bêcher
See also: becher, Becher, and bécher
French
Etymology
bêche + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛ.ʃe/, /be.ʃe/
Audio (file) Audio (CAN) (file) - Homophones: bêchai, bêché, bêchée, bêchées, bêchés, bêchez
Verb
bêcher
- to dig (with a spade)
- (dated) to badmouth, to slander
Conjugation
Conjugation of bêcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | bêcher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | bêchant /bɛ.ʃɑ̃/ or /be.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | bêché /bɛ.ʃe/ or /be.ʃe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | bêche /bɛʃ/ | bêches /bɛʃ/ | bêche /bɛʃ/ | bêchons /bɛ.ʃɔ̃/ or /be.ʃɔ̃/ | bêchez /bɛ.ʃe/ or /be.ʃe/ | bêchent /bɛʃ/ |
| imperfect | bêchais /bɛ.ʃɛ/ or /be.ʃɛ/ | bêchais /bɛ.ʃɛ/ or /be.ʃɛ/ | bêchait /bɛ.ʃɛ/ or /be.ʃɛ/ | bêchions /bɛ.ʃjɔ̃/ or /be.ʃjɔ̃/ | bêchiez /bɛ.ʃje/ or /be.ʃje/ | bêchaient /bɛ.ʃɛ/ or /be.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | bêchai /bɛ.ʃe/ or /be.ʃe/ | bêchas /bɛ.ʃa/ or /be.ʃa/ | bêcha /bɛ.ʃa/ or /be.ʃa/ | bêchâmes /bɛ.ʃam/ or /be.ʃam/ | bêchâtes /bɛ.ʃat/ or /be.ʃat/ | bêchèrent /bɛ.ʃɛʁ/ or /be.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | bêcherai /bɛʃ.ʁe/ | bêcheras /bɛʃ.ʁa/ | bêchera /bɛʃ.ʁa/ | bêcherons /bɛʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | bêcherez /bɛʃ.ʁe/ | bêcheront /bɛʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | bêcherais /bɛʃ.ʁɛ/ | bêcherais /bɛʃ.ʁɛ/ | bêcherait /bɛʃ.ʁɛ/ | bêcherions /bɛ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /be.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ | bêcheriez /bɛ.ʃə.ʁje/ or /be.ʃə.ʁje/ | bêcheraient /bɛʃ.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 | bêche /bɛʃ/ | bêches /bɛʃ/ | bêche /bɛʃ/ | bêchions /bɛ.ʃjɔ̃/ or /be.ʃjɔ̃/ | bêchiez /bɛ.ʃje/ or /be.ʃje/ | bêchent /bɛʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | bêchasse /bɛ.ʃas/ or /be.ʃas/ | bêchasses /bɛ.ʃas/ or /be.ʃas/ | bêchât /bɛ.ʃa/ or /be.ʃa/ | bêchassions /bɛ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ or /be.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ | bêchassiez /bɛ.ʃa.sje/ or /be.ʃa.sje/ | bêchassent /bɛ.ʃas/ or /be.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | bêche /bɛʃ/ | — | bêchons /bɛ.ʃɔ̃/ or /be.ʃɔ̃/ | bêchez /bɛ.ʃe/ or /be.ʃe/ | — | |
| 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
- “bêcher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.