CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CHUNTER
PRESENT
Present
I chunter
you chunter
he/she/it chunters
we chunter
you chunter
they chunter
Present continuous
I am chuntering
you are chuntering
he/she/it is chuntering
we are chuntering
you are chuntering
they are chuntering
Present perfect
I have chuntered
you have chuntered
he/she/it has chuntered
we have chuntered
you have chuntered
they have chuntered
Present perfect continuous
I have been chuntering
you have been chuntering
he/she/it has been chuntering
we have been chuntering
you have been chuntering
they have been chuntering
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I chuntered
you chuntered
he/she/it chuntered
we chuntered
you chuntered
they chuntered
Past continuous
I was chuntering
you were chuntering
he/she/it was chuntering
we were chuntering
you were chuntering
they were chuntering
Past perfect
I had chuntered
you had chuntered
he/she/it had chuntered
we had chuntered
you had chuntered
they had chuntered
Past perfect continuous
I had been chuntering
you had been chuntering
he/she/it had been chuntering
we had been chuntering
you had been chuntering
they had been chuntering
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will chunter
you will chunter
he/she/it will chunter
we will chunter
you will chunter
they will chunter
Future continuous
I will be chuntering
you will be chuntering
he/she/it will be chuntering
we will be chuntering
you will be chuntering
they will be chuntering
Future perfect
I will have chuntered
you will have chuntered
he/she/it will have chuntered
we will have chuntered
you will have chuntered
they will have chuntered
Future perfect continuous
I will have been chuntering
you will have been chuntering
he/she/it will have been chuntering
we will have been chuntering
you will have been chuntering
they will have been chuntering
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would chunter
you would chunter
he/she/it would chunter
we would chunter
you would chunter
they would chunter
Conditional continuous
I would be chuntering
you would be chuntering
he/she/it would be chuntering
we would be chuntering
you would be chuntering
they would be chuntering
Conditional perfect
I would have chunter
you would have chunter
he/she/it would have chunter
we would have chunter
you would have chunter
they would have chunter
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been chuntering
you would have been chuntering
he/she/it would have been chuntering
we would have been chuntering
you would have been chuntering
they would have been chuntering
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you chunter
we let´s chunter
you chunter
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
chuntered
Present Participle
chuntering
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHUNTER»
Discover the use of
chunter in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
chunter and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Chelp and
Chunter: How to Talk Tyke
Learn to talk "Tyke" with this accessible guidebook to the Yorkshire tongue.
2
Clerical Errors: A Novel
Chunter!” “I am here, sir, at your service.” The man had entered on silent feet.
Periwigged and rouged, he bowed low before Sir Percival, so low that his bow
bordered on insolence. (In The Constant Cuckold Bellows, the sinister footman,
plays ...
3
The Dialect of Northumberland: A Lexical Investigation
All localities, with the exception of Nrh, report the occurrence of chunter. Most
instances are found in Blham, where all interviewees respond with this word. It is
also elicited from the majority of informants in Twd, Blf, Sh, and Htw. 50% of the ...
4
A glossary of the Cleveland dialect
1 7 1 □ Chunter, v. n. To murmur, to complain or be querulous ; to mutter or
continue speaking half inaudibly, like one not disposed to give up a dispute. Hall,
gives cbunder and cburmer as other forms of this word ; and according to O. Gl. 1
Mr.
John Christopher Atkinson, 1868
5
A Glossary of the Cleveland Dialect: Explanatory, ...
Nonne's Priest's Tale, p. 1 7 1 . Chunter, v. n. To murmur, to complain or be
querulous ; to mutter or continue speaking half inaudibly, like one not disposed to
give up a dispute. Hall, gives cbunder and cbunner as other forms of this word ;
and ...
John Christopher Atkinson, 1868
6
Edgar Plays: 2: Ecclesiastes; Nicholas Nickleby (Parts I and ...
Dumped. ANDREWS. Due to the infection raging in the Millbank prison. Chunter.
Of which distemper we're assured these convicts are yet free. GALPIN. Gammon!
ANDREWS. Accordingly, on your instructions, on last Thursday I proceeded up ...
7
A Student's Advanced Grammar of English (SAGE)
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD were leaving the shopping mall Notice,
again, the difference between framework situation and sequence: (30) a. What
were you doing when the doorbell rang, Mrs. Chunter? doorbell rang ...
8
The Civic Web: Online Politics and Democratic Values
... and Technology Are Not Enough," www.asc.upenn.edu/urs/ chunter/pSp.html,
and "Privacy Politics and Online Politics: How E-Campaign- ing Threatens Voter
Privacy," www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/chunter/polpriv/ political_privacy.html.
David M. Anderson, Michael Cornfield, 2003
9
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus
... mummy, ||old woman mumble vb to utter with a low inarticulate voice <
embarrassed, he mumbled an apology > syn ||chunter, fumble, muddle, ||mump,
murmur, mutter, swallow rel maunder; limp, shuffle, stumble; ||hammer, stammer, I
|stut, ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1988
10
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Thornton. chunter. To grumble; to go on talking at length, esp. in a disgruntled
way, or_occ., merely tediously: orig Northern dial. >, since ca. 1950, gen. coll. 'He
went chuntering on for hours about how ghastly the government was.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHUNTER»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
chunter is used in the context of the following news items.
Tunisia attack: Is Isis really at war with British grans on their …
“Our brother, the soldier of the Caliphate,” came the inevitable gormless chunter of Isis, “Abu Yahya al-Qayrawani, reached his target, the ... «The Independent, Jun 15»
Exclusive: driving the revolutionary Mercedes C111 concept
Although more than happy to chunter along, the C111 is clearly capable of going a bit faster. True to its experimental role, the car's rear ... «Top Gear, Jun 15»
Minions Review
The trio don't really talk, rather they come armed with their distinctive Minion chunter. But whereas the Shaun The Sheep Movie got a whole ... «Den of Geek!, Jun 15»
TG's big road test: Merc AMG GT-S
... eyes off), and yes, the car has the kind of panting, off-kilter chunter that speaks of lavish engine capacity, but that doesn't explain the crows. «Top Gear, Jun 15»
Sweet talk – and Wendy Thompson definitely has a hand in it
We enjoy a mutual chunter about too many hands, mourn the overkill of words such as “artisan” and “boutique” – beaten into meaningless ... «The Northern Echo, Jun 15»
Love Me Tender (Tour)
... where solace can be found at the bottom of a bottle and people's lives chunter on in a drawling torpor. Into the saloon bar he rolls, guitar ... «WhatsOnStage.com, Jun 15»
Spy and Listen Up Philip
It is testimony to the dead-eyed, grinding power of the interminable Bond franchise that Spectre will chunter out in the autumn in spite of ... «The Sunday Times, Jun 15»
How Murray overcame Krygios
More chunter with the umpire, a bit of ball kid interaction. Murray could be moonwalking down the other end and nobody would notice." *Murray 6-4 0-1 Kyrgios. «BBC Sport, May 15»
Warwickshire edge ahead of Sussex as players duck and dive at Hove
There was an audible and probably justifiable chunter to the umpires as he walked off. Then much to everyone's surprise, Chris Wright was ... «The Guardian, May 15»
PH drives the Jaguar Heritage Challenge
The triple Webers sniff and chunter at low revs but it picks up instantly and feels massively strong with a fearsome bark through the side-exit ... «Pistonheads.com, May 15»
