embêter
See also: embeter
French
Etymology
en- + bête + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.bɛ.te/, /ɑ̃.be.te/
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Verb
embêter
- (transitive) to bug, bother, annoy
- (transitive) to pick on someone
Conjugation
Conjugation of embêter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | embêter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | embêtant /ɑ̃.bɛ.tɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.be.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | embêté /ɑ̃.bɛ.te/ or /ɑ̃.be.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | embête /ɑ̃.bɛt/ | embêtes /ɑ̃.bɛt/ | embête /ɑ̃.bɛt/ | embêtons /ɑ̃.bɛ.tɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.be.tɔ̃/ | embêtez /ɑ̃.bɛ.te/ or /ɑ̃.be.te/ | embêtent /ɑ̃.bɛt/ |
imperfect | embêtais /ɑ̃.bɛ.tɛ/ or /ɑ̃.be.tɛ/ | embêtais /ɑ̃.bɛ.tɛ/ or /ɑ̃.be.tɛ/ | embêtait /ɑ̃.bɛ.tɛ/ or /ɑ̃.be.tɛ/ | embêtions /ɑ̃.bɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.be.tjɔ̃/ | embêtiez /ɑ̃.bɛ.tje/ or /ɑ̃.be.tje/ | embêtaient /ɑ̃.bɛ.tɛ/ or /ɑ̃.be.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | embêtai /ɑ̃.bɛ.te/ or /ɑ̃.be.te/ | embêtas /ɑ̃.bɛ.ta/ or /ɑ̃.be.ta/ | embêta /ɑ̃.bɛ.ta/ or /ɑ̃.be.ta/ | embêtâmes /ɑ̃.bɛ.tam/ or /ɑ̃.be.tam/ | embêtâtes /ɑ̃.bɛ.tat/ or /ɑ̃.be.tat/ | embêtèrent /ɑ̃.bɛ.tɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃.be.tɛʁ/ | |
future | embêterai /ɑ̃.bɛ.tʁe/ or /ɑ̃.be.tʁe/ | embêteras /ɑ̃.bɛ.tʁa/ or /ɑ̃.be.tʁa/ | embêtera /ɑ̃.bɛ.tʁa/ or /ɑ̃.be.tʁa/ | embêterons /ɑ̃.bɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.be.tʁɔ̃/ | embêterez /ɑ̃.bɛ.tʁe/ or /ɑ̃.be.tʁe/ | embêteront /ɑ̃.bɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.be.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | embêterais /ɑ̃.bɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.be.tʁɛ/ | embêterais /ɑ̃.bɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.be.tʁɛ/ | embêterait /ɑ̃.bɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.be.tʁɛ/ | embêterions /ɑ̃.bɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.be.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | embêteriez /ɑ̃.bɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.be.tə.ʁje/ | embêteraient /ɑ̃.bɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.be.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 | embête /ɑ̃.bɛt/ | embêtes /ɑ̃.bɛt/ | embête /ɑ̃.bɛt/ | embêtions /ɑ̃.bɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.be.tjɔ̃/ | embêtiez /ɑ̃.bɛ.tje/ or /ɑ̃.be.tje/ | embêtent /ɑ̃.bɛt/ |
imperfect2 | embêtasse /ɑ̃.bɛ.tas/ or /ɑ̃.be.tas/ | embêtasses /ɑ̃.bɛ.tas/ or /ɑ̃.be.tas/ | embêtât /ɑ̃.bɛ.ta/ or /ɑ̃.be.ta/ | embêtassions /ɑ̃.bɛ.ta.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.be.ta.sjɔ̃/ | embêtassiez /ɑ̃.bɛ.ta.sje/ or /ɑ̃.be.ta.sje/ | embêtassent /ɑ̃.bɛ.tas/ or /ɑ̃.be.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | embête /ɑ̃.bɛt/ | — | embêtons /ɑ̃.bɛ.tɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.be.tɔ̃/ | embêtez /ɑ̃.bɛ.te/ or /ɑ̃.be.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). |
Further reading
- “embêter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.