bicher
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French bécher (“to bite”), from Latin beccus (“beak, bill”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bicher
- (intransitive, France) to go well
- Ça biche? ― How goes it?
- (intransitive) to be happy; to rejoice
- (intransitive) to pick up, to flirt
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of bicher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | bicher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | bichant /bi.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | biché /bi.ʃe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | biche /biʃ/ |
biches /biʃ/ |
biche /biʃ/ |
bichons /bi.ʃɔ̃/ |
bichez /bi.ʃe/ |
bichent /biʃ/ |
| imperfect | bichais /bi.ʃɛ/ |
bichais /bi.ʃɛ/ |
bichait /bi.ʃɛ/ |
bichions /bi.ʃjɔ̃/ |
bichiez /bi.ʃje/ |
bichaient /bi.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | bichai /bi.ʃe/ |
bichas /bi.ʃa/ |
bicha /bi.ʃa/ |
bichâmes /bi.ʃam/ |
bichâtes /bi.ʃat/ |
bichèrent /bi.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | bicherai /biʃ.ʁe/ |
bicheras /biʃ.ʁa/ |
bichera /biʃ.ʁa/ |
bicherons /biʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
bicherez /biʃ.ʁe/ |
bicheront /biʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | bicherais /biʃ.ʁɛ/ |
bicherais /biʃ.ʁɛ/ |
bicherait /biʃ.ʁɛ/ |
bicherions /bi.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
bicheriez /bi.ʃə.ʁje/ |
bicheraient /biʃ.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 | biche /biʃ/ |
biches /biʃ/ |
biche /biʃ/ |
bichions /bi.ʃjɔ̃/ |
bichiez /bi.ʃje/ |
bichent /biʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | bichasse /bi.ʃas/ |
bichasses /bi.ʃas/ |
bichât /bi.ʃa/ |
bichassions /bi.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
bichassiez /bi.ʃa.sje/ |
bichassent /bi.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | biche /biʃ/ |
— | bichons /bi.ʃɔ̃/ |
bichez /bi.ʃe/ |
— | |
| 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
- “bicher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.