bousculer
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bus.ky.le/
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Verb
bousculer
- to shove, to bump into, to jostle
Conjugation
Conjugation of bousculer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | bousculer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | bousculant /bus.ky.lɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | bousculé /bus.ky.le/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | bouscule /bus.kyl/ | bouscules /bus.kyl/ | bouscule /bus.kyl/ | bousculons /bus.ky.lɔ̃/ | bousculez /bus.ky.le/ | bousculent /bus.kyl/ |
imperfect | bousculais /bus.ky.lɛ/ | bousculais /bus.ky.lɛ/ | bousculait /bus.ky.lɛ/ | bousculions /bus.ky.ljɔ̃/ | bousculiez /bus.ky.lje/ | bousculaient /bus.ky.lɛ/ | |
past historic2 | bousculai /bus.ky.le/ | bousculas /bus.ky.la/ | bouscula /bus.ky.la/ | bousculâmes /bus.ky.lam/ | bousculâtes /bus.ky.lat/ | bousculèrent /bus.ky.lɛʁ/ | |
future | bousculerai /bus.kyl.ʁe/ | bousculeras /bus.kyl.ʁa/ | bousculera /bus.kyl.ʁa/ | bousculerons /bus.kyl.ʁɔ̃/ | bousculerez /bus.kyl.ʁe/ | bousculeront /bus.kyl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | bousculerais /bus.kyl.ʁɛ/ | bousculerais /bus.kyl.ʁɛ/ | bousculerait /bus.kyl.ʁɛ/ | bousculerions /bus.ky.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ | bousculeriez /bus.ky.lə.ʁje/ | bousculeraient /bus.kyl.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 | bouscule /bus.kyl/ | bouscules /bus.kyl/ | bouscule /bus.kyl/ | bousculions /bus.ky.ljɔ̃/ | bousculiez /bus.ky.lje/ | bousculent /bus.kyl/ |
imperfect2 | bousculasse /bus.ky.las/ | bousculasses /bus.ky.las/ | bousculât /bus.ky.la/ | bousculassions /bus.ky.la.sjɔ̃/ | bousculassiez /bus.ky.la.sje/ | bousculassent /bus.ky.las/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | bouscule /bus.kyl/ | — | bousculons /bus.ky.lɔ̃/ | bousculez /bus.ky.le/ | — | |
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
- ne pas se bousculer au portillon
Related terms
- bousculade
Further reading
- “bousculer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.