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grever
grever
French
Verb
grever
- (transitive) to burden; put a burden on
- (transitive, figuratively) to put a weight on (someone's shoulders)
- (transitive) to hang over; weigh heavy over
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated mostly like the regular -er verbs (parler and chanter and so on), but the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-. For example, in the third-person singular present indicative, we have il grève rather than *il greve. Other verbs conjugated this way include lever and mener. Related but distinct conjugations include those of appeler and préférer.
Conjugation of grever (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | grever | avoir grevé | |||||
| gerund | en grevant | en ayant grevé | |||||
| present participle | grevant /ɡʁə.vɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | grevé /ɡʁə.ve/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | grève /ɡʁɛv/ |
grèves /ɡʁɛv/ |
grève /ɡʁɛv/ |
grevons /ɡʁə.vɔ̃/ |
grevez /ɡʁə.ve/ |
grèvent /ɡʁɛv/ |
| imperfect | grevais /ɡʁə.vɛ/ |
grevais /ɡʁə.vɛ/ |
grevait /ɡʁə.vɛ/ |
grevions /ɡʁə.vjɔ̃/ |
greviez /ɡʁə.vje/ |
grevaient /ɡʁə.vɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | grevai /ɡʁə.ve/ |
grevas /ɡʁə.va/ |
greva /ɡʁə.va/ |
grevâmes /ɡʁə.vam/ |
grevâtes /ɡʁə.vat/ |
grevèrent /ɡʁə.vɛʁ/ |
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| future | grèverai /ɡʁɛ.vʁe/ |
grèveras /ɡʁɛ.vʁa/ |
grèvera /ɡʁɛ.vʁa/ |
grèverons /ɡʁɛ.vʁɔ̃/ |
grèverez /ɡʁɛ.vʁe/ |
grèveront /ɡʁɛ.vʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | grèverais /ɡʁɛ.vʁɛ/ |
grèverais /ɡʁɛ.vʁɛ/ |
grèverait /ɡʁɛ.vʁɛ/ |
grèverions /ɡʁɛ.və.ʁjɔ̃/ |
grèveriez /ɡʁɛ.və.ʁje/ |
grèveraient /ɡʁɛ.vʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | grève /ɡʁɛv/ |
grèves /ɡʁɛv/ |
grève /ɡʁɛv/ |
grevions /ɡʁə.vjɔ̃/ |
greviez /ɡʁə.vje/ |
grèvent /ɡʁɛv/ |
| imperfect1 |
grevasse /ɡʁə.vas/ |
grevasses /ɡʁə.vas/ |
grevât /ɡʁə.va/ |
grevassions /ɡʁə.va.sjɔ̃/ |
grevassiez /ɡʁə.va.sje/ |
grevassent /ɡʁə.vas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | grève /ɡʁɛv/ |
— | grevons /ɡʁə.vɔ̃/ |
grevez /ɡʁə.ve/ |
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Derived terms
Old French
Etymology
Latin gravāre, present active infinitive of gravō (“I make heavier”).
Verb
grever
- to weigh down; to make heavier
- to burden; to overwhelm with burden
- to irritate; to bother; to annoy
- circa 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:
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M’an irai, se il ne vos grieve.
- I will leave, if it doesn't bother you
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M’an irai, se il ne vos grieve.
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Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-v, *-vs, *-vt are modified to f, s, t. This verb has a stressed present stem griev distinct from the unstressed stem grev. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of grever (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | grever | avoir grevé | |||||
| gerund | en grevant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | grevant | ||||||
| past participle | grevé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | grief | grieves | grieve | grevons | grevez | grievent |
| imperfect | grevoie, greveie, grevoe, greveve | grevoies, greveies, grevoes, greveves | grevoit, greveit, grevot, greveve | greviiens, greviens | greviiez, greviez | grevoient, greveient, grevoent, grevevent | |
| preterite | grevai | grevas | greva | grevames | grevastes | greverent | |
| future | greverai | greveras | grevera | greverons | greveroiz, grevereiz, greverez | greveront | |
| conditional | greveroie, grevereie | greveroies, grevereies | greveroit, grevereit | greveriiens, greveriens | greveriiez, greveriez | greveroient, grevereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | grief | gries | griet | grevons | grevez | grievent |
| imperfect | grevasse | grevasses | grevast | grevissons, grevissiens | grevissoiz, grevissez, grevissiez | grevassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | grieve | — | grevons | grevez | — | ||