chouchouter
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
chouchouter
- (transitive) to spoil, pamper
Conjugation
Conjugation of chouchouter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | chouchouter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | chouchoutant /ʃu.ʃu.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | chouchouté /ʃu.ʃu.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | chouchoute /ʃu.ʃut/ | chouchoutes /ʃu.ʃut/ | chouchoute /ʃu.ʃut/ | chouchoutons /ʃu.ʃu.tɔ̃/ | chouchoutez /ʃu.ʃu.te/ | chouchoutent /ʃu.ʃut/ |
imperfect | chouchoutais /ʃu.ʃu.tɛ/ | chouchoutais /ʃu.ʃu.tɛ/ | chouchoutait /ʃu.ʃu.tɛ/ | chouchoutions /ʃu.ʃu.tjɔ̃/ | chouchoutiez /ʃu.ʃu.tje/ | chouchoutaient /ʃu.ʃu.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | chouchoutai /ʃu.ʃu.te/ | chouchoutas /ʃu.ʃu.ta/ | chouchouta /ʃu.ʃu.ta/ | chouchoutâmes /ʃu.ʃu.tam/ | chouchoutâtes /ʃu.ʃu.tat/ | chouchoutèrent /ʃu.ʃu.tɛʁ/ | |
future | chouchouterai /ʃu.ʃu.tʁe/ | chouchouteras /ʃu.ʃu.tʁa/ | chouchoutera /ʃu.ʃu.tʁa/ | chouchouterons /ʃu.ʃu.tʁɔ̃/ | chouchouterez /ʃu.ʃu.tʁe/ | chouchouteront /ʃu.ʃu.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | chouchouterais /ʃu.ʃu.tʁɛ/ | chouchouterais /ʃu.ʃu.tʁɛ/ | chouchouterait /ʃu.ʃu.tʁɛ/ | chouchouterions /ʃu.ʃu.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | chouchouteriez /ʃu.ʃu.tə.ʁje/ | chouchouteraient /ʃu.ʃu.tʁɛ/ | |
(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 | chouchoute /ʃu.ʃut/ | chouchoutes /ʃu.ʃut/ | chouchoute /ʃu.ʃut/ | chouchoutions /ʃu.ʃu.tjɔ̃/ | chouchoutiez /ʃu.ʃu.tje/ | chouchoutent /ʃu.ʃut/ |
imperfect2 | chouchoutasse /ʃu.ʃu.tas/ | chouchoutasses /ʃu.ʃu.tas/ | chouchoutât /ʃu.ʃu.ta/ | chouchoutassions /ʃu.ʃu.ta.sjɔ̃/ | chouchoutassiez /ʃu.ʃu.ta.sje/ | chouchoutassent /ʃu.ʃu.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | chouchoute /ʃu.ʃut/ | — | chouchoutons /ʃu.ʃu.tɔ̃/ | chouchoutez /ʃu.ʃu.te/ | — | |
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
- chouchoutement
Further reading
- “chouchouter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.