abouter
French
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.bu.te/
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Verb
abouter
Conjugation
Conjugation of abouter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | abouter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | aboutant /a.bu.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | abouté /a.bu.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | aboute /a.but/ |
aboutes /a.but/ |
aboute /a.but/ |
aboutons /a.bu.tɔ̃/ |
aboutez /a.bu.te/ |
aboutent /a.but/ |
| imperfect | aboutais /a.bu.tɛ/ |
aboutais /a.bu.tɛ/ |
aboutait /a.bu.tɛ/ |
aboutions /a.bu.tjɔ̃/ |
aboutiez /a.bu.tje/ |
aboutaient /a.bu.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | aboutai /a.bu.te/ |
aboutas /a.bu.ta/ |
abouta /a.bu.ta/ |
aboutâmes /a.bu.tam/ |
aboutâtes /a.bu.tat/ |
aboutèrent /a.bu.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | abouterai /a.bu.tʁe/ |
abouteras /a.bu.tʁa/ |
aboutera /a.bu.tʁa/ |
abouterons /a.bu.tʁɔ̃/ |
abouterez /a.bu.tʁe/ |
abouteront /a.bu.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | abouterais /a.bu.tʁɛ/ |
abouterais /a.bu.tʁɛ/ |
abouterait /a.bu.tʁɛ/ |
abouterions /a.bu.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
abouteriez /a.bu.tə.ʁje/ |
abouteraient /a.bu.tʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | aboute /a.but/ |
aboutes /a.but/ |
aboute /a.but/ |
aboutions /a.bu.tjɔ̃/ |
aboutiez /a.bu.tje/ |
aboutent /a.but/ |
| imperfect2 | aboutasse /a.bu.tas/ |
aboutasses /a.bu.tas/ |
aboutât /a.bu.ta/ |
aboutassions /a.bu.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
aboutassiez /a.bu.ta.sje/ |
aboutassent /a.bu.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | aboute /a.but/ |
— | aboutons /a.bu.tɔ̃/ |
aboutez /a.bu.te/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- aboutage
- aboutement
- tenants et aboutissements
Further reading
- “abouter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012