yaourter

French

Etymology

From yaourt (“yoghurt”) +‎ -er. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “What is the relevance of yoghurt to this topic?”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ja.uʁ.te/

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• Homophones: yaourtai, yaourté, yaourtée, yaourtées, yaourtés, yaourtez

Verb

yaourter

1. to speak or sing poorly in a foreign language, usually English, using misheard words

   Synonym: chanter en yaourt

   • 2010, Stéphane Daniel, Si par hasard c'était l'amour, unnumbered page:

     Et il programmait la plage aussitôt, repartait, one, two, three, four ! en yaourtant avec son accent épouvantable.

     And he would play the track straight away and start singing again – "One, two, three, four!" – butchering the lyrics with his dreadful accent.

Conjugation

Conjugation of yaourter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	yaourter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	yaourtant /ja.uʁ.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		yaourté /ja.uʁ.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	yaourte /ja.uʁt/	yaourtes /ja.uʁt/	yaourte /ja.uʁt/	yaourtons /ja.uʁ.tɔ̃/	yaourtez /ja.uʁ.te/	yaourtent /ja.uʁt/
	imperfect	yaourtais /ja.uʁ.tɛ/	yaourtais /ja.uʁ.tɛ/	yaourtait /ja.uʁ.tɛ/	yaourtions /ja.uʁ.tjɔ̃/	yaourtiez /ja.uʁ.tje/	yaourtaient /ja.uʁ.tɛ/
	past historic2	yaourtai /ja.uʁ.te/	yaourtas /ja.uʁ.ta/	yaourta /ja.uʁ.ta/	yaourtâmes /ja.uʁ.tam/	yaourtâtes /ja.uʁ.tat/	yaourtèrent /ja.uʁ.tɛʁ/
	future	yaourterai /ja.uʁ.tə.ʁe/	yaourteras /ja.uʁ.tə.ʁa/	yaourtera /ja.uʁ.tə.ʁa/	yaourterons /ja.uʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/	yaourterez /ja.uʁ.tə.ʁe/	yaourteront /ja.uʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	yaourterais /ja.uʁ.tə.ʁɛ/	yaourterais /ja.uʁ.tə.ʁɛ/	yaourterait /ja.uʁ.tə.ʁɛ/	yaourterions /ja.uʁ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	yaourteriez /ja.uʁ.tə.ʁje/	yaourteraient /ja.uʁ.tə.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	yaourte /ja.uʁt/	yaourtes /ja.uʁt/	yaourte /ja.uʁt/	yaourtions /ja.uʁ.tjɔ̃/	yaourtiez /ja.uʁ.tje/	yaourtent /ja.uʁt/
	imperfect2	yaourtasse /ja.uʁ.tas/	yaourtasses /ja.uʁ.tas/	yaourtât /ja.uʁ.ta/	yaourtassions /ja.uʁ.ta.sjɔ̃/	yaourtassiez /ja.uʁ.ta.sje/	yaourtassent /ja.uʁ.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	yaourte /ja.uʁt/	—	yaourtons /ja.uʁ.tɔ̃/	yaourtez /ja.uʁ.te/	—
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).

See also

• baragouiner
• yaourt

References

• Language Log: Yaourter