buser
See also: Buser
French
Etymology
buse + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /by.ze/
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Verb
buser
- (Belgium) to fail (a test, exam)
- Synonym: sécher
Conjugation
Conjugation of buser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | buser | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | busant /by.zɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | busé /by.ze/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | buse /byz/ | buses /byz/ | buse /byz/ | busons /by.zɔ̃/ | busez /by.ze/ | busent /byz/ |
imperfect | busais /by.zɛ/ | busais /by.zɛ/ | busait /by.zɛ/ | busions /by.zjɔ̃/ | busiez /by.zje/ | busaient /by.zɛ/ | |
past historic2 | busai /by.ze/ | busas /by.za/ | busa /by.za/ | busâmes /by.zam/ | busâtes /by.zat/ | busèrent /by.zɛʁ/ | |
future | buserai /byz.ʁe/ | buseras /byz.ʁa/ | busera /byz.ʁa/ | buserons /byz.ʁɔ̃/ | buserez /byz.ʁe/ | buseront /byz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | buserais /byz.ʁɛ/ | buserais /byz.ʁɛ/ | buserait /byz.ʁɛ/ | buserions /by.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ | buseriez /by.zə.ʁje/ | buseraient /byz.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 | buse /byz/ | buses /byz/ | buse /byz/ | busions /by.zjɔ̃/ | busiez /by.zje/ | busent /byz/ |
imperfect2 | busasse /by.zas/ | busasses /by.zas/ | busât /by.za/ | busassions /by.za.sjɔ̃/ | busassiez /by.za.sje/ | busassent /by.zas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | buse /byz/ | — | busons /by.zɔ̃/ | busez /by.ze/ | — | |
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
- “buser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.