excaver
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin excavāre, present active infinitive of excavō.
Pronunciation
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Verb
excaver
- to excavate
Conjugation
Conjugation of excaver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | excaver | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | excavant /ɛk.ska.vɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | excavé /ɛk.ska.ve/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | excave /ɛk.skav/ | excaves /ɛk.skav/ | excave /ɛk.skav/ | excavons /ɛk.ska.vɔ̃/ | excavez /ɛk.ska.ve/ | excavent /ɛk.skav/ |
imperfect | excavais /ɛk.ska.vɛ/ | excavais /ɛk.ska.vɛ/ | excavait /ɛk.ska.vɛ/ | excavions /ɛk.ska.vjɔ̃/ | excaviez /ɛk.ska.vje/ | excavaient /ɛk.ska.vɛ/ | |
past historic2 | excavai /ɛk.ska.ve/ | excavas /ɛk.ska.va/ | excava /ɛk.ska.va/ | excavâmes /ɛk.ska.vam/ | excavâtes /ɛk.ska.vat/ | excavèrent /ɛk.ska.vɛʁ/ | |
future | excaverai /ɛk.ska.vʁe/ | excaveras /ɛk.ska.vʁa/ | excavera /ɛk.ska.vʁa/ | excaverons /ɛk.ska.vʁɔ̃/ | excaverez /ɛk.ska.vʁe/ | excaveront /ɛk.ska.vʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | excaverais /ɛk.ska.vʁɛ/ | excaverais /ɛk.ska.vʁɛ/ | excaverait /ɛk.ska.vʁɛ/ | excaverions /ɛk.ska.və.ʁjɔ̃/ | excaveriez /ɛk.ska.və.ʁje/ | excaveraient /ɛk.ska.vʁɛ/ | |
(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 | excave /ɛk.skav/ | excaves /ɛk.skav/ | excave /ɛk.skav/ | excavions /ɛk.ska.vjɔ̃/ | excaviez /ɛk.ska.vje/ | excavent /ɛk.skav/ |
imperfect2 | excavasse /ɛk.ska.vas/ | excavasses /ɛk.ska.vas/ | excavât /ɛk.ska.va/ | excavassions /ɛk.ska.va.sjɔ̃/ | excavassiez /ɛk.ska.va.sje/ | excavassent /ɛk.ska.vas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | excave /ɛk.skav/ | — | excavons /ɛk.ska.vɔ̃/ | excavez /ɛk.ska.ve/ | — | |
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
- “excaver”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
excaver
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of excavō