bêcheveter
French
Etymology
From 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 like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il bêchevète and the third-person singular future indicative il bêchevètera.
Conjugation of bêcheveter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | bêcheveter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Further reading
- “bêcheveter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.