lotir
French
Etymology
lot + -ir
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɔ.tiʁ/
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Verb
lotir
- (transitive) to parcel out (divide into lots)
Conjugation
This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.
Conjugation of lotir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | lotir | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | lotissant /lɔ.ti.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | loti /lɔ.ti/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | lotis /lɔ.ti/ | lotis /lɔ.ti/ | lotit /lɔ.ti/ | lotissons /lɔ.ti.sɔ̃/ | lotissez /lɔ.ti.se/ | lotissent /lɔ.tis/ |
imperfect | lotissais /lɔ.ti.sɛ/ | lotissais /lɔ.ti.sɛ/ | lotissait /lɔ.ti.sɛ/ | lotissions /lɔ.ti.sjɔ̃/ | lotissiez /lɔ.ti.sje/ | lotissaient /lɔ.ti.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | lotis /lɔ.ti/ | lotis /lɔ.ti/ | lotit /lɔ.ti/ | lotîmes /lɔ.tim/ | lotîtes /lɔ.tit/ | lotirent /lɔ.tiʁ/ | |
future | lotirai /lɔ.ti.ʁe/ | lotiras /lɔ.ti.ʁa/ | lotira /lɔ.ti.ʁa/ | lotirons /lɔ.ti.ʁɔ̃/ | lotirez /lɔ.ti.ʁe/ | lotiront /lɔ.ti.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | lotirais /lɔ.ti.ʁɛ/ | lotirais /lɔ.ti.ʁɛ/ | lotirait /lɔ.ti.ʁɛ/ | lotirions /lɔ.ti.ʁjɔ̃/ | lotiriez /lɔ.ti.ʁje/ | lotiraient /lɔ.ti.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 | lotisse /lɔ.tis/ | lotisses /lɔ.tis/ | lotisse /lɔ.tis/ | lotissions /lɔ.ti.sjɔ̃/ | lotissiez /lɔ.ti.sje/ | lotissent /lɔ.tis/ |
imperfect2 | lotisse /lɔ.tis/ | lotisses /lɔ.tis/ | lotît /lɔ.ti/ | lotissions /lɔ.ti.sjɔ̃/ | lotissiez /lɔ.ti.sje/ | lotissent /lɔ.tis/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | lotis /lɔ.ti/ | — | lotissons /lɔ.ti.sɔ̃/ | lotissez /lɔ.ti.se/ | — | |
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
- “lotir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.