bégueter

French

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be.ɡə.te/

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Verb

bégueter

1. (of a goat) to bleat

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il béguète and the third-person singular future indicative il béguètera.

Conjugation of bégueter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	bégueter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	béguetant /beɡ.tɑ̃/ or /bɛɡ.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		bégueté /beɡ.te/ or /bɛɡ.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	béguète /be.ɡɛt/	béguètes /be.ɡɛt/	béguète /be.ɡɛt/	béguetons /beɡ.tɔ̃/ or /bɛɡ.tɔ̃/	béguetez /beɡ.te/ or /bɛɡ.te/	béguètent /be.ɡɛt/
	imperfect	béguetais /beɡ.tɛ/ or /bɛɡ.tɛ/	béguetais /beɡ.tɛ/ or /bɛɡ.tɛ/	béguetait /beɡ.tɛ/ or /bɛɡ.tɛ/	béguetions /be.ɡə.tjɔ̃/	béguetiez /be.ɡə.tje/	béguetaient /beɡ.tɛ/ or /bɛɡ.tɛ/
	past historic2	béguetai /beɡ.te/ or /bɛɡ.te/	béguetas /beɡ.ta/ or /bɛɡ.ta/	bégueta /beɡ.ta/ or /bɛɡ.ta/	béguetâmes /beɡ.tam/ or /bɛɡ.tam/	béguetâtes /beɡ.tat/ or /bɛɡ.tat/	béguetèrent /beɡ.tɛʁ/ or /bɛɡ.tɛʁ/
	future	béguèterai /be.ɡɛ.tʁe/ or /be.ɡe.tʁe/	béguèteras /be.ɡɛ.tʁa/ or /be.ɡe.tʁa/	béguètera /be.ɡɛ.tʁa/ or /be.ɡe.tʁa/	béguèterons /be.ɡɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /be.ɡe.tʁɔ̃/	béguèterez /be.ɡɛ.tʁe/ or /be.ɡe.tʁe/	béguèteront /be.ɡɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /be.ɡe.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	béguèterais /be.ɡɛ.tʁɛ/ or /be.ɡe.tʁɛ/	béguèterais /be.ɡɛ.tʁɛ/ or /be.ɡe.tʁɛ/	béguèterait /be.ɡɛ.tʁɛ/ or /be.ɡe.tʁɛ/	béguèterions /be.ɡɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /be.ɡe.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	béguèteriez /be.ɡɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /be.ɡe.tə.ʁje/	béguèteraient /be.ɡɛ.tʁɛ/ or /be.ɡe.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	béguète /be.ɡɛt/	béguètes /be.ɡɛt/	béguète /be.ɡɛt/	béguetions /be.ɡə.tjɔ̃/	béguetiez /be.ɡə.tje/	béguètent /be.ɡɛt/
	imperfect2	béguetasse /beɡ.tas/ or /bɛɡ.tas/	béguetasses /beɡ.tas/ or /bɛɡ.tas/	béguetât /beɡ.ta/ or /bɛɡ.ta/	béguetassions /beɡ.ta.sjɔ̃/ or /bɛɡ.ta.sjɔ̃/	béguetassiez /beɡ.ta.sje/ or /bɛɡ.ta.sje/	béguetassent /beɡ.tas/ or /bɛɡ.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	béguète /be.ɡɛt/	—	béguetons /beɡ.tɔ̃/ or /bɛɡ.tɔ̃/	béguetez /beɡ.te/ or /bɛɡ.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: 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).

Derived terms

• béguètement

Further reading

• “bégueter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.