papoter
French
Etymology
From Old French papier (“to murmur”) (from the onomatopoeic root "papp-", occurring in Latin pappare (“to eat”), having to do with movement of the lips) + -oter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa.pɔ.te/
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Verb
papoter
- (intransitive) to chat, chatter
Conjugation
Conjugation of papoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | papoter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | papotant /pa.pɔ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | papoté /pa.pɔ.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | papote /pa.pɔt/ | papotes /pa.pɔt/ | papote /pa.pɔt/ | papotons /pa.pɔ.tɔ̃/ | papotez /pa.pɔ.te/ | papotent /pa.pɔt/ |
imperfect | papotais /pa.pɔ.tɛ/ | papotais /pa.pɔ.tɛ/ | papotait /pa.pɔ.tɛ/ | papotions /pa.pɔ.tjɔ̃/ | papotiez /pa.pɔ.tje/ | papotaient /pa.pɔ.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | papotai /pa.pɔ.te/ | papotas /pa.pɔ.ta/ | papota /pa.pɔ.ta/ | papotâmes /pa.pɔ.tam/ | papotâtes /pa.pɔ.tat/ | papotèrent /pa.pɔ.tɛʁ/ | |
future | papoterai /pa.pɔ.tʁe/ | papoteras /pa.pɔ.tʁa/ | papotera /pa.pɔ.tʁa/ | papoterons /pa.pɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | papoterez /pa.pɔ.tʁe/ | papoteront /pa.pɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | papoterais /pa.pɔ.tʁɛ/ | papoterais /pa.pɔ.tʁɛ/ | papoterait /pa.pɔ.tʁɛ/ | papoterions /pa.pɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | papoteriez /pa.pɔ.tə.ʁje/ | papoteraient /pa.pɔ.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 | papote /pa.pɔt/ | papotes /pa.pɔt/ | papote /pa.pɔt/ | papotions /pa.pɔ.tjɔ̃/ | papotiez /pa.pɔ.tje/ | papotent /pa.pɔt/ |
imperfect2 | papotasse /pa.pɔ.tas/ | papotasses /pa.pɔ.tas/ | papotât /pa.pɔ.ta/ | papotassions /pa.pɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ | papotassiez /pa.pɔ.ta.sje/ | papotassent /pa.pɔ.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | papote /pa.pɔt/ | — | papotons /pa.pɔ.tɔ̃/ | papotez /pa.pɔ.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
- “papoter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.