bavasser

French

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Verb

bavasser

  1. to waffle, natter

Conjugation

Conjugation of bavasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple bavasser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple bavassant
/ba.va.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle bavassé
/ba.va.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present bavasse
/ba.vas/ 		bavasses
/ba.vas/ 		bavasse
/ba.vas/ 		bavassons
/ba.va.sɔ̃/ 		bavassez
/ba.va.se/ 		bavassent
/ba.vas/
imperfect bavassais
/ba.va.sɛ/ 		bavassais
/ba.va.sɛ/ 		bavassait
/ba.va.sɛ/ 		bavassions
/ba.va.sjɔ̃/ 		bavassiez
/ba.va.sje/ 		bavassaient
/ba.va.sɛ/
past historic2 bavassai
/ba.va.se/ 		bavassas
/ba.va.sa/ 		bavassa
/ba.va.sa/ 		bavassâmes
/ba.va.sam/ 		bavassâtes
/ba.va.sat/ 		bavassèrent
/ba.va.sɛʁ/
future bavasserai
/ba.va.sʁe/ 		bavasseras
/ba.va.sʁa/ 		bavassera
/ba.va.sʁa/ 		bavasserons
/ba.va.sʁɔ̃/ 		bavasserez
/ba.va.sʁe/ 		bavasseront
/ba.va.sʁɔ̃/
conditional bavasserais
/ba.va.sʁɛ/ 		bavasserais
/ba.va.sʁɛ/ 		bavasserait
/ba.va.sʁɛ/ 		bavasserions
/ba.va.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		bavasseriez
/ba.va.sə.ʁje/ 		bavasseraient
/ba.va.sʁɛ/
(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 bavasse
/ba.vas/ 		bavasses
/ba.vas/ 		bavasse
/ba.vas/ 		bavassions
/ba.va.sjɔ̃/ 		bavassiez
/ba.va.sje/ 		bavassent
/ba.vas/
imperfect2 bavassasse
/ba.va.sas/ 		bavassasses
/ba.va.sas/ 		bavassât
/ba.va.sa/ 		bavassassions
/ba.va.sa.sjɔ̃/ 		bavassassiez
/ba.va.sa.sje/ 		bavassassent
/ba.va.sas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — bavasse
/ba.vas/ 		— bavassons
/ba.va.sɔ̃/ 		bavassez
/ba.va.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:
past historic → present perfect
past anterior → pluperfect
imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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