tourber

French

Etymology

From tourbe +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

tourber

  1. to dig up peat

Conjugation

Conjugation of tourber (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple tourber
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple tourbant
/tuʁ.bɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle tourbé
/tuʁ.be/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present tourbe
/tuʁb/ 		tourbes
/tuʁb/ 		tourbe
/tuʁb/ 		tourbons
/tuʁ.bɔ̃/ 		tourbez
/tuʁ.be/ 		tourbent
/tuʁb/
imperfect tourbais
/tuʁ.bɛ/ 		tourbais
/tuʁ.bɛ/ 		tourbait
/tuʁ.bɛ/ 		tourbions
/tuʁ.bjɔ̃/ 		tourbiez
/tuʁ.bje/ 		tourbaient
/tuʁ.bɛ/
past historic2 tourbai
/tuʁ.be/ 		tourbas
/tuʁ.ba/ 		tourba
/tuʁ.ba/ 		tourbâmes
/tuʁ.bam/ 		tourbâtes
/tuʁ.bat/ 		tourbèrent
/tuʁ.bɛʁ/
future tourberai
/tuʁ.bə.ʁe/ 		tourberas
/tuʁ.bə.ʁa/ 		tourbera
/tuʁ.bə.ʁa/ 		tourberons
/tuʁ.bə.ʁɔ̃/ 		tourberez
/tuʁ.bə.ʁe/ 		tourberont
/tuʁ.bə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional tourberais
/tuʁ.bə.ʁɛ/ 		tourberais
/tuʁ.bə.ʁɛ/ 		tourberait
/tuʁ.bə.ʁɛ/ 		tourberions
/tuʁ.bə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		tourberiez
/tuʁ.bə.ʁje/ 		tourberaient
/tuʁ.bə.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 tourbe
/tuʁb/ 		tourbes
/tuʁb/ 		tourbe
/tuʁb/ 		tourbions
/tuʁ.bjɔ̃/ 		tourbiez
/tuʁ.bje/ 		tourbent
/tuʁb/
imperfect2 tourbasse
/tuʁ.bas/ 		tourbasses
/tuʁ.bas/ 		tourbât
/tuʁ.ba/ 		tourbassions
/tuʁ.ba.sjɔ̃/ 		tourbassiez
/tuʁ.ba.sje/ 		tourbassent
/tuʁ.bas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — tourbe
/tuʁb/ 		— tourbons
/tuʁ.bɔ̃/ 		tourbez
/tuʁ.be/ 		—
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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