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Inherited fromOld Frenchpaver(“to pave, to cover”), fromVulgar Latin*pavāre(“to beat down, to smash”), fromLatinpavīre(“to beat, strike, ram, tread down”).
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paver
| infinitive | simple | paver | |||||
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| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle orgerund1 | simple | pavant /pa.vɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | pavé /pa.ve/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | pave /pav/ | paves /pav/ | pave /pav/ | pavons /pa.vɔ̃/ | pavez /pa.ve/ | pavent /pav/ |
| imperfect | pavais /pa.vɛ/ | pavais /pa.vɛ/ | pavait /pa.vɛ/ | pavions /pa.vjɔ̃/ | paviez /pa.vje/ | pavaient /pa.vɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | pavai /pa.ve/ | pavas /pa.va/ | pava /pa.va/ | pavâmes /pa.vam/ | pavâtes /pa.vat/ | pavèrent /pa.vɛʁ/ | |
| future | paverai /pa.vʁe/ | paveras /pa.vʁa/ | pavera /pa.vʁa/ | paverons /pa.vʁɔ̃/ | paverez /pa.vʁe/ | paveront /pa.vʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | paverais /pa.vʁɛ/ | paverais /pa.vʁɛ/ | paverait /pa.vʁɛ/ | paverions /pa.və.ʁjɔ̃/ | paveriez /pa.və.ʁje/ | paveraient /pa.vʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative ofavoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | pave /pav/ | paves /pav/ | pave /pav/ | pavions /pa.vjɔ̃/ | paviez /pa.vje/ | pavent /pav/ |
| imperfect2 | pavasse /pa.vas/ | pavasses /pa.vas/ | pavât /pa.va/ | pavassions /pa.va.sjɔ̃/ | pavassiez /pa.va.sje/ | pavassent /pa.vas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive ofavoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | pave /pav/ | — | pavons /pa.vɔ̃/ | pavez /pa.ve/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative ofavoir + past participle | — | simple imperative ofavoir + past participle | simple imperative ofavoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the prepositionen. | |||||||
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). | |||||||
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