pépier

French

Pronunciation
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Verb

pépier

  1. to chirp (make a short sound of a bird)

Conjugation
Conjugation of pépier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple pépier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple pépiant
/pe.pjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle pépié
/pe.pje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present pépie
/pe.pi/		 pépies
/pe.pi/		 pépie
/pe.pi/		 pépions
/pe.pjɔ̃/		 pépiez
/pe.pje/		 pépient
/pe.pi/
imperfect pépiais
/pe.pjɛ/		 pépiais
/pe.pjɛ/		 pépiait
/pe.pjɛ/		 pépiions
/pe.pi.jɔ̃/		 pépiiez
/pe.pi.je/		 pépiaient
/pe.pjɛ/
past historic2 pépiai
/pe.pje/		 pépias
/pe.pja/		 pépia
/pe.pja/		 pépiâmes
/pe.pjam/		 pépiâtes
/pe.pjat/		 pépièrent
/pe.pjɛʁ/
future pépierai
/pe.pi.ʁe/		 pépieras
/pe.pi.ʁa/		 pépiera
/pe.pi.ʁa/		 pépierons
/pe.pi.ʁɔ̃/		 pépierez
/pe.pi.ʁe/		 pépieront
/pe.pi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional pépierais
/pe.pi.ʁɛ/		 pépierais
/pe.pi.ʁɛ/		 pépierait
/pe.pi.ʁɛ/		 pépierions
/pe.pi.ʁjɔ̃/		 pépieriez
/pe.pi.ʁje/		 pépieraient
/pe.pi.ʁɛ/
(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 pépie
/pe.pi/		 pépies
/pe.pi/		 pépie
/pe.pi/		 pépiions
/pe.pi.jɔ̃/		 pépiiez
/pe.pi.je/		 pépient
/pe.pi/
imperfect2 pépiasse
/pe.pjas/		 pépiasses
/pe.pjas/		 pépiât
/pe.pja/		 pépiassions
/pe.pja.sjɔ̃/		 pépiassiez
/pe.pja.sje/		 pépiassent
/pe.pjas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — pépie
/pe.pi/		 — pépions
/pe.pjɔ̃/		 pépiez
/pe.pje/		 —
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).

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