prémâcher
French
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editVerb
editprémâcher
- (transitive) to prechew (to chew in advance)
- (transitive, figuratively, derogatory) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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Conjugation
editConjugation of prémâcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | prémâcher | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | prémâchant /pʁe.ma.ʃɑ̃/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | prémâché /pʁe.ma.ʃe/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | prémâche /pʁe.maʃ/ or /pʁe.mɑʃ/ |
prémâches /pʁe.maʃ/ or /pʁe.mɑʃ/ |
prémâche /pʁe.maʃ/ or /pʁe.mɑʃ/ |
prémâchons /pʁe.ma.ʃɔ̃/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃɔ̃/ |
prémâchez /pʁe.ma.ʃe/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃe/ |
prémâchent /pʁe.maʃ/ or /pʁe.mɑʃ/ |
imperfect | prémâchais /pʁe.ma.ʃɛ/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃɛ/ |
prémâchais /pʁe.ma.ʃɛ/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃɛ/ |
prémâchait /pʁe.ma.ʃɛ/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃɛ/ |
prémâchions /pʁe.ma.ʃjɔ̃/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃjɔ̃/ |
prémâchiez /pʁe.ma.ʃje/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃje/ |
prémâchaient /pʁe.ma.ʃɛ/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃɛ/ | |
past historic2 | prémâchai /pʁe.ma.ʃe/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃe/ |
prémâchas /pʁe.ma.ʃa/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃa/ |
prémâcha /pʁe.ma.ʃa/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃa/ |
prémâchâmes /pʁe.ma.ʃam/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃam/ |
prémâchâtes /pʁe.ma.ʃat/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃat/ |
prémâchèrent /pʁe.ma.ʃɛʁ/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃɛʁ/ | |
future | prémâcherai /pʁe.maʃ.ʁe/ or /pʁe.mɑʃ.ʁe/ |
prémâcheras /pʁe.maʃ.ʁa/ or /pʁe.mɑʃ.ʁa/ |
prémâchera /pʁe.maʃ.ʁa/ or /pʁe.mɑʃ.ʁa/ |
prémâcherons /pʁe.maʃ.ʁɔ̃/ or /pʁe.mɑʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
prémâcherez /pʁe.maʃ.ʁe/ or /pʁe.mɑʃ.ʁe/ |
prémâcheront /pʁe.maʃ.ʁɔ̃/ or /pʁe.mɑʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | prémâcherais /pʁe.maʃ.ʁɛ/ or /pʁe.mɑʃ.ʁɛ/ |
prémâcherais /pʁe.maʃ.ʁɛ/ or /pʁe.mɑʃ.ʁɛ/ |
prémâcherait /pʁe.maʃ.ʁɛ/ or /pʁe.mɑʃ.ʁɛ/ |
prémâcherions /pʁe.ma.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
prémâcheriez /pʁe.ma.ʃə.ʁje/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃə.ʁje/ |
prémâcheraient /pʁe.maʃ.ʁɛ/ or /pʁe.mɑʃ.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 | prémâche /pʁe.maʃ/ or /pʁe.mɑʃ/ |
prémâches /pʁe.maʃ/ or /pʁe.mɑʃ/ |
prémâche /pʁe.maʃ/ or /pʁe.mɑʃ/ |
prémâchions /pʁe.ma.ʃjɔ̃/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃjɔ̃/ |
prémâchiez /pʁe.ma.ʃje/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃje/ |
prémâchent /pʁe.maʃ/ or /pʁe.mɑʃ/ |
imperfect2 | prémâchasse /pʁe.ma.ʃas/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃas/ |
prémâchasses /pʁe.ma.ʃas/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃas/ |
prémâchât /pʁe.ma.ʃa/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃa/ |
prémâchassions /pʁe.ma.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
prémâchassiez /pʁe.ma.ʃa.sje/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃa.sje/ |
prémâchassent /pʁe.ma.ʃas/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | prémâche /pʁe.maʃ/ or /pʁe.mɑʃ/ |
— | prémâchons /pʁe.ma.ʃɔ̃/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃɔ̃/ |
prémâchez /pʁe.ma.ʃe/ or /pʁe.mɑ.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- “prémâcher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.