mâcher
French
Etymology
From Middle French mascher, from Old French mascher, inherited from Latin masticāre, present active infinitive of masticō. Doublet of mastiquer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɑ.ʃe/
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Verb
mâcher
- to chew
- (informal) to begin or prepare some work
- Je t'ai mâché le travail, tu n'as plus qu'à le terminer.
Conjugation
Conjugation of mâcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | mâchant /mɑ.ʃɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | mâché /mɑ.ʃe/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | mâcher | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | mâchant /mɑ.ʃɑ̃/ | ||||||
| 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 | mâche /mɑʃ/ |
mâches /mɑʃ/ |
mâche /mɑʃ/ |
mâchons /mɑ.ʃɔ̃/ |
mâchez /mɑ.ʃe/ |
mâchent /mɑʃ/ |
| imperfect | mâchais /mɑ.ʃɛ/ |
mâchais /mɑ.ʃɛ/ |
mâchait /mɑ.ʃɛ/ |
mâchions /mɑ.ʃjɔ̃/ |
mâchiez /mɑ.ʃje/ |
mâchaient /mɑ.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | mâchai /mɑ.ʃe/ |
mâchas /mɑ.ʃa/ |
mâcha /mɑ.ʃa/ |
mâchâmes /mɑ.ʃam/ |
mâchâtes /mɑ.ʃat/ |
mâchèrent /mɑ.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | mâcherai /mɑʃ.ʁe/ |
mâcheras /mɑʃ.ʁa/ |
mâchera /mɑʃ.ʁa/ |
mâcherons /mɑʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
mâcherez /mɑʃ.ʁe/ |
mâcheront /mɑʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | mâcherais /mɑʃ.ʁɛ/ |
mâcherais /mɑʃ.ʁɛ/ |
mâcherait /mɑʃ.ʁɛ/ |
mâcherions /mɑ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
mâcheriez /mɑ.ʃə.ʁje/ |
mâcheraient /mɑʃ.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 | mâche /mɑʃ/ |
mâches /mɑʃ/ |
mâche /mɑʃ/ |
mâchions /mɑ.ʃjɔ̃/ |
mâchiez /mɑ.ʃje/ |
mâchent /mɑʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | mâchasse /mɑ.ʃas/ |
mâchasses /mɑ.ʃas/ |
mâchât /mɑ.ʃa/ |
mâchassions /mɑ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
mâchassiez /mɑ.ʃa.sje/ |
mâchassent /mɑ.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | mâche /mɑʃ/ |
— | mâchons /mɑ.ʃɔ̃/ |
mâchez /mɑ.ʃe/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Related terms
Descendants
- → Alemannic German: mäschere (possibly)
Further reading
- “mâcher” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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