |
bissât /bi.sa/ |
bissassions /bi.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
bissassiez /bi.sa.sje/ |
bissassent /bi.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | bisse /bis/ |
— | bissons /bi.sɔ̃/ |
bissez /bi.se/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Synonyms edit
- (to encore): rappeler
- (to repeat a grade): doubler (Belgium, Switzerland, Canada), redoubler (France)
Further reading edit
- “bisser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.