chauvir
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
chauvir
- (intransitive, dated) to perk up, to rise up (said of the ears of certain equine animals like donkeys)
Conjugation
The forms without -iss- are recommended by the French Academy, although their usage is not common.
Conjugation of chauvir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | chauvir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | chauvant or chauvissant /ʃo.vɑ̃/ or /ʃo.vi.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | chauvi /ʃo.vi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | chauvis /ʃo.vi/ | chauvis /ʃo.vi/ | chauvit /ʃo.vi/ | chauvons or chauvissons /ʃo.vɔ̃/ or /ʃo.vi.sɔ̃/ | chauvez or chauvissez /ʃo.ve/ or /ʃo.vi.se/ | chauvent or chauvissent /ʃov/ or /ʃo.vis/ |
| imperfect | chauvais or chauvissais /ʃo.vɛ/ or /ʃo.vi.sɛ/ | chauvais or chauvissais /ʃo.vɛ/ or /ʃo.vi.sɛ/ | chauvait or chauvissait /ʃo.vɛ/ or /ʃo.vi.sɛ/ | chauvions or chauvissions /ʃo.vjɔ̃/ or /ʃo.vi.sjɔ̃/ | chauviez or chauvissiez /ʃo.vje/ or /ʃo.vi.sje/ | chauvaient or chauvissaient /ʃo.vɛ/ or /ʃo.vi.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | chauvis /ʃo.vi/ | chauvis /ʃo.vi/ | chauvit /ʃo.vi/ | chauvîmes /ʃo.vim/ | chauvîtes /ʃo.vit/ | chauvirent /ʃo.viʁ/ | |
| future | chauvirai /ʃo.vi.ʁe/ | chauviras /ʃo.vi.ʁa/ | chauvira /ʃo.vi.ʁa/ | chauvirons /ʃo.vi.ʁɔ̃/ | chauvirez /ʃo.vi.ʁe/ | chauviront /ʃo.vi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | chauvirais /ʃo.vi.ʁɛ/ | chauvirais /ʃo.vi.ʁɛ/ | chauvirait /ʃo.vi.ʁɛ/ | chauvirions /ʃo.vi.ʁjɔ̃/ | chauviriez /ʃo.vi.ʁje/ | chauviraient /ʃo.vi.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 | chauve or chauvisse /ʃov/ or /ʃo.vis/ | chauves or chauvisses /ʃov/ or /ʃo.vis/ | chauve or chauvisse /ʃov/ or /ʃo.vis/ | chauvions or chauvissions /ʃo.vjɔ̃/ or /ʃo.vi.sjɔ̃/ | chauviez or chauvissiez /ʃo.vje/ or /ʃo.vi.sje/ | chauvent or chauvissent /ʃov/ or /ʃo.vis/ |
| imperfect2 | chauvisse /ʃo.vis/ | chauvisses /ʃo.vis/ | chauvît /ʃo.vi/ | chauvissions /ʃo.vi.sjɔ̃/ | chauvissiez /ʃo.vi.sje/ | chauvissent /ʃo.vis/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | chauvis /ʃo.vi/ | — | chauvons or chauvissons /ʃo.vɔ̃/ or /ʃo.vi.sɔ̃/ | chauvez or chauvissez /ʃo.ve/ or /ʃo.vi.se/ | — | |
| 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
- “chauvir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.