clavarder

French

Etymology

Blend of clavier +‎ bavarder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kla.vaʁ.de/

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Verb

clavarder

1. (North America) to chat by typing on a keyboard

   Synonym: tchatter

Usage notes

Primarily used in Quebec. In Africa and Europe, the more usual term is tchatter.

Conjugation

Conjugation of clavarder (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	clavarder
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	clavardant /kla.vaʁ.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		clavardé /kla.vaʁ.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	clavarde /kla.vaʁd/	clavardes /kla.vaʁd/	clavarde /kla.vaʁd/	clavardons /kla.vaʁ.dɔ̃/	clavardez /kla.vaʁ.de/	clavardent /kla.vaʁd/
	imperfect	clavardais /kla.vaʁ.dɛ/	clavardais /kla.vaʁ.dɛ/	clavardait /kla.vaʁ.dɛ/	clavardions /kla.vaʁ.djɔ̃/	clavardiez /kla.vaʁ.dje/	clavardaient /kla.vaʁ.dɛ/
	past historic2	clavardai /kla.vaʁ.de/	clavardas /kla.vaʁ.da/	clavarda /kla.vaʁ.da/	clavardâmes /kla.vaʁ.dam/	clavardâtes /kla.vaʁ.dat/	clavardèrent /kla.vaʁ.dɛʁ/
	future	clavarderai /kla.vaʁ.də.ʁe/	clavarderas /kla.vaʁ.də.ʁa/	clavardera /kla.vaʁ.də.ʁa/	clavarderons /kla.vaʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/	clavarderez /kla.vaʁ.də.ʁe/	clavarderont /kla.vaʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	clavarderais /kla.vaʁ.də.ʁɛ/	clavarderais /kla.vaʁ.də.ʁɛ/	clavarderait /kla.vaʁ.də.ʁɛ/	clavarderions /kla.vaʁ.də.ʁjɔ̃/	clavarderiez /kla.vaʁ.də.ʁje/	clavarderaient /kla.vaʁ.də.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	clavarde /kla.vaʁd/	clavardes /kla.vaʁd/	clavarde /kla.vaʁd/	clavardions /kla.vaʁ.djɔ̃/	clavardiez /kla.vaʁ.dje/	clavardent /kla.vaʁd/
	imperfect2	clavardasse /kla.vaʁ.das/	clavardasses /kla.vaʁ.das/	clavardât /kla.vaʁ.da/	clavardassions /kla.vaʁ.da.sjɔ̃/	clavardassiez /kla.vaʁ.da.sje/	clavardassent /kla.vaʁ.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	clavarde /kla.vaʁd/	—	clavardons /kla.vaʁ.dɔ̃/	clavardez /kla.vaʁ.de/	—
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).