tourber
French
Etymology
tourbe + -er
Pronunciation
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Verb
tourber
- to dig up peat
Conjugation
Conjugation of tourber (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | tourber | |||||
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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 | – | – | – | ||||
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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Further reading
- “tourber”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.