béer

See also: beer, Beer, beér, bëër, be-er, and Béër

French

Etymology

Variant form of bayer (“to gape”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /be.e/
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Verb

béer

  1. to gape, yawn
  2. to be wide open

Conjugation
Conjugation of béer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple béer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple béant
/be.ɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle béé
/be.e/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present bée
/be/		 bées
/be/		 bée
/be/		 béons
/be.ɔ̃/		 béez
/be.e/		 béent
/be/
imperfect béais
/be.ɛ/		 béais
/be.ɛ/		 béait
/be.ɛ/		 béions
/bej.jɔ̃/ or /bɛj.jɔ̃/		 béiez
/bej.je/ or /bɛj.je/		 béaient
/be.ɛ/
past historic2 béai
/be.e/		 béas
/be.a/		 béa
/be.a/		 béâmes
/be.am/		 béâtes
/be.at/		 béèrent
/be.ɛʁ/
future béerai
/be.ʁe/		 béeras
/be.ʁa/		 béera
/be.ʁa/		 béerons
/be.ʁɔ̃/		 béerez
/be.ʁe/		 béeront
/be.ʁɔ̃/
conditional béerais
/be.ʁɛ/		 béerais
/be.ʁɛ/		 béerait
/be.ʁɛ/		 béerions
/be.ʁjɔ̃/		 béeriez
/be.ʁje/		 béeraient
/be.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 bée
/be/		 bées
/be/		 bée
/be/		 béions
/bej.jɔ̃/ or /bɛj.jɔ̃/		 béiez
/bej.je/ or /bɛj.je/		 béent
/be/
imperfect2 béasse
/be.as/		 béasses
/be.as/		 béât
/be.a/		 béassions
/be.a.sjɔ̃/		 béassiez
/be.a.sje/		 béassent
/be.as/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — bée
/be/		 — béons
/be.ɔ̃/		 béez
/be.e/		 —
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).

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