apitoyer
French
Etymology
From a- + pitié (“pity”) + -oyer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.pi.twa.je/
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Verb
apitoyer
- to make (someone) feel pity for (something)
- (reflexive) to feel sorry for
Conjugation
This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like noyer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the 'y' with an 'i' before a silent 'e'.
Conjugation of apitoyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | apitoyer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | apitoyant /a.pi.twa.jɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | apitoyé /a.pi.twa.je/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | apitoie /a.pi.twa/ | apitoies /a.pi.twa/ | apitoie /a.pi.twa/ | apitoyons /a.pi.twa.jɔ̃/ | apitoyez /a.pi.twa.je/ | apitoient /a.pi.twa/ |
imperfect | apitoyais /a.pi.twa.jɛ/ | apitoyais /a.pi.twa.jɛ/ | apitoyait /a.pi.twa.jɛ/ | apitoyions /a.pi.twaj.jɔ̃/ | apitoyiez /a.pi.twaj.je/ | apitoyaient /a.pi.twa.jɛ/ | |
past historic2 | apitoyai /a.pi.twa.je/ | apitoyas /a.pi.twa.ja/ | apitoya /a.pi.twa.ja/ | apitoyâmes /a.pi.twa.jam/ | apitoyâtes /a.pi.twa.jat/ | apitoyèrent /a.pi.twa.jɛʁ/ | |
future | apitoierai /a.pi.twa.ʁe/ | apitoieras /a.pi.twa.ʁa/ | apitoiera /a.pi.twa.ʁa/ | apitoierons /a.pi.twa.ʁɔ̃/ | apitoierez /a.pi.twa.ʁe/ | apitoieront /a.pi.twa.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | apitoierais /a.pi.twa.ʁɛ/ | apitoierais /a.pi.twa.ʁɛ/ | apitoierait /a.pi.twa.ʁɛ/ | apitoierions /a.pi.twa.ʁjɔ̃/ | apitoieriez /a.pi.twa.ʁje/ | apitoieraient /a.pi.twa.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 | apitoie /a.pi.twa/ | apitoies /a.pi.twa/ | apitoie /a.pi.twa/ | apitoyions /a.pi.twaj.jɔ̃/ | apitoyiez /a.pi.twaj.je/ | apitoient /a.pi.twa/ |
imperfect2 | apitoyasse /a.pi.twa.jas/ | apitoyasses /a.pi.twa.jas/ | apitoyât /a.pi.twa.ja/ | apitoyassions /a.pi.twa.ja.sjɔ̃/ | apitoyassiez /a.pi.twa.ja.sje/ | apitoyassent /a.pi.twa.jas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | apitoie /a.pi.twa/ | — | apitoyons /a.pi.twa.jɔ̃/ | apitoyez /a.pi.twa.je/ | — | |
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
- “apitoyer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.