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aboyer
aboyer
French
Verb
aboyer
- (intransitive, of a dog) to bark
- (intransitive) to scream at or inveigh against somebody
- (transitive, usually pejorative) to scream or yell in short bouts; to bark
- Il aboie des ordres sans s'arrêter pour respirer
- He barks orders without pausing to breathe.
- Il aboie des ordres sans s'arrêter pour respirer
Usage notes
- To mark the target of the barking, the usual preposition is après; less common is contre, while à is dated.
Conjugation
This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like noyer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the ‘y’ with an ‘i’ before a silent ‘e’.
Conjugation of aboyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | aboyer | avoir aboyé | |||||
| gerund | en aboyant | en ayant aboyé | |||||
| present participle | aboyant /a.bwa.jɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | aboyé /a.bwa.je/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | aboie /a.bwa/ |
aboies /a.bwa/ |
aboie /a.bwa/ |
aboyons /a.bwa.jɔ̃/ |
aboyez /a.bwa.je/ |
aboient /a.bwa/ |
| imperfect | aboyais /a.bwa.jɛ/ |
aboyais /a.bwa.jɛ/ |
aboyait /a.bwa.jɛ/ |
aboyions /a.bwaj.jɔ̃/ |
aboyiez /a.bwaj.je/ |
aboyaient /a.bwa.jɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | aboyai /a.bwa.je/ |
aboyas /a.bwa.ja/ |
aboya /a.bwa.ja/ |
aboyâmes /a.bwa.jam/ |
aboyâtes /a.bwa.jat/ |
aboyèrent /a.bwa.jɛʁ/ |
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| future | aboierai /a.bwa.ʁe/ |
aboieras /a.bwa.ʁa/ |
aboiera /a.bwa.ʁa/ |
aboierons /a.bwa.ʁɔ̃/ |
aboierez /a.bwa.ʁe/ |
aboieront /a.bwa.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | aboierais /a.bwa.ʁɛ/ |
aboierais /a.bwa.ʁɛ/ |
aboierait /a.bwa.ʁɛ/ |
aboierions /a.bwa.ʁjɔ̃/ |
aboieriez /a.bwa.ʁje/ |
aboieraient /a.bwa.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | aboie /a.bwa/ |
aboies /a.bwa/ |
aboie /a.bwa/ |
aboyions /a.bwaj.jɔ̃/ |
aboyiez /a.bwaj.je/ |
aboient /a.bwa/ |
| imperfect1 |
aboyasse /a.bwa.jas/ |
aboyasses /a.bwa.jas/ |
aboyât /a.bwa.ja/ |
aboyassions /a.bwa.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
aboyassiez /a.bwa.ja.sje/ |
aboyassent /a.bwa.jas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | aboie /a.bwa/ |
— | aboyons /a.bwa.jɔ̃/ |
aboyez /a.bwa.je/ |
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