gourer
French
Etymology
From Arabic غَرَّ (ḡarra, “to deceive”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡu.ʁe/
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Verb
gourer
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to goof up, to mess up, to screw up
- Synonyms: planter, tromper
- 1997, “Ton Invitation”, performed by Louise Attaque:
- J'ai accepté par erreur, ton invitation / J'ai dû me gourer dans l'heure / J'ai dû me planter dans la saison
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to doubt something, to be wary of something
- Synonyms: douter, méfier
Conjugation
Conjugation of gourer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | gourer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | gourant /ɡu.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | gouré /ɡu.ʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | goure /ɡuʁ/ | goures /ɡuʁ/ | goure /ɡuʁ/ | gourons /ɡu.ʁɔ̃/ | gourez /ɡu.ʁe/ | gourent /ɡuʁ/ |
| imperfect | gourais /ɡu.ʁɛ/ | gourais /ɡu.ʁɛ/ | gourait /ɡu.ʁɛ/ | gourions /ɡu.ʁjɔ̃/ | gouriez /ɡu.ʁje/ | gouraient /ɡu.ʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | gourai /ɡu.ʁe/ | gouras /ɡu.ʁa/ | goura /ɡu.ʁa/ | gourâmes /ɡu.ʁam/ | gourâtes /ɡu.ʁat/ | gourèrent /ɡu.ʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | gourerai /ɡu.ʁə.ʁe/ | goureras /ɡu.ʁə.ʁa/ | gourera /ɡu.ʁə.ʁa/ | gourerons /ɡu.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | gourerez /ɡu.ʁə.ʁe/ | goureront /ɡu.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | gourerais /ɡu.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | gourerais /ɡu.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | gourerait /ɡu.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | gourerions /ɡu.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ | goureriez /ɡu.ʁə.ʁje/ | goureraient /ɡu.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | goure /ɡuʁ/ | goures /ɡuʁ/ | goure /ɡuʁ/ | gourions /ɡu.ʁjɔ̃/ | gouriez /ɡu.ʁje/ | gourent /ɡuʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | gourasse /ɡu.ʁas/ | gourasses /ɡu.ʁas/ | gourât /ɡu.ʁa/ | gourassions /ɡu.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ | gourassiez /ɡu.ʁa.sje/ | gourassent /ɡu.ʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | goure /ɡuʁ/ | — | gourons /ɡu.ʁɔ̃/ | gourez /ɡu.ʁe/ | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “gourer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.