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Conjugation of couver

Je
Tu
Il/elle/on
Nous
Vous
Ils/elles
Present tense
je couve
I do
tu couves
you do
il/elle/on couve
he/she/it does
nous couvons
we do
vous couvez
you all do
ils/elles couvent
they do
Present perfect tense
j’ai couvé
I did
tu as couvé
you did
il/elle/on a couvé
he/she/it did
nous avons couvé
we did
vous avez couvé
you all did
ils/elles ont couvé
they did
Past impf. tense
je couvais
I was doing
tu couvais
you were doing
il/elle/on couvait
he/she/it was doing
nous couvions
we were doing
vous couviez
you all were doing
ils/elles couvaient
they were doing
Future tense
je couverai
I will do
tu couveras
you will do
il/elle/on couvera
he/she/it will do
nous couverons
we will do
vous couverez
you all will do
ils/elles couveront
they will do
Je
Tu
Il/elle/on
Nous
Vous
Ils/elles
Past perfect tense
j’avais couvé
I had done
tu avais couvé
you had done
il/elle/on avait couvé
he/she/it had done
nous avions couvé
we had done
vous aviez couvé
you all had done
ils/elles avaient couvé
they had done
Past preterite tense
je couvai
I did
tu couvas
you did
il/elle/on couva
he/she/it did
nous couvâmes
we did
vous couvâtes
you all did
ils/elles couvèrent
they did
Past anterior tense
j’eus couvé
I had done
tu eus couvé
you had done
il/elle/on eut couvé
he/she/it had done
nous eûmes couvé
we had done
vous eûtes couvé
you all had done
ils/elles eurent couvé
they had done
Future perfect tense
j’aurai couvé
I will have done
tu auras couvé
you will have done
il/elle/on aura couvé
he/she/it will have done
nous aurons couvé
we will have done
vous aurez couvé
you all will have done
ils/elles auront couvé
they will have done
Je
Tu
Il/elle/on
Nous
Vous
Ils/elles
Present subjunctive tense
que je couve
that I do
que tu couves
that you do
qu’il/elle/on couve
that he/she/it do
que nous couvions
that we do
que vous couviez
that you all do
qu’ils/elles couvent
that they do
Present perf. subjunctive tense
que j’aie couvé
that I have done
que tu aies couvé
that you have done
qu’il/elle/on ait couvé
that he/she/it have done
que nous ayons couvé
that we have done
que vous ayez couvé
that you all have done
qu’ils/elles aient couvé
that they have done
Imperfect subjunctive tense
que je couvasse
that I would do
que tu couvasses
that you would do
qu’il/elle/on couvât
that he/she/it would do
que nous couvassions
that we would do
que vous couvassiez
that you all would do
qu’ils/elles couvassent
that they would do
Past perfect subjunctive tense
que j’eusse couvé
that I had done
que tu eusses couvé
that you had done
qu’il/elle/on eût couvé
that he/she/it had done
que nous eussions couvé
that we had done
que vous eussiez couvé
that you all had done
qu’ils/elles eussent couvé
that they had done
Je
Tu
Il/elle/on
Nous
Vous
Ils/elles
Conditional mood
je couverais
I would do
tu couverais
you would do
il/elle/on couverait
he/she/it would do
nous couverions
we would do
vous couveriez
you all would do
ils/elles couveraient
they would do
Conditional perfect tense
j’aurais couvé
I would have done
tu aurais couvé
you would have done
il/elle/on aurait couvé
he/she/it would have done
nous aurions couvé
we would have done
vous auriez couvé
you all would have done
ils/elles auraient couvé
they would have done
Imperative mood
-
couve
do!
-
couvons
let's do!
couvez
do!
-
Past perfect imperative mood
-
aie couvé
have done
-
ayons couvé
let's have done
ayez couvé
have done
-

Examples of couver

"de trouver une mère de remplacement pour couver les œufs abandonnés,"

"must find a foster mother to keep the abandoned eggs warm,"

- Je dois couver quelque chose.

- Yeah, I must be coming down with something.

Alors arrête de couver tes biscuits, aide-moi, on a besoin d'une monnaie d'échange.

Well, then, stay alert while I do this.

Alors te mets pas en tête de le couver.

All right, then don't think to pamper the boy.

Bien, juste entre nous, je pense que je pourrais couver quelque chose.

Well, just between us, I think I might be coming down with something.

- Je couve peut-être quelque chose.

- Might be coming down with something.

- Je crois que je couve quelque chose.

- I think I might be coming down with a little something.

- Je pense qu'il couve quelque chose.

- I think he's coming down with something.

C'est fantastique. Je couve quelque chose.

Well, that's great because I'm actually coming down with something, I think.

- Vous couvez une bonne grippe.

- You're coming down with the flu.

Ne me faites pas croire que vous le couvez rien que pour ses beaux yeux.

So don't pretend for one second that all this attention you throw at him is just for him, because it's also for you.

Peut-être que vous couvez quelque chose ?

Maybe you're coming down with something.

Que faites-vous ? Vous couvez vos livres ?

What are you trying to do with those books, hatch them?

Si vous couvez quelque chose, vous devriez peut-être rentrer à la maison.

If you're coming down with something, perhaps you should go home.