chiquer
French
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃi.ke/
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Verb
chiquer
- (intransitive) to chew tobacco
- (intransitive, Belgium) to chew gum
Conjugation
Conjugation of chiquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | chiquer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | chiquant /ʃi.kɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | chiqué /ʃi.ke/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | chique /ʃik/ | chiques /ʃik/ | chique /ʃik/ | chiquons /ʃi.kɔ̃/ | chiquez /ʃi.ke/ | chiquent /ʃik/ |
| imperfect | chiquais /ʃi.kɛ/ | chiquais /ʃi.kɛ/ | chiquait /ʃi.kɛ/ | chiquions /ʃi.kjɔ̃/ | chiquiez /ʃi.kje/ | chiquaient /ʃi.kɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | chiquai /ʃi.ke/ | chiquas /ʃi.ka/ | chiqua /ʃi.ka/ | chiquâmes /ʃi.kam/ | chiquâtes /ʃi.kat/ | chiquèrent /ʃi.kɛʁ/ | |
| future | chiquerai /ʃi.kʁe/ | chiqueras /ʃi.kʁa/ | chiquera /ʃi.kʁa/ | chiquerons /ʃi.kʁɔ̃/ | chiquerez /ʃi.kʁe/ | chiqueront /ʃi.kʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | chiquerais /ʃi.kʁɛ/ | chiquerais /ʃi.kʁɛ/ | chiquerait /ʃi.kʁɛ/ | chiquerions /ʃi.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ | chiqueriez /ʃi.kə.ʁje/ | chiqueraient /ʃi.kʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | chique /ʃik/ | chiques /ʃik/ | chique /ʃik/ | chiquions /ʃi.kjɔ̃/ | chiquiez /ʃi.kje/ | chiquent /ʃik/ |
| imperfect2 | chiquasse /ʃi.kas/ | chiquasses /ʃi.kas/ | chiquât /ʃi.ka/ | chiquassions /ʃi.ka.sjɔ̃/ | chiquassiez /ʃi.ka.sje/ | chiquassent /ʃi.kas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | chique /ʃik/ | — | chiquons /ʃi.kɔ̃/ | chiquez /ʃi.ke/ | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- faire chiquer poteau
Further reading
- “chiquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.