excaver
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
excaver
- to excavate
Conjugation
Conjugation of excaver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | excaver | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | excavant /ɛk.ska.vɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | excavé /ɛk.ska.ve/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | excave /ɛk.skav/ |
excaves /ɛk.skav/ |
excave /ɛk.skav/ |
excavons /ɛk.ska.vɔ̃/ |
excavez /ɛk.ska.ve/ |
excavent /ɛk.skav/ |
| imperfect | excavais /ɛk.ska.vɛ/ |
excavais /ɛk.ska.vɛ/ |
excavait /ɛk.ska.vɛ/ |
excavions /ɛk.ska.vjɔ̃/ |
excaviez /ɛk.ska.vje/ |
excavaient /ɛk.ska.vɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | excavai /ɛk.ska.ve/ |
excavas /ɛk.ska.va/ |
excava /ɛk.ska.va/ |
excavâmes /ɛk.ska.vam/ |
excavâtes /ɛk.ska.vat/ |
excavèrent /ɛk.ska.vɛʁ/ | |
| future | excaverai /ɛk.ska.vʁe/ |
excaveras /ɛk.ska.vʁa/ |
excavera /ɛk.ska.vʁa/ |
excaverons /ɛk.ska.vʁɔ̃/ |
excaverez /ɛk.ska.vʁe/ |
excaveront /ɛk.ska.vʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | excaverais /ɛk.ska.vʁɛ/ |
excaverais /ɛk.ska.vʁɛ/ |
excaverait /ɛk.ska.vʁɛ/ |
excaverions /ɛk.ska.və.ʁjɔ̃/ |
excaveriez /ɛk.ska.və.ʁje/ |
excaveraient /ɛk.ska.vʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | excave /ɛk.skav/ |
excaves /ɛk.skav/ |
excave /ɛk.skav/ |
excavions /ɛk.ska.vjɔ̃/ |
excaviez /ɛk.ska.vje/ |
excavent /ɛk.skav/ |
| imperfect2 | excavasse /ɛk.ska.vas/ |
excavasses /ɛk.ska.vas/ |
excavât /ɛk.ska.va/ |
excavassions /ɛk.ska.va.sjɔ̃/ |
excavassiez /ɛk.ska.va.sje/ |
excavassent /ɛk.ska.vas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | excave /ɛk.skav/ |
— | excavons /ɛk.ska.vɔ̃/ |
excavez /ɛk.ska.ve/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “excaver”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Latin
Verb
excaver
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of excavō