chouraver
French
Alternative forms
- chourave, chourav, chourav'
Etymology
Borrowed from Romani chorav (“to steal”). Compare Hindi चुराना (curānā, “to steal”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃu.ʁa.ve/
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Verb
chouraver
- (slang) to nick, pinch (steal)
- 1980, “Dans Mon H.L.M.”, in Marche à l'ombre, performed by Renaud:
- Au rez-d'-chaussée, dans mon HLM
Y a une espèce de barbouze
Qui surveille les entrées
Qui tire sur tout c'qui bouge
Surtout si c'est bronzé
Passe ses nuits dans les caves
Avec son Beretta
Traque les mômes qui chouravent- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of chouraver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | chouraver | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | chouravant /ʃu.ʁa.vɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | chouravé /ʃu.ʁa.ve/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | chourave /ʃu.ʁav/ |
chouraves /ʃu.ʁav/ |
chourave /ʃu.ʁav/ |
chouravons /ʃu.ʁa.vɔ̃/ |
chouravez /ʃu.ʁa.ve/ |
chouravent /ʃu.ʁav/ |
| imperfect | chouravais /ʃu.ʁa.vɛ/ |
chouravais /ʃu.ʁa.vɛ/ |
chouravait /ʃu.ʁa.vɛ/ |
chouravions /ʃu.ʁa.vjɔ̃/ |
chouraviez /ʃu.ʁa.vje/ |
chouravaient /ʃu.ʁa.vɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | chouravai /ʃu.ʁa.ve/ |
chouravas /ʃu.ʁa.va/ |
chourava /ʃu.ʁa.va/ |
chouravâmes /ʃu.ʁa.vam/ |
chouravâtes /ʃu.ʁa.vat/ |
chouravèrent /ʃu.ʁa.vɛʁ/ | |
| future | chouraverai /ʃu.ʁa.vʁe/ |
chouraveras /ʃu.ʁa.vʁa/ |
chouravera /ʃu.ʁa.vʁa/ |
chouraverons /ʃu.ʁa.vʁɔ̃/ |
chouraverez /ʃu.ʁa.vʁe/ |
chouraveront /ʃu.ʁa.vʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | chouraverais /ʃu.ʁa.vʁɛ/ |
chouraverais /ʃu.ʁa.vʁɛ/ |
chouraverait /ʃu.ʁa.vʁɛ/ |
chouraverions /ʃu.ʁa.və.ʁjɔ̃/ |
chouraveriez /ʃu.ʁa.və.ʁje/ |
chouraveraient /ʃu.ʁa.vʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | chourave /ʃu.ʁav/ |
chouraves /ʃu.ʁav/ |
chourave /ʃu.ʁav/ |
chouravions /ʃu.ʁa.vjɔ̃/ |
chouraviez /ʃu.ʁa.vje/ |
chouravent /ʃu.ʁav/ |
| imperfect2 | chouravasse /ʃu.ʁa.vas/ |
chouravasses /ʃu.ʁa.vas/ |
chouravât /ʃu.ʁa.va/ |
chouravassions /ʃu.ʁa.va.sjɔ̃/ |
chouravassiez /ʃu.ʁa.va.sje/ |
chouravassent /ʃu.ʁa.vas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | chourave /ʃu.ʁav/ |
— | chouravons /ʃu.ʁa.vɔ̃/ |
chouravez /ʃu.ʁa.ve/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||