mâcher
French
Etymology
From Middle French mascher, from Old French mascher, inherited from Latin masticāre. Doublet of mastiquer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.ʃe/, /mɑ.ʃe/
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Verb
mâcher
- to chew
- (informal) to begin or prepare some work
- Je t’ai mâché le travail, tu n’as plus qu’à le terminer.
- I prepared some work for you, you just need to finish it.
Conjugation
Conjugation of mâcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | mâcher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | mâchant /ma.ʃɑ̃/ or /mɑ.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | mâché /ma.ʃe/ or /mɑ.ʃe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | mâche /maʃ/ or /mɑʃ/ |
mâches /maʃ/ or /mɑʃ/ |
mâche /maʃ/ or /mɑʃ/ |
mâchons /ma.ʃɔ̃/ or /mɑ.ʃɔ̃/ |
mâchez /ma.ʃe/ or /mɑ.ʃe/ |
mâchent /maʃ/ or /mɑʃ/ |
| imperfect | mâchais /ma.ʃɛ/ or /mɑ.ʃɛ/ |
mâchais /ma.ʃɛ/ or /mɑ.ʃɛ/ |
mâchait /ma.ʃɛ/ or /mɑ.ʃɛ/ |
mâchions /ma.ʃjɔ̃/ or /mɑ.ʃjɔ̃/ |
mâchiez /ma.ʃje/ or /mɑ.ʃje/ |
mâchaient /ma.ʃɛ/ or /mɑ.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | mâchai /ma.ʃe/ or /mɑ.ʃe/ |
mâchas /ma.ʃa/ or /mɑ.ʃa/ |
mâcha /ma.ʃa/ or /mɑ.ʃa/ |
mâchâmes /ma.ʃam/ or /mɑ.ʃam/ |
mâchâtes /ma.ʃat/ or /mɑ.ʃat/ |
mâchèrent /ma.ʃɛʁ/ or /mɑ.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | mâcherai /maʃ.ʁe/ or /mɑʃ.ʁe/ |
mâcheras /maʃ.ʁa/ or /mɑʃ.ʁa/ |
mâchera /maʃ.ʁa/ or /mɑʃ.ʁa/ |
mâcherons /maʃ.ʁɔ̃/ or /mɑʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
mâcherez /maʃ.ʁe/ or /mɑʃ.ʁe/ |
mâcheront /maʃ.ʁɔ̃/ or /mɑʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | mâcherais /maʃ.ʁɛ/ or /mɑʃ.ʁɛ/ |
mâcherais /maʃ.ʁɛ/ or /mɑʃ.ʁɛ/ |
mâcherait /maʃ.ʁɛ/ or /mɑʃ.ʁɛ/ |
mâcherions /ma.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /mɑ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
mâcheriez /ma.ʃə.ʁje/ or /mɑ.ʃə.ʁje/ |
mâcheraient /maʃ.ʁɛ/ or /mɑʃ.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 | mâche /maʃ/ or /mɑʃ/ |
mâches /maʃ/ or /mɑʃ/ |
mâche /maʃ/ or /mɑʃ/ |
mâchions /ma.ʃjɔ̃/ or /mɑ.ʃjɔ̃/ |
mâchiez /ma.ʃje/ or /mɑ.ʃje/ |
mâchent /maʃ/ or /mɑʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | mâchasse /ma.ʃas/ or /mɑ.ʃas/ |
mâchasses /ma.ʃas/ or /mɑ.ʃas/ |
mâchât /ma.ʃa/ or /mɑ.ʃa/ |
mâchassions /ma.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ or /mɑ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
mâchassiez /ma.ʃa.sje/ or /mɑ.ʃa.sje/ |
mâchassent /ma.ʃas/ or /mɑ.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | mâche /maʃ/ or /mɑʃ/ |
— | mâchons /ma.ʃɔ̃/ or /mɑ.ʃɔ̃/ |
mâchez /ma.ʃe/ or /mɑ.ʃe/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “mâcher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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