tchanter

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French chanter, from Latin cantāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃã.te/

Verb

tchanter

1. to sing

Conjugation

   —         —   Conjugation of the verb tchanter in Walloon   —   Codjowaedje do viebe tchanter e walon

infinitive	simple	tchanter
	compound	aveur + past participle
gerund1	simple	tchantant
	compound	åyant + past participle
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tchanté		tchantêye
		plural		tchantés		tchantêyes
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		dji (dj')	ti (t')	i (il) / ele	dji (dj') / nos2	vos	i (il)
(simple tenses)	present	tchante	tchantes	tchante	tchantans	tchantez	tchantèt or tchantnut3
	imperfect	tchantéve	tchantéves	tchantéve	tchanténs	tchantîz	tchantént
	preterite	tchanta	tchantas	tchanta	tchantîs	tchantîz	tchantît
	future	tchantrè	tchantrès	tchantrè	tchantrans	tchantroz	tchantront
	conditional	tchantreu	tchantreus	tchantreut	tchantréns	tchantrîz	tchantrént
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of aveur + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of aveur + past participle
	past anterior	preterite indicative of aveur + past participle
	future perfect	future of aveur + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of aveur + past participle
subjunctive		ki dj'	ki t'	k' i (il) / k' ele	ki dj' / ki nos2	ki vos	k' i (il)
(simple tenses)	present	tchante	tchantes	tchante	tchantanxhe	tchantoxhe	tchantèxhe or tchantnuxhe3
	imperfect	tchantaxhe	tchantaxhes	tchantaxhe	tchanténxhe	tchantîxhe	tchanténxhe
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of aveur + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of aveur + past participle
imperative		–	ti	–	dji / nos	vos	–
simple		—	tchante!	—	tchantans!	tchantez!	—
compound		—	simple imperative of aveur + past participle	—	simple imperative of aveur + past participle	simple imperative of aveur + past participle	—
1 The Walloon gerund is usable only with the preposition tot (Eastern, Southern) or e (Central, Western).
2 The second person plural dji is used in Central and Southern dialects
3 The form -èt/-exhe is used in Eastern and Southern dialects, the form -nut/-nuxhe is used in Central and Western dialects.

Related terms

• tchant