balbutier
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin balbūtiō, balbūtīre (formed as if from a *balbutiāre, remade from the first-person singular present indicative).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bal.by.sje/
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Verb
balbutier
- to stammer; to stutter
- Synonym: bégayer
Conjugation
Conjugation of balbutier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | balbutier | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | balbutiant /bal.by.sjɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | balbutié /bal.by.sje/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | balbutie /bal.by.si/ | balbuties /bal.by.si/ | balbutie /bal.by.si/ | balbutions /bal.by.sjɔ̃/ | balbutiez /bal.by.sje/ | balbutient /bal.by.si/ |
imperfect | balbutiais /bal.by.sjɛ/ | balbutiais /bal.by.sjɛ/ | balbutiait /bal.by.sjɛ/ | balbutiions /bal.by.si.jɔ̃/ | balbutiiez /bal.by.si.je/ | balbutiaient /bal.by.sjɛ/ | |
past historic2 | balbutiai /bal.by.sje/ | balbutias /bal.by.sja/ | balbutia /bal.by.sja/ | balbutiâmes /bal.by.sjam/ | balbutiâtes /bal.by.sjat/ | balbutièrent /bal.by.sjɛʁ/ | |
future | balbutierai /bal.by.si.ʁe/ | balbutieras /bal.by.si.ʁa/ | balbutiera /bal.by.si.ʁa/ | balbutierons /bal.by.si.ʁɔ̃/ | balbutierez /bal.by.si.ʁe/ | balbutieront /bal.by.si.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | balbutierais /bal.by.si.ʁɛ/ | balbutierais /bal.by.si.ʁɛ/ | balbutierait /bal.by.si.ʁɛ/ | balbutierions /bal.by.si.ʁjɔ̃/ | balbutieriez /bal.by.si.ʁje/ | balbutieraient /bal.by.si.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 | balbutie /bal.by.si/ | balbuties /bal.by.si/ | balbutie /bal.by.si/ | balbutiions /bal.by.si.jɔ̃/ | balbutiiez /bal.by.si.je/ | balbutient /bal.by.si/ |
imperfect2 | balbutiasse /bal.by.sjas/ | balbutiasses /bal.by.sjas/ | balbutiât /bal.by.sja/ | balbutiassions /bal.by.sja.sjɔ̃/ | balbutiassiez /bal.by.sja.sje/ | balbutiassent /bal.by.sjas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | balbutie /bal.by.si/ | — | balbutions /bal.by.sjɔ̃/ | balbutiez /bal.by.sje/ | — | |
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
- balbutieur
Further reading
- “balbutier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.