hâbler
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish hablar. Doublet of fabuler.
Pronunciation edit
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /a.ble/, /ɑ.ble/
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Verb edit
hâbler
- (transitive, intransitive, archaic, rare) to speak, talk
- hâbler le polonais ― to speak Polish
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of hâbler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | hâbler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | hâblant /a.blɑ̃/ or /ɑ.blɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | hâblé /a.ble/ or /ɑ.ble/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | hâble /abl/ or /ɑbl/ |
hâbles /abl/ or /ɑbl/ |
hâble /abl/ or /ɑbl/ |
hâblons /a.blɔ̃/ or /ɑ.blɔ̃/ |
hâblez /a.ble/ or /ɑ.ble/ |
hâblent /abl/ or /ɑbl/ |
| imperfect | hâblais /a.blɛ/ or /ɑ.blɛ/ |
hâblais /a.blɛ/ or /ɑ.blɛ/ |
hâblait /a.blɛ/ or /ɑ.blɛ/ |
hâblions /a.bli.jɔ̃/ or /ɑ.bli.jɔ̃/ |
hâbliez /a.bli.je/ or /ɑ.bli.je/ |
hâblaient /a.blɛ/ or /ɑ.blɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | hâblai /a.ble/ or /ɑ.ble/ |
hâblas /a.bla/ or /ɑ.bla/ |
hâbla /a.bla/ or /ɑ.bla/ |
hâblâmes /a.blam/ or /ɑ.blam/ |
hâblâtes /a.blat/ or /ɑ.blat/ |
hâblèrent /a.blɛʁ/ or /ɑ.blɛʁ/ | |
| future | hâblerai /a.blə.ʁe/ or /ɑ.blə.ʁe/ |
hâbleras /a.blə.ʁa/ or /ɑ.blə.ʁa/ |
hâblera /a.blə.ʁa/ or /ɑ.blə.ʁa/ |
hâblerons /a.blə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ.blə.ʁɔ̃/ |
hâblerez /a.blə.ʁe/ or /ɑ.blə.ʁe/ |
hâbleront /a.blə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ.blə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | hâblerais /a.blə.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ.blə.ʁɛ/ |
hâblerais /a.blə.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ.blə.ʁɛ/ |
hâblerait /a.blə.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ.blə.ʁɛ/ |
hâblerions /a.blə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ.blə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
hâbleriez /a.blə.ʁje/ or /ɑ.blə.ʁje/ |
hâbleraient /a.blə.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ.blə.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 | hâble /abl/ or /ɑbl/ |
hâbles /abl/ or /ɑbl/ |
hâble /abl/ or /ɑbl/ |
hâblions /a.bli.jɔ̃/ or /ɑ.bli.jɔ̃/ |
hâbliez /a.bli.je/ or /ɑ.bli.je/ |
hâblent /abl/ or /ɑbl/ |
| imperfect2 | hâblasse /a.blas/ or /ɑ.blas/ |
hâblasses /a.blas/ or /ɑ.blas/ |
hâblât /a.bla/ or /ɑ.bla/ |
hâblassions /a.bla.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ.bla.sjɔ̃/ |
hâblassiez /a.bla.sje/ or /ɑ.bla.sje/ |
hâblassent /a.blas/ or /ɑ.blas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | hâble /abl/ or /ɑbl/ |
— | hâblons /a.blɔ̃/ or /ɑ.blɔ̃/ |
hâblez /a.ble/ or /ɑ.ble/ |
— | |
| 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
- “hâbler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.