ébaubir
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
ébaubir
- (colloquial) to astonish, flabbergast
Conjugation
This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.
Conjugation of ébaubir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | ébaubir | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | ébaubissant /e.bo.bi.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | ébaubi /e.bo.bi/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | ébaubis /e.bo.bi/ | ébaubis /e.bo.bi/ | ébaubit /e.bo.bi/ | ébaubissons /e.bo.bi.sɔ̃/ | ébaubissez /e.bo.bi.se/ | ébaubissent /e.bo.bis/ |
imperfect | ébaubissais /e.bo.bi.sɛ/ | ébaubissais /e.bo.bi.sɛ/ | ébaubissait /e.bo.bi.sɛ/ | ébaubissions /e.bo.bi.sjɔ̃/ | ébaubissiez /e.bo.bi.sje/ | ébaubissaient /e.bo.bi.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | ébaubis /e.bo.bi/ | ébaubis /e.bo.bi/ | ébaubit /e.bo.bi/ | ébaubîmes /e.bo.bim/ | ébaubîtes /e.bo.bit/ | ébaubirent /e.bo.biʁ/ | |
future | ébaubirai /e.bo.bi.ʁe/ | ébaubiras /e.bo.bi.ʁa/ | ébaubira /e.bo.bi.ʁa/ | ébaubirons /e.bo.bi.ʁɔ̃/ | ébaubirez /e.bo.bi.ʁe/ | ébaubiront /e.bo.bi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | ébaubirais /e.bo.bi.ʁɛ/ | ébaubirais /e.bo.bi.ʁɛ/ | ébaubirait /e.bo.bi.ʁɛ/ | ébaubirions /e.bo.bi.ʁjɔ̃/ | ébaubiriez /e.bo.bi.ʁje/ | ébaubiraient /e.bo.bi.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 | ébaubisse /e.bo.bis/ | ébaubisses /e.bo.bis/ | ébaubisse /e.bo.bis/ | ébaubissions /e.bo.bi.sjɔ̃/ | ébaubissiez /e.bo.bi.sje/ | ébaubissent /e.bo.bis/ |
imperfect2 | ébaubisse /e.bo.bis/ | ébaubisses /e.bo.bis/ | ébaubît /e.bo.bi/ | ébaubissions /e.bo.bi.sjɔ̃/ | ébaubissiez /e.bo.bi.sje/ | ébaubissent /e.bo.bis/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | ébaubis /e.bo.bi/ | — | ébaubissons /e.bo.bi.sɔ̃/ | ébaubissez /e.bo.bi.se/ | — | |
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
- ébaubissement
Further reading
- “ébaubir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.