embêter
See also: embeter
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
embêter
- (transitive) to bug, bother, annoy
- (transitive) to pick on someone
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of embêter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | embêter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | embêtant /ɑ̃.bɛ.tɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.be.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | embêté /ɑ̃.bɛ.te/ or /ɑ̃.be.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | embête /ɑ̃.bɛt/ |
embêtes /ɑ̃.bɛt/ |
embête /ɑ̃.bɛt/ |
embêtons /ɑ̃.bɛ.tɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.be.tɔ̃/ |
embêtez /ɑ̃.bɛ.te/ or /ɑ̃.be.te/ |
embêtent /ɑ̃.bɛt/ |
| imperfect | embêtais /ɑ̃.bɛ.tɛ/ or /ɑ̃.be.tɛ/ |
embêtais /ɑ̃.bɛ.tɛ/ or /ɑ̃.be.tɛ/ |
embêtait /ɑ̃.bɛ.tɛ/ or /ɑ̃.be.tɛ/ |
embêtions /ɑ̃.bɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.be.tjɔ̃/ |
embêtiez /ɑ̃.bɛ.tje/ or /ɑ̃.be.tje/ |
embêtaient /ɑ̃.bɛ.tɛ/ or /ɑ̃.be.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | embêtai /ɑ̃.bɛ.te/ or /ɑ̃.be.te/ |
embêtas /ɑ̃.bɛ.ta/ or /ɑ̃.be.ta/ |
embêta /ɑ̃.bɛ.ta/ or /ɑ̃.be.ta/ |
embêtâmes /ɑ̃.bɛ.tam/ or /ɑ̃.be.tam/ |
embêtâtes /ɑ̃.bɛ.tat/ or /ɑ̃.be.tat/ |
embêtèrent /ɑ̃.bɛ.tɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃.be.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | embêterai /ɑ̃.bɛ.tʁe/ or /ɑ̃.be.tʁe/ |
embêteras /ɑ̃.bɛ.tʁa/ or /ɑ̃.be.tʁa/ |
embêtera /ɑ̃.bɛ.tʁa/ or /ɑ̃.be.tʁa/ |
embêterons /ɑ̃.bɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.be.tʁɔ̃/ |
embêterez /ɑ̃.bɛ.tʁe/ or /ɑ̃.be.tʁe/ |
embêteront /ɑ̃.bɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.be.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | embêterais /ɑ̃.bɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.be.tʁɛ/ |
embêterais /ɑ̃.bɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.be.tʁɛ/ |
embêterait /ɑ̃.bɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.be.tʁɛ/ |
embêterions /ɑ̃.bɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.be.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
embêteriez /ɑ̃.bɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.be.tə.ʁje/ |
embêteraient /ɑ̃.bɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.be.tʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | embête /ɑ̃.bɛt/ |
embêtes /ɑ̃.bɛt/ |
embête /ɑ̃.bɛt/ |
embêtions /ɑ̃.bɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.be.tjɔ̃/ |
embêtiez /ɑ̃.bɛ.tje/ or /ɑ̃.be.tje/ |
embêtent /ɑ̃.bɛt/ |
| imperfect2 | embêtasse /ɑ̃.bɛ.tas/ or /ɑ̃.be.tas/ |
embêtasses /ɑ̃.bɛ.tas/ or /ɑ̃.be.tas/ |
embêtât /ɑ̃.bɛ.ta/ or /ɑ̃.be.ta/ |
embêtassions /ɑ̃.bɛ.ta.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.be.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
embêtassiez /ɑ̃.bɛ.ta.sje/ or /ɑ̃.be.ta.sje/ |
embêtassent /ɑ̃.bɛ.tas/ or /ɑ̃.be.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | embête /ɑ̃.bɛt/ |
— | embêtons /ɑ̃.bɛ.tɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.be.tɔ̃/ |
embêtez /ɑ̃.bɛ.te/ or /ɑ̃.be.te/ |
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| 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
- “embêter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.