bégayer
French
Etymology
From Old French beguer, besguer (compare bègue).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /be.ɡɛ.je/, /be.ɡe.je/
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Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb as far as pronunciation is concerned, but as with other verbs in -ayer (such as payer and essayer, the <y> of its stem may optionally be written as <i> when it precedes a silent <e> (compare verbs in -eyer, which never have this spelling change, and verbs in -oyer and -uyer, which always have it; verbs in -ayer belong to either group, according to the writer's preference).
Conjugation of bégayer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | bégayer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | bégayant /be.ɡɛ.jɑ̃/ or /be.ɡe.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | bégayé /be.ɡɛ.je/ or /be.ɡe.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | bégaye or bégaie /be.ɡɛj/ or /be.ɡɛ/ |
bégayes or bégaies /be.ɡɛj/ or /be.ɡɛ/ |
bégaye or bégaie /be.ɡɛj/ or /be.ɡɛ/ |
bégayons /be.ɡɛ.jɔ̃/ or /be.ɡe.jɔ̃/ |
bégayez /be.ɡɛ.je/ or /be.ɡe.je/ |
bégayent or bégaient /be.ɡɛj/ or /be.ɡɛ/ |
| imperfect | bégayais /be.ɡɛ.jɛ/ or /be.ɡe.jɛ/ |
bégayais /be.ɡɛ.jɛ/ or /be.ɡe.jɛ/ |
bégayait /be.ɡɛ.jɛ/ or /be.ɡe.jɛ/ |
bégayions /be.ɡɛj.jɔ̃/ |
bégayiez /be.ɡɛj.je/ |
bégayaient /be.ɡɛ.jɛ/ or /be.ɡe.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | bégayai /be.ɡɛ.je/ or /be.ɡe.je/ |
bégayas /be.ɡɛ.ja/ or /be.ɡe.ja/ |
bégaya /be.ɡɛ.ja/ or /be.ɡe.ja/ |
bégayâmes /be.ɡɛ.jam/ or /be.ɡe.jam/ |
bégayâtes /be.ɡɛ.jat/ or /be.ɡe.jat/ |
bégayèrent /be.ɡɛ.jɛʁ/ or /be.ɡe.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | bégayerai or bégaierai /be.ɡɛj.ʁe/ or /be.ɡɛ.ʁe/ or /be.ɡe.ʁe/ |
bégayeras or bégaieras /be.ɡɛj.ʁa/ or /be.ɡɛ.ʁa/ or /be.ɡe.ʁa/ |
bégayera or bégaiera /be.ɡɛj.ʁa/ or /be.ɡɛ.ʁa/ or /be.ɡe.ʁa/ |
bégayerons or bégaierons /be.ɡɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /be.ɡɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /be.ɡe.ʁɔ̃/ |
bégayerez or bégaierez /be.ɡɛj.ʁe/ or /be.ɡɛ.ʁe/ or /be.ɡe.ʁe/ |
bégayeront or bégaieront /be.ɡɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /be.ɡɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /be.ɡe.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | bégayerais or bégaierais /be.ɡɛj.ʁɛ/ or /be.ɡɛ.ʁɛ/ or /be.ɡe.ʁɛ/ |
bégayerais or bégaierais /be.ɡɛj.ʁɛ/ or /be.ɡɛ.ʁɛ/ or /be.ɡe.ʁɛ/ |
bégayerait or bégaierait /be.ɡɛj.ʁɛ/ or /be.ɡɛ.ʁɛ/ or /be.ɡe.ʁɛ/ |
bégayerions or bégaierions /be.ɡɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /be.ɡe.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /be.ɡɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /be.ɡe.ʁjɔ̃/ |
bégayeriez or bégaieriez /be.ɡɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /be.ɡe.jə.ʁje/ or /be.ɡɛ.ʁje/ or /be.ɡe.ʁje/ |
bégayeraient or bégaieraient /be.ɡɛj.ʁɛ/ or /be.ɡɛ.ʁɛ/ or /be.ɡe.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 | bégaye or bégaie /be.ɡɛj/ or /be.ɡɛ/ |
bégayes or bégaies /be.ɡɛj/ or /be.ɡɛ/ |
bégaye or bégaie /be.ɡɛj/ or /be.ɡɛ/ |
bégayions /be.ɡɛj.jɔ̃/ |
bégayiez /be.ɡɛj.je/ |
bégayent or bégaient /be.ɡɛj/ or /be.ɡɛ/ |
| imperfect2 | bégayasse /be.ɡɛ.jas/ or /be.ɡe.jas/ |
bégayasses /be.ɡɛ.jas/ or /be.ɡe.jas/ |
bégayât /be.ɡɛ.ja/ or /be.ɡe.ja/ |
bégayassions /be.ɡɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /be.ɡe.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
bégayassiez /be.ɡɛ.ja.sje/ or /be.ɡe.ja.sje/ |
bégayassent /be.ɡɛ.jas/ or /be.ɡe.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | bégaye or bégaie /be.ɡɛj/ or /be.ɡɛ/ |
— | bégayons /be.ɡɛ.jɔ̃/ or /be.ɡe.jɔ̃/ |
bégayez /be.ɡɛ.je/ or /be.ɡe.je/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “bégayer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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