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gaver
gaver
French
Etymology
From Old French dialect gave, from Proto-Germanic *kawǭ, gradation-variant of *kewǭ , noun from Proto-Germanic *kewwaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡave/
Verb
gaver
- (transitive) to force-feed
- (transitive, slang) to fill up, exasperate
- Tu me gaves avec tes reproches
Conjugation
Conjugation of gaver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | gaver | avoir gavé | |||||
| gerund | en gavant | en ayant gavé | |||||
| present participle | gavant /ɡa.vɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | gavé /ɡa.ve/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | gave /ɡav/ |
gaves /ɡav/ |
gave /ɡav/ |
gavons /ɡa.vɔ̃/ |
gavez /ɡa.ve/ |
gavent /ɡav/ |
| imperfect | gavais /ɡa.vɛ/ |
gavais /ɡa.vɛ/ |
gavait /ɡa.vɛ/ |
gavions /ɡa.vjɔ̃/ |
gaviez /ɡa.vje/ |
gavaient /ɡa.vɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | gavai /ɡa.ve/ |
gavas /ɡa.va/ |
gava /ɡa.va/ |
gavâmes /ɡa.vam/ |
gavâtes /ɡa.vat/ |
gavèrent /ɡa.vɛʁ/ |
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| future | gaverai /ɡa.vʁe/ |
gaveras /ɡa.vʁa/ |
gavera /ɡa.vʁa/ |
gaverons /ɡa.vʁɔ̃/ |
gaverez /ɡa.vʁe/ |
gaveront /ɡa.vʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | gaverais /ɡa.vʁɛ/ |
gaverais /ɡa.vʁɛ/ |
gaverait /ɡa.vʁɛ/ |
gaverions /ɡa.və.ʁjɔ̃/ |
gaveriez /ɡa.və.ʁje/ |
gaveraient /ɡa.vʁɛ/ |
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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 | gave /ɡav/ |
gaves /ɡav/ |
gave /ɡav/ |
gavions /ɡa.vjɔ̃/ |
gaviez /ɡa.vje/ |
gavent /ɡav/ |
| imperfect1 |
gavasse /ɡa.vas/ |
gavasses /ɡa.vas/ |
gavât /ɡa.va/ |
gavassions /ɡa.va.sjɔ̃/ |
gavassiez /ɡa.va.sje/ |
gavassent /ɡa.vas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | gave /ɡav/ |
— | gavons /ɡa.vɔ̃/ |
gavez /ɡa.ve/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Anagrams
Synonyms
- (fill up) souler