bêler
French
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin bēlāre, a variant of bālō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛ.le/ ~ /be.le/
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Verb
bêler
Conjugation
Conjugation of bêler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | bêler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | bêlant /bɛ.lɑ̃/ or /be.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | bêlé /bɛ.le/ or /be.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | bêle /bɛl/ |
bêles /bɛl/ |
bêle /bɛl/ |
bêlons /bɛ.lɔ̃/ or /be.lɔ̃/ |
bêlez /bɛ.le/ or /be.le/ |
bêlent /bɛl/ |
| imperfect | bêlais /bɛ.lɛ/ or /be.lɛ/ |
bêlais /bɛ.lɛ/ or /be.lɛ/ |
bêlait /bɛ.lɛ/ or /be.lɛ/ |
bêlions /bɛ.ljɔ̃/ or /be.ljɔ̃/ |
bêliez /bɛ.lje/ or /be.lje/ |
bêlaient /bɛ.lɛ/ or /be.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | bêlai /bɛ.le/ or /be.le/ |
bêlas /bɛ.la/ or /be.la/ |
bêla /bɛ.la/ or /be.la/ |
bêlâmes /bɛ.lam/ or /be.lam/ |
bêlâtes /bɛ.lat/ or /be.lat/ |
bêlèrent /bɛ.lɛʁ/ or /be.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | bêlerai /bɛl.ʁe/ |
bêleras /bɛl.ʁa/ |
bêlera /bɛl.ʁa/ |
bêlerons /bɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
bêlerez /bɛl.ʁe/ |
bêleront /bɛl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | bêlerais /bɛl.ʁɛ/ |
bêlerais /bɛl.ʁɛ/ |
bêlerait /bɛl.ʁɛ/ |
bêlerions /bɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /be.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
bêleriez /bɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /be.lə.ʁje/ |
bêleraient /bɛl.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 | bêle /bɛl/ |
bêles /bɛl/ |
bêle /bɛl/ |
bêlions /bɛ.ljɔ̃/ or /be.ljɔ̃/ |
bêliez /bɛ.lje/ or /be.lje/ |
bêlent /bɛl/ |
| imperfect2 | bêlasse /bɛ.las/ or /be.las/ |
bêlasses /bɛ.las/ or /be.las/ |
bêlât /bɛ.la/ or /be.la/ |
bêlassions /bɛ.la.sjɔ̃/ or /be.la.sjɔ̃/ |
bêlassiez /bɛ.la.sje/ or /be.la.sje/ |
bêlassent /bɛ.las/ or /be.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | bêle /bɛl/ |
— | bêlons /bɛ.lɔ̃/ or /be.lɔ̃/ |
bêlez /bɛ.le/ or /be.le/ |
— | |
| 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
- “bêler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.