achopper
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
achopper
- (intransitive) to stumble (on a stone)
- (intransitive, figuratively) to hit a snag, find oneself up against something, to make a mistake, fail
- (reflexive) to hit a snag, to make a mistake
Conjugation
Conjugation of achopper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | achopper | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | achoppant /a.ʃɔ.pɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | achoppé /a.ʃɔ.pe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | achoppe /a.ʃɔp/ | achoppes /a.ʃɔp/ | achoppe /a.ʃɔp/ | achoppons /a.ʃɔ.pɔ̃/ | achoppez /a.ʃɔ.pe/ | achoppent /a.ʃɔp/ |
imperfect | achoppais /a.ʃɔ.pɛ/ | achoppais /a.ʃɔ.pɛ/ | achoppait /a.ʃɔ.pɛ/ | achoppions /a.ʃɔ.pjɔ̃/ | achoppiez /a.ʃɔ.pje/ | achoppaient /a.ʃɔ.pɛ/ | |
past historic2 | achoppai /a.ʃɔ.pe/ | achoppas /a.ʃɔ.pa/ | achoppa /a.ʃɔ.pa/ | achoppâmes /a.ʃɔ.pam/ | achoppâtes /a.ʃɔ.pat/ | achoppèrent /a.ʃɔ.pɛʁ/ | |
future | achopperai /a.ʃɔ.pʁe/ | achopperas /a.ʃɔ.pʁa/ | achoppera /a.ʃɔ.pʁa/ | achopperons /a.ʃɔ.pʁɔ̃/ | achopperez /a.ʃɔ.pʁe/ | achopperont /a.ʃɔ.pʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | achopperais /a.ʃɔ.pʁɛ/ | achopperais /a.ʃɔ.pʁɛ/ | achopperait /a.ʃɔ.pʁɛ/ | achopperions /a.ʃɔ.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ | achopperiez /a.ʃɔ.pə.ʁje/ | achopperaient /a.ʃɔ.pʁɛ/ | |
(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 | achoppe /a.ʃɔp/ | achoppes /a.ʃɔp/ | achoppe /a.ʃɔp/ | achoppions /a.ʃɔ.pjɔ̃/ | achoppiez /a.ʃɔ.pje/ | achoppent /a.ʃɔp/ |
imperfect2 | achoppasse /a.ʃɔ.pas/ | achoppasses /a.ʃɔ.pas/ | achoppât /a.ʃɔ.pa/ | achoppassions /a.ʃɔ.pa.sjɔ̃/ | achoppassiez /a.ʃɔ.pa.sje/ | achoppassent /a.ʃɔ.pas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | achoppe /a.ʃɔp/ | — | achoppons /a.ʃɔ.pɔ̃/ | achoppez /a.ʃɔ.pe/ | — | |
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
- achoppement
- chopper
Further reading
- “achopper”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.