achopper
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]achopper
- (intransitive) to stumble (on a stone)
- (intransitive, figurative) to hit a snag, find oneself up against something, to make a mistake, fail
- (reflexive) to hit a snag, to make a mistake
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of achopper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | achopper | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | achoppant /a.ʃɔ.pɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | achoppé /a.ʃɔ.pe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | achoppe /a.ʃɔp/ |
achoppes /a.ʃɔp/ |
achoppe /a.ʃɔp/ |
achoppons /a.ʃɔ.pɔ̃/ |
achoppez /a.ʃɔ.pe/ |
achoppent /a.ʃɔp/ |
| imperfect | achoppais /a.ʃɔ.pɛ/ |
achoppais /a.ʃɔ.pɛ/ |
achoppait /a.ʃɔ.pɛ/ |
achoppions /a.ʃɔ.pjɔ̃/ |
achoppiez /a.ʃɔ.pje/ |
achoppaient /a.ʃɔ.pɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | achoppai /a.ʃɔ.pe/ |
achoppas /a.ʃɔ.pa/ |
achoppa /a.ʃɔ.pa/ |
achoppâmes /a.ʃɔ.pam/ |
achoppâtes /a.ʃɔ.pat/ |
achoppèrent /a.ʃɔ.pɛʁ/ | |
| future | achopperai /a.ʃɔ.pʁe/ |
achopperas /a.ʃɔ.pʁa/ |
achoppera /a.ʃɔ.pʁa/ |
achopperons /a.ʃɔ.pʁɔ̃/ |
achopperez /a.ʃɔ.pʁe/ |
achopperont /a.ʃɔ.pʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | achopperais /a.ʃɔ.pʁɛ/ |
achopperais /a.ʃɔ.pʁɛ/ |
achopperait /a.ʃɔ.pʁɛ/ |
achopperions /a.ʃɔ.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
achopperiez /a.ʃɔ.pə.ʁje/ |
achopperaient /a.ʃɔ.pʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | achoppe /a.ʃɔp/ |
achoppes /a.ʃɔp/ |
achoppe /a.ʃɔp/ |
achoppions /a.ʃɔ.pjɔ̃/ |
achoppiez /a.ʃɔ.pje/ |
achoppent /a.ʃɔp/ |
| imperfect2 | achoppasse /a.ʃɔ.pas/ |
achoppasses /a.ʃɔ.pas/ |
achoppât /a.ʃɔ.pa/ |
achoppassions /a.ʃɔ.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
achoppassiez /a.ʃɔ.pa.sje/ |
achoppassent /a.ʃɔ.pas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | achoppe /a.ʃɔp/ |
— | achoppons /a.ʃɔ.pɔ̃/ |
achoppez /a.ʃɔ.pe/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “achopper”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.