tourber

French

Etymology

From tourbe +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
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Verb

tourber

  1. to dig up peat

Conjugation
Conjugation of tourber (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple tourber
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple tourbant
/tuʁ.bɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle tourbé
/tuʁ.be/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present tourbe
/tuʁb/		 tourbes
/tuʁb/		 tourbe
/tuʁb/		 tourbons
/tuʁ.bɔ̃/		 tourbez
/tuʁ.be/		 tourbent
/tuʁb/
imperfect tourbais
/tuʁ.bɛ/		 tourbais
/tuʁ.bɛ/		 tourbait
/tuʁ.bɛ/		 tourbions
/tuʁ.bjɔ̃/		 tourbiez
/tuʁ.bje/		 tourbaient
/tuʁ.bɛ/
past historic2 tourbai
/tuʁ.be/		 tourbas
/tuʁ.ba/		 tourba
/tuʁ.ba/		 tourbâmes
/tuʁ.bam/		 tourbâtes
/tuʁ.bat/		 tourbèrent
/tuʁ.bɛʁ/
future tourberai
/tuʁ.bə.ʁe/		 tourberas
/tuʁ.bə.ʁa/		 tourbera
/tuʁ.bə.ʁa/		 tourberons
/tuʁ.bə.ʁɔ̃/		 tourberez
/tuʁ.bə.ʁe/		 tourberont
/tuʁ.bə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional tourberais
/tuʁ.bə.ʁɛ/		 tourberais
/tuʁ.bə.ʁɛ/		 tourberait
/tuʁ.bə.ʁɛ/		 tourberions
/tuʁ.bə.ʁjɔ̃/		 tourberiez
/tuʁ.bə.ʁje/		 tourberaient
/tuʁ.bə.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 tourbe
/tuʁb/		 tourbes
/tuʁb/		 tourbe
/tuʁb/		 tourbions
/tuʁ.bjɔ̃/		 tourbiez
/tuʁ.bje/		 tourbent
/tuʁb/
imperfect2 tourbasse
/tuʁ.bas/		 tourbasses
/tuʁ.bas/		 tourbât
/tuʁ.ba/		 tourbassions
/tuʁ.ba.sjɔ̃/		 tourbassiez
/tuʁ.ba.sje/		 tourbassent
/tuʁ.bas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — tourbe
/tuʁb/		 — tourbons
/tuʁ.bɔ̃/		 tourbez
/tuʁ.be/		 —
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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