jucher

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French joquier, juchier (“to perch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒy.ʃe/

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Verb

jucher

1. (intransitive) to perch
2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to perch (oneself), to be perched

Conjugation

Conjugation of jucher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	jucher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	juchant /ʒy.ʃɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		juché /ʒy.ʃe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	juche /ʒyʃ/	juches /ʒyʃ/	juche /ʒyʃ/	juchons /ʒy.ʃɔ̃/	juchez /ʒy.ʃe/	juchent /ʒyʃ/
	imperfect	juchais /ʒy.ʃɛ/	juchais /ʒy.ʃɛ/	juchait /ʒy.ʃɛ/	juchions /ʒy.ʃjɔ̃/	juchiez /ʒy.ʃje/	juchaient /ʒy.ʃɛ/
	past historic2	juchai /ʒy.ʃe/	juchas /ʒy.ʃa/	jucha /ʒy.ʃa/	juchâmes /ʒy.ʃam/	juchâtes /ʒy.ʃat/	juchèrent /ʒy.ʃɛʁ/
	future	jucherai /ʒyʃ.ʁe/	jucheras /ʒyʃ.ʁa/	juchera /ʒyʃ.ʁa/	jucherons /ʒyʃ.ʁɔ̃/	jucherez /ʒyʃ.ʁe/	jucheront /ʒyʃ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	jucherais /ʒyʃ.ʁɛ/	jucherais /ʒyʃ.ʁɛ/	jucherait /ʒyʃ.ʁɛ/	jucherions /ʒy.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/	jucheriez /ʒy.ʃə.ʁje/	jucheraient /ʒyʃ.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	juche /ʒyʃ/	juches /ʒyʃ/	juche /ʒyʃ/	juchions /ʒy.ʃjɔ̃/	juchiez /ʒy.ʃje/	juchent /ʒyʃ/
	imperfect2	juchasse /ʒy.ʃas/	juchasses /ʒy.ʃas/	juchât /ʒy.ʃa/	juchassions /ʒy.ʃa.sjɔ̃/	juchassiez /ʒy.ʃa.sje/	juchassent /ʒy.ʃas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	juche /ʒyʃ/	—	juchons /ʒy.ʃɔ̃/	juchez /ʒy.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: 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).

Related terms

• déjucher
• juc
• juchoir

 

Further reading

• “jucher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.