paresser
French
Etymology
From earlier perecer, from Old French peresce (“laziness”).
Pronunciation
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Verb
paresser
- (intransitive) to laze about; loaf
Conjugation
Conjugation of paresser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | paresser | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | paressant /pa.ʁɛ.sɑ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | paressé /pa.ʁɛ.se/ or /pa.ʁe.se/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | paresse /pa.ʁɛs/ | paresses /pa.ʁɛs/ | paresse /pa.ʁɛs/ | paressons /pa.ʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.sɔ̃/ | paressez /pa.ʁɛ.se/ or /pa.ʁe.se/ | paressent /pa.ʁɛs/ |
imperfect | paressais /pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.sɛ/ | paressais /pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.sɛ/ | paressait /pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.sɛ/ | paressions /pa.ʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.sjɔ̃/ | paressiez /pa.ʁɛ.sje/ or /pa.ʁe.sje/ | paressaient /pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | paressai /pa.ʁɛ.se/ or /pa.ʁe.se/ | paressas /pa.ʁɛ.sa/ or /pa.ʁe.sa/ | paressa /pa.ʁɛ.sa/ or /pa.ʁe.sa/ | paressâmes /pa.ʁɛ.sam/ or /pa.ʁe.sam/ | paressâtes /pa.ʁɛ.sat/ or /pa.ʁe.sat/ | paressèrent /pa.ʁɛ.sɛʁ/ or /pa.ʁe.sɛʁ/ | |
future | paresserai /pa.ʁɛ.sʁe/ or /pa.ʁe.sʁe/ | paresseras /pa.ʁɛ.sʁa/ or /pa.ʁe.sʁa/ | paressera /pa.ʁɛ.sʁa/ or /pa.ʁe.sʁa/ | paresserons /pa.ʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.sʁɔ̃/ | paresserez /pa.ʁɛ.sʁe/ or /pa.ʁe.sʁe/ | paresseront /pa.ʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.sʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | paresserais /pa.ʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.sʁɛ/ | paresserais /pa.ʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.sʁɛ/ | paresserait /pa.ʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.sʁɛ/ | paresserions /pa.ʁɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | paresseriez /pa.ʁɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /pa.ʁe.sə.ʁje/ | paresseraient /pa.ʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.sʁɛ/ | |
(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 | paresse /pa.ʁɛs/ | paresses /pa.ʁɛs/ | paresse /pa.ʁɛs/ | paressions /pa.ʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.sjɔ̃/ | paressiez /pa.ʁɛ.sje/ or /pa.ʁe.sje/ | paressent /pa.ʁɛs/ |
imperfect2 | paressasse /pa.ʁɛ.sas/ or /pa.ʁe.sas/ | paressasses /pa.ʁɛ.sas/ or /pa.ʁe.sas/ | paressât /pa.ʁɛ.sa/ or /pa.ʁe.sa/ | paressassions /pa.ʁɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.sa.sjɔ̃/ | paressassiez /pa.ʁɛ.sa.sje/ or /pa.ʁe.sa.sje/ | paressassent /pa.ʁɛ.sas/ or /pa.ʁe.sas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | paresse /pa.ʁɛs/ | — | paressons /pa.ʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.sɔ̃/ | paressez /pa.ʁɛ.se/ or /pa.ʁe.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
- “paresser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.