couver
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
couver
- to brood (an egg)
- (figuratively) to coddle, pamper, mollycoddle
- (figuratively) to plot, hatch, scheme
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of couver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | couver | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | couvant /ku.vɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | couvé /ku.ve/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | couve /kuv/ |
couves /kuv/ |
couve /kuv/ |
couvons /ku.vɔ̃/ |
couvez /ku.ve/ |
couvent /kuv/ |
| imperfect | couvais /ku.vɛ/ |
couvais /ku.vɛ/ |
couvait /ku.vɛ/ |
couvions /ku.vjɔ̃/ |
couviez /ku.vje/ |
couvaient /ku.vɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | couvai /ku.ve/ |
couvas /ku.va/ |
couva /ku.va/ |
couvâmes /ku.vam/ |
couvâtes /ku.vat/ |
couvèrent /ku.vɛʁ/ | |
| future | couverai /ku.vʁe/ |
couveras /ku.vʁa/ |
couvera /ku.vʁa/ |
couverons /ku.vʁɔ̃/ |
couverez /ku.vʁe/ |
couveront /ku.vʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | couverais /ku.vʁɛ/ |
couverais /ku.vʁɛ/ |
couverait /ku.vʁɛ/ |
couverions /ku.və.ʁjɔ̃/ |
couveriez /ku.və.ʁje/ |
couveraient /ku.vʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | couve /kuv/ |
couves /kuv/ |
couve /kuv/ |
couvions /ku.vjɔ̃/ |
couviez /ku.vje/ |
couvent /kuv/ |
| imperfect2 | couvasse /ku.vas/ |
couvasses /ku.vas/ |
couvât /ku.va/ |
couvassions /ku.va.sjɔ̃/ |
couvassiez /ku.va.sje/ |
couvassent /ku.vas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | couve /kuv/ |
— | couvons /ku.vɔ̃/ |
couvez /ku.ve/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
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Further reading edit
- “couver”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.