Daily Verb Lesson: French for brood is couver
The French for brood is the regular ER verb couver.To remember this, imagine the pigeon sitting on eggs in VANCOUVER does COO VAINLY.
couver can also mean; to sit on (ie eggs); to overprotect; to hatch; to brew; to smoulder; to lie dormant; to incubate.
Related words include:
- la couvée : brood, clutch.
- couveuse (adj) : broody.
- couver quelqu'un du regard (adj): to gaze longingly at somebody.
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Imagine the pigeon sitting on eggs in VanCOUVER
does COO VAINLY!
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Présent brood |
couve | couves | couve | couvons | couvez | couvent |
| Past Imperfect Imparfait brooded |
couvais | couvais | couvait | couvions | couviez | couvaient |
| Simple Past Passé Simple brooded |
couvai | couvas | couva | couvâmes | couvâtes | couvèrent |
| Future Futur will brood |
couverai | couveras | couvera | couverons | couverez | couveront |
| Conditional Conditionnel would brood |
couverais | couverais | couverait | couverions | couveriez | couveraient |
| Subjunctive Subjonctif may brood |
couve | couves | couve | couvions | couviez | couvent |
| Present Perfect Passé Composé have brooded |
ai couvé | as couvé | a couvé | avons couvé | avez couvé | ont couvé |
| Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had brooded |
avais couvé | avais couvé | avait couvé | avions couvé | aviez couvé | avaient couvé |
| Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have brooded |
aurai couvé | auras couvé | aura couvé | aurons couvé | aurez couvé | auront couvé |
| Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would've brooded |
aurais couvé | aurais couvé | aurait couvé | aurions couvé | auriez couvé | auraient couvé |
| Imperative Imperatif brood! |
couve ! | couvons ! | couvez ! | |||
✔ Couver is a regular ER verb. There are over 5,000 ER verbs these being the most common verbs in French.
✔ Learn couver 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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