becquer
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
becquer
- to peck (all senses)
Conjugation
Conjugation of becquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | becquer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | becquant /bɛ.kɑ̃/ or /be.kɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | becqué /bɛ.ke/ or /be.ke/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | becque /bɛk/ |
becques /bɛk/ |
becque /bɛk/ |
becquons /bɛ.kɔ̃/ or /be.kɔ̃/ |
becquez /bɛ.ke/ or /be.ke/ |
becquent /bɛk/ |
| imperfect | becquais /bɛ.kɛ/ or /be.kɛ/ |
becquais /bɛ.kɛ/ or /be.kɛ/ |
becquait /bɛ.kɛ/ or /be.kɛ/ |
becquions /bɛ.kjɔ̃/ or /be.kjɔ̃/ |
becquiez /bɛ.kje/ or /be.kje/ |
becquaient /bɛ.kɛ/ or /be.kɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | becquai /bɛ.ke/ or /be.ke/ |
becquas /bɛ.ka/ or /be.ka/ |
becqua /bɛ.ka/ or /be.ka/ |
becquâmes /bɛ.kam/ or /be.kam/ |
becquâtes /bɛ.kat/ or /be.kat/ |
becquèrent /bɛ.kɛʁ/ or /be.kɛʁ/ | |
| future | becquerai /bɛ.kʁe/ or /be.kʁe/ |
becqueras /bɛ.kʁa/ or /be.kʁa/ |
becquera /bɛ.kʁa/ or /be.kʁa/ |
becquerons /bɛ.kʁɔ̃/ or /be.kʁɔ̃/ |
becquerez /bɛ.kʁe/ or /be.kʁe/ |
becqueront /bɛ.kʁɔ̃/ or /be.kʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | becquerais /bɛ.kʁɛ/ or /be.kʁɛ/ |
becquerais /bɛ.kʁɛ/ or /be.kʁɛ/ |
becquerait /bɛ.kʁɛ/ or /be.kʁɛ/ |
becquerions /bɛ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /be.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
becqueriez /bɛ.kə.ʁje/ or /be.kə.ʁje/ |
becqueraient /bɛ.kʁɛ/ or /be.kʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | becque /bɛk/ |
becques /bɛk/ |
becque /bɛk/ |
becquions /bɛ.kjɔ̃/ or /be.kjɔ̃/ |
becquiez /bɛ.kje/ or /be.kje/ |
becquent /bɛk/ |
| imperfect2 | becquasse /bɛ.kas/ or /be.kas/ |
becquasses /bɛ.kas/ or /be.kas/ |
becquât /bɛ.ka/ or /be.ka/ |
becquassions /bɛ.ka.sjɔ̃/ or /be.ka.sjɔ̃/ |
becquassiez /bɛ.ka.sje/ or /be.ka.sje/ |
becquassent /bɛ.kas/ or /be.kas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | becque /bɛk/ |
— | becquons /bɛ.kɔ̃/ or /be.kɔ̃/ |
becquez /bɛ.ke/ or /be.ke/ |
— | |
| 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
- “becquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.