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boire
boire
French
Verb
boire
- (transitive, intransitive) to drink
Conjugation
Conjugation of boire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | boire | avoir bu | |||||
| gerund | en buvant | en ayant bu | |||||
| present participle | buvant /by.vɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | bu /by/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | bois /bwa/ |
bois /bwa/ |
boit /bwa/ |
buvons /by.vɔ̃/ |
buvez /by.ve/ |
boivent /bwav/ |
| imperfect | buvais /by.vɛ/ |
buvais /by.vɛ/ |
buvait /by.vɛ/ |
buvions /by.vjɔ̃/ |
buviez /by.vje/ |
buvaient /by.vɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | bus /by/ |
bus /by/ |
but /by/ |
bûmes /bym/ |
bûtes /byt/ |
burent /byʁ/ |
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| future | boirai /bwa.ʁe/ |
boiras /bwa.ʁa/ |
boira /bwa.ʁa/ |
boirons /bwa.ʁɔ̃/ |
boirez /bwa.ʁe/ |
boiront /bwa.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | boirais /bwa.ʁɛ/ |
boirais /bwa.ʁɛ/ |
boirait /bwa.ʁɛ/ |
boirions /bwa.ʁjɔ̃/ |
boiriez /bwa.ʁje/ |
boiraient /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 | boive /bwav/ |
boives /bwav/ |
boive /bwav/ |
buvions /by.vjɔ̃/ |
buviez /by.vje/ |
boivent /bwav/ |
| imperfect1 |
busse /bys/ |
busses /bys/ |
bût /by/ |
bussions /by.sjɔ̃/ |
bussiez /by.sje/ |
bussent /bys/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | bois /bwa/ |
— | buvons /by.vɔ̃/ |
buvez /by.ve/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
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Etymology
From Old French boivre, beivre, from Latin bibō, bibere.
Verb
boire
- (transitive, intransitive) to drink
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Descendants
- French: boire