Verb conjugation

biguiner

to dance the beguine

Usage

To dance the biguine, the couple dance from Martinique that gave its name to a whole genre of Caribbean French music. On biguine ce soir means people are out dancing to that music, more than a verb you'll conjugate constantly.

Examples

Ils ont biguiné toute la soirée au bal créole. — They danced the biguine all evening at the creole ball.
On biguinait au son du orchestre antillais. — People were dancing the biguine to the sound of the Caribbean orchestra.
Elle a appris à biguiner avec sa grand-mère martiniquaise. — She learned to dance the biguine from her Martinican grandmother.

Common mistake

It names a specific dance and its music, not dancing in general — for a night out dancing to anything else, use the general verb danser.

In real life

song "Adieu foulard, adieu madras" — A traditional Guadeloupean Creole song dating to the 1760s-70s, widely known today in arrangements performed in the biguine style that helped carry Caribbean French music to Paris in the 1930s.

Simple tenses

Present

je	biguine
tu	biguines
il/elle	biguine
nous	biguinons
vous	biguinez
ils/elles	biguinent

Imperfect

je	biguinais
tu	biguinais
il/elle	biguinait
nous	biguinions
vous	biguiniez
ils/elles	biguinaient

Past historic (passé simple)

je	biguinai
tu	biguinas
il/elle	biguina
nous	biguinâmes
vous	biguinâtes
ils/elles	biguinèrent

Future

je	biguinerai
tu	biguineras
il/elle	biguinera
nous	biguinerons
vous	biguinerez
ils/elles	biguineront

Conditional

je	biguinerais
tu	biguinerais
il/elle	biguinerait
nous	biguinerions
vous	biguineriez
ils/elles	biguineraient

Subjunctive

je	biguine
tu	biguines
il/elle	biguine
nous	biguinions
vous	biguiniez
ils/elles	biguinent

Subjunctive (imperfect)

je	biguinasse
tu	biguinasses
il/elle	biguinât
nous	biguinassions
vous	biguinassiez
ils/elles	biguinassent

Imperative

tu	biguine
nous	biguinons
vous	biguinez

Compound tenses

Passé composé

je	ai biguiné
tu	as biguiné
il/elle	a biguiné
nous	avons biguiné
vous	avez biguiné
ils/elles	ont biguiné

Plus-que-parfait

je	avais biguiné
tu	avais biguiné
il/elle	avait biguiné
nous	avions biguiné
vous	aviez biguiné
ils/elles	avaient biguiné

Passé antérieur

je	eus biguiné
tu	eus biguiné
il/elle	eut biguiné
nous	eûmes biguiné
vous	eûtes biguiné
ils/elles	eurent biguiné

Futur antérieur

je	aurai biguiné
tu	auras biguiné
il/elle	aura biguiné
nous	aurons biguiné
vous	aurez biguiné
ils/elles	auront biguiné

Conditionnel passé

je	aurais biguiné
tu	aurais biguiné
il/elle	aurait biguiné
nous	aurions biguiné
vous	auriez biguiné
ils/elles	auraient biguiné

Subjonctif passé

je	aie biguiné
tu	aies biguiné
il/elle	ait biguiné
nous	ayons biguiné
vous	ayez biguiné
ils/elles	aient biguiné

Subjonctif plus-que-parfait

je	eusse biguiné
tu	eusses biguiné
il/elle	eût biguiné
nous	eussions biguiné
vous	eussiez biguiné
ils/elles	eussent biguiné

Impératif passé

tu	aie biguiné
nous	ayons biguiné
vous	ayez biguiné

Other

Present participle

biguinant

Past participle

biguiné

Infinitive

biguiner

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Frequently asked questions

What does "biguiner" mean?

"biguiner" means "to dance the beguine".

How do you conjugate "biguiner" in the present tense?

The present of "biguiner" is: je biguine, tu biguines, il/elle biguine, nous biguinons, vous biguinez, ils/elles biguinent.

What is the Passé composé of "biguiner"?

The passé composé of "biguiner" is: je ai biguiné, tu as biguiné, il/elle a biguiné, nous avons biguiné, vous avez biguiné, ils/elles ont biguiné.

What is the Imperative of "biguiner"?

The imperative of "biguiner" is: tu biguine, nous biguinons, vous biguinez.

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