baver

See also: bäver

French

Etymology

See bave.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba.ve/
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Verb

baver

  1. to drool, to slobber
  2. (of a pen, etc.) to leak

Conjugation

Conjugation of baver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple baver
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple bavant
/ba.vɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle bavé
/ba.ve/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present bave
/bav/ 		baves
/bav/ 		bave
/bav/ 		bavons
/ba.vɔ̃/ 		bavez
/ba.ve/ 		bavent
/bav/
imperfect bavais
/ba.vɛ/ 		bavais
/ba.vɛ/ 		bavait
/ba.vɛ/ 		bavions
/ba.vjɔ̃/ 		baviez
/ba.vje/ 		bavaient
/ba.vɛ/
past historic2 bavai
/ba.ve/ 		bavas
/ba.va/ 		bava
/ba.va/ 		bavâmes
/ba.vam/ 		bavâtes
/ba.vat/ 		bavèrent
/ba.vɛʁ/
future baverai
/ba.vʁe/ 		baveras
/ba.vʁa/ 		bavera
/ba.vʁa/ 		baverons
/ba.vʁɔ̃/ 		baverez
/ba.vʁe/ 		baveront
/ba.vʁɔ̃/
conditional baverais
/ba.vʁɛ/ 		baverais
/ba.vʁɛ/ 		baverait
/ba.vʁɛ/ 		baverions
/ba.və.ʁjɔ̃/ 		baveriez
/ba.və.ʁje/ 		baveraient
/ba.vʁɛ/
(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 bave
/bav/ 		baves
/bav/ 		bave
/bav/ 		bavions
/ba.vjɔ̃/ 		baviez
/ba.vje/ 		bavent
/bav/
imperfect2 bavasse
/ba.vas/ 		bavasses
/ba.vas/ 		bavât
/ba.va/ 		bavassions
/ba.va.sjɔ̃/ 		bavassiez
/ba.va.sje/ 		bavassent
/ba.vas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — bave
/bav/ 		— bavons
/ba.vɔ̃/ 		bavez
/ba.ve/ 		—
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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