bifurquer

French

Etymology

Latin bifurco

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bi.fyʁ.ke/

Verb

bifurquer

  1. to bifurcate (split in two)

Conjugation
Conjugation of bifurquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle bifurquant
/bi.fyʁ.kɑ̃/
past participle bifurqué
/bi.fyʁ.ke/
infinitive
simple bifurquer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple bifurquant
/bi.fyʁ.kɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present bifurque
/bi.fyʁk/		 bifurques
/bi.fyʁk/		 bifurque
/bi.fyʁk/		 bifurquons
/bi.fyʁ.kɔ̃/		 bifurquez
/bi.fyʁ.ke/		 bifurquent
/bi.fyʁk/
imperfect bifurquais
/bi.fyʁ.kɛ/		 bifurquais
/bi.fyʁ.kɛ/		 bifurquait
/bi.fyʁ.kɛ/		 bifurquions
/bi.fyʁ.kjɔ̃/		 bifurquiez
/bi.fyʁ.kje/		 bifurquaient
/bi.fyʁ.kɛ/
past historic2 bifurquai
/bi.fyʁ.ke/		 bifurquas
/bi.fyʁ.ka/		 bifurqua
/bi.fyʁ.ka/		 bifurquâmes
/bi.fyʁ.kam/		 bifurquâtes
/bi.fyʁ.kat/		 bifurquèrent
/bi.fyʁ.kɛʁ/
future bifurquerai
/bi.fyʁ.kə.ʁe/		 bifurqueras
/bi.fyʁ.kə.ʁa/		 bifurquera
/bi.fyʁ.kə.ʁa/		 bifurquerons
/bi.fyʁ.kə.ʁɔ̃/		 bifurquerez
/bi.fyʁ.kə.ʁe/		 bifurqueront
/bi.fyʁ.kə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional bifurquerais
/bi.fyʁ.kə.ʁɛ/		 bifurquerais
/bi.fyʁ.kə.ʁɛ/		 bifurquerait
/bi.fyʁ.kə.ʁɛ/		 bifurquerions
/bi.fyʁ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/		 bifurqueriez
/bi.fyʁ.kə.ʁje/		 bifurqueraient
/bi.fyʁ.kə.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 bifurque
/bi.fyʁk/		 bifurques
/bi.fyʁk/		 bifurque
/bi.fyʁk/		 bifurquions
/bi.fyʁ.kjɔ̃/		 bifurquiez
/bi.fyʁ.kje/		 bifurquent
/bi.fyʁk/
imperfect2 bifurquasse
/bi.fyʁ.kas/		 bifurquasses
/bi.fyʁ.kas/		 bifurquât
/bi.fyʁ.ka/		 bifurquassions
/bi.fyʁ.ka.sjɔ̃/		 bifurquassiez
/bi.fyʁ.ka.sje/		 bifurquassent
/bi.fyʁ.kas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — bifurque
/bi.fyʁk/		 — bifurquons
/bi.fyʁ.kɔ̃/		 bifurquez
/bi.fyʁ.ke/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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