psalmodier
French
Etymology
psalmodie + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /psal.mɔ.dje/
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Verb
psalmodier
- (intransitive) to chant, intone (especially a psalm)
- (intransitive) to drone
Conjugation
Conjugation of psalmodier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | psalmodier | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | psalmodiant /psal.mɔ.djɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | psalmodié /psal.mɔ.dje/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | psalmodie /psal.mɔ.di/ | psalmodies /psal.mɔ.di/ | psalmodie /psal.mɔ.di/ | psalmodions /psal.mɔ.djɔ̃/ | psalmodiez /psal.mɔ.dje/ | psalmodient /psal.mɔ.di/ |
imperfect | psalmodiais /psal.mɔ.djɛ/ | psalmodiais /psal.mɔ.djɛ/ | psalmodiait /psal.mɔ.djɛ/ | psalmodiions /psal.mɔ.di.jɔ̃/ | psalmodiiez /psal.mɔ.di.je/ | psalmodiaient /psal.mɔ.djɛ/ | |
past historic2 | psalmodiai /psal.mɔ.dje/ | psalmodias /psal.mɔ.dja/ | psalmodia /psal.mɔ.dja/ | psalmodiâmes /psal.mɔ.djam/ | psalmodiâtes /psal.mɔ.djat/ | psalmodièrent /psal.mɔ.djɛʁ/ | |
future | psalmodierai /psal.mɔ.di.ʁe/ | psalmodieras /psal.mɔ.di.ʁa/ | psalmodiera /psal.mɔ.di.ʁa/ | psalmodierons /psal.mɔ.di.ʁɔ̃/ | psalmodierez /psal.mɔ.di.ʁe/ | psalmodieront /psal.mɔ.di.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | psalmodierais /psal.mɔ.di.ʁɛ/ | psalmodierais /psal.mɔ.di.ʁɛ/ | psalmodierait /psal.mɔ.di.ʁɛ/ | psalmodierions /psal.mɔ.di.ʁjɔ̃/ | psalmodieriez /psal.mɔ.di.ʁje/ | psalmodieraient /psal.mɔ.di.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 | psalmodie /psal.mɔ.di/ | psalmodies /psal.mɔ.di/ | psalmodie /psal.mɔ.di/ | psalmodiions /psal.mɔ.di.jɔ̃/ | psalmodiiez /psal.mɔ.di.je/ | psalmodient /psal.mɔ.di/ |
imperfect2 | psalmodiasse /psal.mɔ.djas/ | psalmodiasses /psal.mɔ.djas/ | psalmodiât /psal.mɔ.dja/ | psalmodiassions /psal.mɔ.dja.sjɔ̃/ | psalmodiassiez /psal.mɔ.dja.sje/ | psalmodiassent /psal.mɔ.djas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | psalmodie /psal.mɔ.di/ | — | psalmodions /psal.mɔ.djɔ̃/ | psalmodiez /psal.mɔ.dje/ | — | |
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
- “psalmodier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.