douloir
French
Etymology
From Old French doloir, from Latin dolēre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /du.lwaʁ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -waʁ
Verb
douloir
- (obsolete, reflexive) to suffer
- Et je me deux d'être tout seul
- And I suffer for I'm alone
- (Guillaume Apollinaire)
- Quand je me deux
- When I suffer
- (Valérie Rouzeau)
Conjugation
Conjugation of se douloir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | se douloir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | se doulant /sə du.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | doulu /du.ly/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | me deux /mə dø/ | te deux /tə dø/ | se deut /sə dø/ | nous doulons /nu du.lɔ̃/ | vous doulez /vu du.le/ | se deulent /sə dœl/ |
| imperfect | me doulais /mə du.lɛ/ | te doulais /tə du.lɛ/ | se doulait /sə du.lɛ/ | nous doulions /nu du.ljɔ̃/ | vous douliez /vu du.lje/ | se doulaient /sə du.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | me doulus /mə du.ly/ | te doulus /tə du.ly/ | se doulut /sə du.ly/ | nous doulûmes /nu du.lym/ | vous doulûtes /vu du.lyt/ | se doulurent /sə du.lyʁ/ | |
| future | me doudrai /mə du.dʁe/ | te doudras /tə du.dʁa/ | se doudra /sə du.dʁa/ | nous doudrons /nu du.dʁɔ̃/ | vous doudrez /vu du.dʁe/ | se doudront /sə du.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | me doudrais /mə du.dʁɛ/ | te doudrais /tə du.dʁɛ/ | se doudrait /sə du.dʁɛ/ | nous doudrions /nu du.dʁi.jɔ̃/ | vous doudriez /vu du.dʁi.je/ | se doudraient /sə du.dʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | me deuille /mə dœj/ | te deuilles /tə dœj/ | se deuille /sə dœj/ | nous doulions /nu du.ljɔ̃/ | vous douliez /vu du.lje/ | se deuillent /sə dœj/ |
| imperfect2 | me doulusse /mə du.lys/ | te doulusses /tə du.lys/ | se doulût /sə du.ly/ | nous doulussions /nu du.ly.sjɔ̃/ | vous doulussiez /vu du.ly.sje/ | se doulussent /sə du.lys/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | deux-toi /dø.twa/ | — | doulons-nous /du.lɔ̃.nu/ | doulez-vous /du.le.vu/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + 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). | |||||||
Related terms
- deuil
- douiller
- douleur
Further reading
- “douloir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Verb
douloir
- alternative infinitive of doloir
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a distinct stressed present stem, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of douloir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | douloir | avoir doulu | |||||
| gerund | en doulant, douillant, dueillant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | doulant, douillant, dueillant | ||||||
| past participle | doulu | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | douil, dueil, duel | dueus | dueut | doulons | doulez | duelent |
| imperfect | douloie, douleie | douloies, douleies | douloit, douleit | douliiens, douliens | douliiez, douliez | douloient, douleient | |
| preterite | doului | doulus | doulu | doulumes | doulustes | doulurent | |
| future | doudrai | doudras | doudra | doudrons | doudroiz, doudreiz, doudrez | doudront | |
| conditional | doudroie, doudreie | doudroies, doudreies | doudroit, doudreit | doudriiens, doudriens | doudriiez, doudriez | doudroient, doudreient | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses | present | dueille | dueilles | dueille | douilliens, douillons, dueillons | douilliez, dueilliez | dueillent |
| imperfect | doulusse | doulusses | doulust | doulussons, doulussiens | doulussoiz, doulussez, doulussiez | doulussent | |
| compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | duel | — | doulons | doulez | — | ||