gambader
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
gambader
- (intransitive) to frolic, gambol, caper
- 1980, “Jojo le Projo”, in Assez !, performed by Claude Nougaro:
- J’gambadais dans mon cerceau/Dans un simple rond d’lumière
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of gambader (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | gambader | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | gambadant /ɡɑ̃.ba.dɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | gambadé /ɡɑ̃.ba.de/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | gambade /ɡɑ̃.bad/ |
gambades /ɡɑ̃.bad/ |
gambade /ɡɑ̃.bad/ |
gambadons /ɡɑ̃.ba.dɔ̃/ |
gambadez /ɡɑ̃.ba.de/ |
gambadent /ɡɑ̃.bad/ |
| imperfect | gambadais /ɡɑ̃.ba.dɛ/ |
gambadais /ɡɑ̃.ba.dɛ/ |
gambadait /ɡɑ̃.ba.dɛ/ |
gambadions /ɡɑ̃.ba.djɔ̃/ |
gambadiez /ɡɑ̃.ba.dje/ |
gambadaient /ɡɑ̃.ba.dɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | gambadai /ɡɑ̃.ba.de/ |
gambadas /ɡɑ̃.ba.da/ |
gambada /ɡɑ̃.ba.da/ |
gambadâmes /ɡɑ̃.ba.dam/ |
gambadâtes /ɡɑ̃.ba.dat/ |
gambadèrent /ɡɑ̃.ba.dɛʁ/ | |
| future | gambaderai /ɡɑ̃.ba.dʁe/ |
gambaderas /ɡɑ̃.ba.dʁa/ |
gambadera /ɡɑ̃.ba.dʁa/ |
gambaderons /ɡɑ̃.ba.dʁɔ̃/ |
gambaderez /ɡɑ̃.ba.dʁe/ |
gambaderont /ɡɑ̃.ba.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | gambaderais /ɡɑ̃.ba.dʁɛ/ |
gambaderais /ɡɑ̃.ba.dʁɛ/ |
gambaderait /ɡɑ̃.ba.dʁɛ/ |
gambaderions /ɡɑ̃.ba.də.ʁjɔ̃/ |
gambaderiez /ɡɑ̃.ba.də.ʁje/ |
gambaderaient /ɡɑ̃.ba.dʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | gambade /ɡɑ̃.bad/ |
gambades /ɡɑ̃.bad/ |
gambade /ɡɑ̃.bad/ |
gambadions /ɡɑ̃.ba.djɔ̃/ |
gambadiez /ɡɑ̃.ba.dje/ |
gambadent /ɡɑ̃.bad/ |
| imperfect2 | gambadasse /ɡɑ̃.ba.das/ |
gambadasses /ɡɑ̃.ba.das/ |
gambadât /ɡɑ̃.ba.da/ |
gambadassions /ɡɑ̃.ba.da.sjɔ̃/ |
gambadassiez /ɡɑ̃.ba.da.sje/ |
gambadassent /ɡɑ̃.ba.das/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | gambade /ɡɑ̃.bad/ |
— | gambadons /ɡɑ̃.ba.dɔ̃/ |
gambadez /ɡɑ̃.ba.de/ |
— | |
| 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[edit]
- “gambader”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.