béquiller
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Verb
béquiller
- to walk with the aid of crutches
- to lower the kickstand of a motorcycle; to prop up a motorcycle on its kickstand
Conjugation
Conjugation of béquiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | béquiller | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | béquillant /be.ki.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | béquillé /be.ki.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | béquille /be.kij/ |
béquilles /be.kij/ |
béquille /be.kij/ |
béquillons /be.ki.jɔ̃/ |
béquillez /be.ki.je/ |
béquillent /be.kij/ |
| imperfect | béquillais /be.ki.jɛ/ |
béquillais /be.ki.jɛ/ |
béquillait /be.ki.jɛ/ |
béquillions /be.kij.jɔ̃/ |
béquilliez /be.kij.je/ |
béquillaient /be.ki.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | béquillai /be.ki.je/ |
béquillas /be.ki.ja/ |
béquilla /be.ki.ja/ |
béquillâmes /be.ki.jam/ |
béquillâtes /be.ki.jat/ |
béquillèrent /be.ki.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | béquillerai /be.kij.ʁe/ |
béquilleras /be.kij.ʁa/ |
béquillera /be.kij.ʁa/ |
béquillerons /be.kij.ʁɔ̃/ |
béquillerez /be.kij.ʁe/ |
béquilleront /be.kij.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | béquillerais /be.kij.ʁɛ/ |
béquillerais /be.kij.ʁɛ/ |
béquillerait /be.kij.ʁɛ/ |
béquillerions /be.ki.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
béquilleriez /be.ki.jə.ʁje/ |
béquilleraient /be.kij.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 | béquille /be.kij/ |
béquilles /be.kij/ |
béquille /be.kij/ |
béquillions /be.kij.jɔ̃/ |
béquilliez /be.kij.je/ |
béquillent /be.kij/ |
| imperfect2 | béquillasse /be.ki.jas/ |
béquillasses /be.ki.jas/ |
béquillât /be.ki.ja/ |
béquillassions /be.ki.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
béquillassiez /be.ki.ja.sje/ |
béquillassent /be.ki.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | béquille /be.kij/ |
— | béquillons /be.ki.jɔ̃/ |
béquillez /be.ki.je/ |
— | |
| 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
- “béquiller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.