bifurquer
French
Etymology
A verb based on Latin bifurcus (“two-pronged”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bi.fyʁ.ke/
Audio (file) - Homophones: bifurquai, bifurqué, bifurquée, bifurquées, bifurqués, bifurquez
Verb
bifurquer
- to bifurcate (split in two)
Conjugation
Conjugation of bifurquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | bifurquer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | bifurquant /bi.fyʁ.kɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | bifurqué /bi.fyʁ.ke/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | bifurque /bi.fyʁk/ | bifurques /bi.fyʁk/ | bifurque /bi.fyʁk/ | bifurquons /bi.fyʁ.kɔ̃/ | bifurquez /bi.fyʁ.ke/ | bifurquent /bi.fyʁk/ |
| imperfect | bifurquais /bi.fyʁ.kɛ/ | bifurquais /bi.fyʁ.kɛ/ | bifurquait /bi.fyʁ.kɛ/ | bifurquions /bi.fyʁ.kjɔ̃/ | bifurquiez /bi.fyʁ.kje/ | bifurquaient /bi.fyʁ.kɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | bifurquai /bi.fyʁ.ke/ | bifurquas /bi.fyʁ.ka/ | bifurqua /bi.fyʁ.ka/ | bifurquâmes /bi.fyʁ.kam/ | bifurquâtes /bi.fyʁ.kat/ | bifurquèrent /bi.fyʁ.kɛʁ/ | |
| future | bifurquerai /bi.fyʁ.kə.ʁe/ | bifurqueras /bi.fyʁ.kə.ʁa/ | bifurquera /bi.fyʁ.kə.ʁa/ | bifurquerons /bi.fyʁ.kə.ʁɔ̃/ | bifurquerez /bi.fyʁ.kə.ʁe/ | bifurqueront /bi.fyʁ.kə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | bifurquerais /bi.fyʁ.kə.ʁɛ/ | bifurquerais /bi.fyʁ.kə.ʁɛ/ | bifurquerait /bi.fyʁ.kə.ʁɛ/ | bifurquerions /bi.fyʁ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ | bifurqueriez /bi.fyʁ.kə.ʁje/ | bifurqueraient /bi.fyʁ.kə.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 | bifurque /bi.fyʁk/ | bifurques /bi.fyʁk/ | bifurque /bi.fyʁk/ | bifurquions /bi.fyʁ.kjɔ̃/ | bifurquiez /bi.fyʁ.kje/ | bifurquent /bi.fyʁk/ |
| imperfect2 | bifurquasse /bi.fyʁ.kas/ | bifurquasses /bi.fyʁ.kas/ | bifurquât /bi.fyʁ.ka/ | bifurquassions /bi.fyʁ.ka.sjɔ̃/ | bifurquassiez /bi.fyʁ.ka.sje/ | bifurquassent /bi.fyʁ.kas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | bifurque /bi.fyʁk/ | — | bifurquons /bi.fyʁ.kɔ̃/ | bifurquez /bi.fyʁ.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- bifurqué (adjective)
Further reading
- “bifurquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.