boiter
See also: boîter
French
editPronunciation
editVerb
editboiter
- to limp (to walk lamely, as if favouring one leg)
- Synonyms: claudiquer, clopiner
Conjugation
editConjugation of boiter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | boiter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | boitant /bwa.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | boité /bwa.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | boite /bwat/ |
boites /bwat/ |
boite /bwat/ |
boitons /bwa.tɔ̃/ |
boitez /bwa.te/ |
boitent /bwat/ |
| imperfect | boitais /bwa.tɛ/ |
boitais /bwa.tɛ/ |
boitait /bwa.tɛ/ |
boitions /bwa.tjɔ̃/ |
boitiez /bwa.tje/ |
boitaient /bwa.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | boitai /bwa.te/ |
boitas /bwa.ta/ |
boita /bwa.ta/ |
boitâmes /bwa.tam/ |
boitâtes /bwa.tat/ |
boitèrent /bwa.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | boiterai /bwa.tʁe/ |
boiteras /bwa.tʁa/ |
boitera /bwa.tʁa/ |
boiterons /bwa.tʁɔ̃/ |
boiterez /bwa.tʁe/ |
boiteront /bwa.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | boiterais /bwa.tʁɛ/ |
boiterais /bwa.tʁɛ/ |
boiterait /bwa.tʁɛ/ |
boiterions /bwa.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
boiteriez /bwa.tə.ʁje/ |
boiteraient /bwa.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 | boite /bwat/ |
boites /bwat/ |
boite /bwat/ |
boitions /bwa.tjɔ̃/ |
boitiez /bwa.tje/ |
boitent /bwat/ |
| imperfect2 | boitasse /bwa.tas/ |
boitasses /bwa.tas/ |
boitât /bwa.ta/ |
boitassions /bwa.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
boitassiez /bwa.ta.sje/ |
boitassent /bwa.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | boite /bwat/ |
— | boitons /bwa.tɔ̃/ |
boitez /bwa.te/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “boiter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.