becquer
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
becquer
- to peck (all senses)
Conjugation
Conjugation of becquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | becquer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | becquant /bɛ.kɑ̃/ or /be.kɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | becqué /bɛ.ke/ or /be.ke/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | becque /bɛk/ | becques /bɛk/ | becque /bɛk/ | becquons /bɛ.kɔ̃/ or /be.kɔ̃/ | becquez /bɛ.ke/ or /be.ke/ | becquent /bɛk/ |
imperfect | becquais /bɛ.kɛ/ or /be.kɛ/ | becquais /bɛ.kɛ/ or /be.kɛ/ | becquait /bɛ.kɛ/ or /be.kɛ/ | becquions /bɛ.kjɔ̃/ or /be.kjɔ̃/ | becquiez /bɛ.kje/ or /be.kje/ | becquaient /bɛ.kɛ/ or /be.kɛ/ | |
past historic2 | becquai /bɛ.ke/ or /be.ke/ | becquas /bɛ.ka/ or /be.ka/ | becqua /bɛ.ka/ or /be.ka/ | becquâmes /bɛ.kam/ or /be.kam/ | becquâtes /bɛ.kat/ or /be.kat/ | becquèrent /bɛ.kɛʁ/ or /be.kɛʁ/ | |
future | becquerai /bɛ.kʁe/ or /be.kʁe/ | becqueras /bɛ.kʁa/ or /be.kʁa/ | becquera /bɛ.kʁa/ or /be.kʁa/ | becquerons /bɛ.kʁɔ̃/ or /be.kʁɔ̃/ | becquerez /bɛ.kʁe/ or /be.kʁe/ | becqueront /bɛ.kʁɔ̃/ or /be.kʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | becquerais /bɛ.kʁɛ/ or /be.kʁɛ/ | becquerais /bɛ.kʁɛ/ or /be.kʁɛ/ | becquerait /bɛ.kʁɛ/ or /be.kʁɛ/ | becquerions /bɛ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /be.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ | becqueriez /bɛ.kə.ʁje/ or /be.kə.ʁje/ | becqueraient /bɛ.kʁɛ/ or /be.kʁɛ/ | |
(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 | becque /bɛk/ | becques /bɛk/ | becque /bɛk/ | becquions /bɛ.kjɔ̃/ or /be.kjɔ̃/ | becquiez /bɛ.kje/ or /be.kje/ | becquent /bɛk/ |
imperfect2 | becquasse /bɛ.kas/ or /be.kas/ | becquasses /bɛ.kas/ or /be.kas/ | becquât /bɛ.ka/ or /be.ka/ | becquassions /bɛ.ka.sjɔ̃/ or /be.ka.sjɔ̃/ | becquassiez /bɛ.ka.sje/ or /be.ka.sje/ | becquassent /bɛ.kas/ or /be.kas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | becque /bɛk/ | — | becquons /bɛ.kɔ̃/ or /be.kɔ̃/ | becquez /bɛ.ke/ or /be.ke/ | — | |
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
- “becquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.