bégayer
French
Etymology
From Old French beguer, besguer (compare bègue).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /be.ɡɛ.je/
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Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb as far as pronunciation is concerned, but as with other verbs in -ayer (such as payer and essayer, the <y> of its stem may optionally be written as <i> when it precedes a silent <e> (compare verbs in -eyer, which never have this spelling change, and verbs in -oyer and -uyer, which always have it; verbs in -ayer belong to both groups, according to the writer's preference).
Conjugation of bégayer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle | bégayant /be.ɡɛ.jɑ̃/ or /be.ʒe.jɑ̃/ | ||||||
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past participle | bégayé /be.ɡɛ.je/ or /be.ʒe.je/ | ||||||
infinitive | |||||||
simple | bégayer | ||||||
compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
gerund1 | |||||||
simple | bégayant /be.ɡɛ.jɑ̃/ or /be.ʒe.jɑ̃/ | ||||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | bégaye or bégaie /be.ɡɛj/ or /be.ɡɛ/ |
bégayes or bégaies /be.ɡɛj/ or /be.ɡɛ/ |
bégaye or bégaie /be.ɡɛj/ or /be.ɡɛ/ |
bégayons /be.ɡɛ.jɔ̃/ or /be.ʒe.jɔ̃/ |
bégayez /be.ɡɛ.je/ or /be.ʒe.je/ |
bégayent or bégaient /be.ɡɛj/ or /be.ɡɛ/ |
imperfect | bégayais /be.ɡɛ.jɛ/ or /be.ʒe.jɛ/ |
bégayais /be.ɡɛ.jɛ/ or /be.ʒe.jɛ/ |
bégayait /be.ɡɛ.jɛ/ or /be.ʒe.jɛ/ |
bégayions /be.ɡɛj.jɔ̃/ or /be.ʒej.jɔ̃/ |
bégayiez /be.ɡɛj.je/ or /be.ʒej.je/ |
bégayaient /be.ɡɛ.jɛ/ or /be.ʒe.jɛ/ | |
past historic2 | bégayai /be.ɡɛ.je/ or /be.ʒe.je/ |
bégayas /be.ɡɛ.ja/ or /be.ʒe.ja/ |
bégaya /be.ɡɛ.ja/ or /be.ʒe.ja/ |
bégayâmes /be.ɡɛ.jam/ or /be.ʒe.jam/ |
bégayâtes /be.ɡɛ.jat/ or /be.ʒe.jat/ |
bégayèrent /be.ɡɛ.jɛʁ/ or /be.ʒe.jɛʁ/ | |
future | bégayerai or bégaierai /be.ɡɛj.ʁe/ or /be.ɡɛ.ʁe/ |
bégayeras or bégaieras /be.ɡɛj.ʁa/ or /be.ɡɛ.ʁa/ |
bégayera or bégaiera /be.ɡɛj.ʁa/ or /be.ɡɛ.ʁa/ |
bégayerons or bégaierons /be.ɡɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /be.ɡɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
bégayerez or bégaierez /be.ɡɛj.ʁe/ or /be.ɡɛ.ʁe/ |
bégayeront or bégaieront /be.ɡɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /be.ɡɛ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | bégayerais or bégaierais /be.ɡɛj.ʁɛ/ or /be.ɡɛ.ʁɛ/ |
bégayerais or bégaierais /be.ɡɛj.ʁɛ/ or /be.ɡɛ.ʁɛ/ |
bégayerait or bégaierait /be.ɡɛj.ʁɛ/ or /be.ɡɛ.ʁɛ/ |
bégayerions or bégaierions /be.ɡɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /be.ɡɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
bégayeriez or bégaieriez /be.ɡɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /be.ɡɛ.ʁje/ |
bégayeraient or bégaieraient /be.ɡɛj.ʁɛ/ or /be.ɡɛ.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 | bégaye or bégaie /be.ɡɛj/ or /be.ɡɛ/ |
bégayes or bégaies /be.ɡɛj/ or /be.ɡɛ/ |
bégaye or bégaie /be.ɡɛj/ or /be.ɡɛ/ |
bégayions /be.ɡɛj.jɔ̃/ or /be.ʒej.jɔ̃/ |
bégayiez /be.ɡɛj.je/ or /be.ʒej.je/ |
bégayent or bégaient /be.ɡɛj/ or /be.ɡɛ/ |
imperfect2 | bégayasse /be.ɡɛ.jas/ or /be.ʒe.jas/ |
bégayasses /be.ɡɛ.jas/ or /be.ʒe.jas/ |
bégayât /be.ɡɛ.ja/ or /be.ʒe.ja/ |
bégayassions /be.ɡɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /be.ʒe.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
bégayassiez /be.ɡɛ.ja.sje/ or /be.ʒe.ja.sje/ |
bégayassent /be.ɡɛ.jas/ or /be.ʒe.jas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | bégaye or bégaie /be.ɡɛj/ or /be.ɡɛ/ |
— | bégayons /be.ɡɛ.jɔ̃/ or /be.ʒe.jɔ̃/ |
bégayez /be.ɡɛ.je/ or /be.ʒe.je/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 Only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “bégayer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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