Daily Verb Lesson: French for pinch, steal is choper
The French for pinch, steal is the regular ER verb choper.To remember this, imagine you pinch the CHOPS while the butcher's CHOPPING!
choper is a colloquial verb, used informally. It can also mean: to nab; catch, get.
Related words include:
- choper la creve : to catch a cold (familiar).
- choper la grosse tête : to get big-headed; to get to big for one's boots.
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Imagine you pinch the CHOPS
while the butcher's CHOPPING!
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Présent pinch |
chope | chopes | chope | chopons | chopez | chopent |
| Past Imperfect Imparfait pinched |
chopais | chopais | chopait | chopions | chopiez | chopaient |
| Simple Past Passé Simple pinched |
chopai | chopas | chopa | chopâmes | chopâtes | chopèrent |
| Future Futur will pinch |
choperai | choperas | chopera | choperons | choperez | choperont |
| Conditional Conditionnel would pinch |
choperais | choperais | choperait | choperions | choperiez | choperaient |
| Subjunctive Subjonctif may pinch |
chope | chopes | chope | chopions | chopiez | chopent |
| Present Perfect Passé Composé have pinched |
ai chopé | as chopé | a chopé | avons chopé | avez chopé | ont chopé |
| Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had pinched |
avais chopé | avais chopé | avait chopé | avions chopé | aviez chopé | avaient chopé |
| Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have pinched |
aurai chopé | auras chopé | aura chopé | aurons chopé | aurez chopé | auront chopé |
| Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would've pinched |
aurais chopé | aurais chopé | aurait chopé | aurions chopé | auriez chopé | auraient chopé |
| Imperative Imperatif pinch! |
chope ! | chopons ! | chopez ! | |||
✔ Choper is a regular ER verb. There are over 5,000 ER verbs these being the most common verbs in French.
✔ Learn choper and it will reinforce the pattern for ALL those other ER verbs.
✔ Do these verbs every day for a month and you will have a solid knowledge of the ER verbs' conjugation patterns.
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