bêcheveter
French
Etymology
bêchevet + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛʃ.və.te/
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Verb
bêcheveter
- to upend (turn upside-down)
- to place head-to-toe, head-to-tail
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated mostly like the regular -er verbs (parler and chanter and so on), but the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-. For example, in the third-person singular present indicative, we have il bêchevète rather than *il bêchevete. Other verbs conjugated this way include lever and mener. Related but distinct conjugations include those of appeler and préférer.
Conjugation of bêcheveter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | bêcheveter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | bêchevetant /bɛʃ.və.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | bêcheveté /bɛʃ.və.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | bêchevète /bɛʃ.vɛt/ | bêchevètes /bɛʃ.vɛt/ | bêchevète /bɛʃ.vɛt/ | bêchevetons /bɛʃ.və.tɔ̃/ | bêchevetez /bɛʃ.və.te/ | bêchevètent /bɛʃ.vɛt/ |
imperfect | bêchevetais /bɛʃ.və.tɛ/ | bêchevetais /bɛʃ.və.tɛ/ | bêchevetait /bɛʃ.və.tɛ/ | bêchevetions /bɛʃ.və.tjɔ̃/ | bêchevetiez /bɛʃ.və.tje/ | bêchevetaient /bɛʃ.və.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | bêchevetai /bɛʃ.və.te/ | bêchevetas /bɛʃ.və.ta/ | bêcheveta /bɛʃ.və.ta/ | bêchevetâmes /bɛʃ.və.tam/ | bêchevetâtes /bɛʃ.və.tat/ | bêchevetèrent /bɛʃ.və.tɛʁ/ | |
future | bêchevèterai /bɛʃ.vɛ.tʁe/ or /bɛʃ.ve.tʁe/ | bêchevèteras /bɛʃ.vɛ.tʁa/ or /bɛʃ.ve.tʁa/ | bêchevètera /bɛʃ.vɛ.tʁa/ or /bɛʃ.ve.tʁa/ | bêchevèterons /bɛʃ.vɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /bɛʃ.ve.tʁɔ̃/ | bêchevèterez /bɛʃ.vɛ.tʁe/ or /bɛʃ.ve.tʁe/ | bêchevèteront /bɛʃ.vɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /bɛʃ.ve.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | bêchevèterais /bɛʃ.vɛ.tʁɛ/ or /bɛʃ.ve.tʁɛ/ | bêchevèterais /bɛʃ.vɛ.tʁɛ/ or /bɛʃ.ve.tʁɛ/ | bêchevèterait /bɛʃ.vɛ.tʁɛ/ or /bɛʃ.ve.tʁɛ/ | bêchevèterions /bɛʃ.vɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /bɛʃ.ve.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | bêchevèteriez /bɛʃ.vɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /bɛʃ.ve.tə.ʁje/ | bêchevèteraient /bɛʃ.vɛ.tʁɛ/ or /bɛʃ.ve.tʁɛ/ | |
(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 | bêchevète /bɛʃ.vɛt/ | bêchevètes /bɛʃ.vɛt/ | bêchevète /bɛʃ.vɛt/ | bêchevetions /bɛʃ.və.tjɔ̃/ | bêchevetiez /bɛʃ.və.tje/ | bêchevètent /bɛʃ.vɛt/ |
imperfect2 | bêchevetasse /bɛʃ.və.tas/ | bêchevetasses /bɛʃ.və.tas/ | bêchevetât /bɛʃ.və.ta/ | bêchevetassions /bɛʃ.və.ta.sjɔ̃/ | bêchevetassiez /bɛʃ.və.ta.sje/ | bêchevetassent /bɛʃ.və.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | bêchevète /bɛʃ.vɛt/ | — | bêchevetons /bɛʃ.və.tɔ̃/ | bêchevetez /bɛʃ.və.te/ | — | |
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). |
Related terms
- tête-bêche
Further reading
- “bêcheveter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.