repentir
French
Etymology
From Middle French repentir, from Old French repentir, from a change of conjugation from Vulgar Latin *repoenitere, from re- + Latin paenitēre, present active infinitive of paeniteō. Compare English repent.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.pɑ̃.tiʁ/
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Noun
repentir m (plural repentirs)
- repentance
Verb
repentir
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to repent
Conjugation
This is one of a fairly large group of irregular -ir verbs that are all conjugated the same way. Other members of this group include sortir and dormir. The most significant difference between these verbs' conjugation and that of the regular -ir verbs is that these verbs' conjugation does not use the infix -iss-. Further, this conjugation has the forms (je, tu) repens and (il) repent in the present indicative and imperative, whereas a regular -ir verb would have *repentis and *repentit (as in the past historic).
Conjugation of repentir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | repentir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | repentant /ʁə.pɑ̃.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | repenti /ʁə.pɑ̃.ti/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | repens /ʁə.pɑ̃/ | repens /ʁə.pɑ̃/ | repent /ʁə.pɑ̃/ | repentons /ʁə.pɑ̃.tɔ̃/ | repentez /ʁə.pɑ̃.te/ | repentent /ʁə.pɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect | repentais /ʁə.pɑ̃.tɛ/ | repentais /ʁə.pɑ̃.tɛ/ | repentait /ʁə.pɑ̃.tɛ/ | repentions /ʁə.pɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ | repentiez /ʁə.pɑ̃.tje/ | repentaient /ʁə.pɑ̃.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | repentis /ʁə.pɑ̃.ti/ | repentis /ʁə.pɑ̃.ti/ | repentit /ʁə.pɑ̃.ti/ | repentîmes /ʁə.pɑ̃.tim/ | repentîtes /ʁə.pɑ̃.tit/ | repentirent /ʁə.pɑ̃.tiʁ/ | |
| future | repentirai /ʁə.pɑ̃.ti.ʁe/ | repentiras /ʁə.pɑ̃.ti.ʁa/ | repentira /ʁə.pɑ̃.ti.ʁa/ | repentirons /ʁə.pɑ̃.ti.ʁɔ̃/ | repentirez /ʁə.pɑ̃.ti.ʁe/ | repentiront /ʁə.pɑ̃.ti.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | repentirais /ʁə.pɑ̃.ti.ʁɛ/ | repentirais /ʁə.pɑ̃.ti.ʁɛ/ | repentirait /ʁə.pɑ̃.ti.ʁɛ/ | repentirions /ʁə.pɑ̃.ti.ʁjɔ̃/ | repentiriez /ʁə.pɑ̃.ti.ʁje/ | repentiraient /ʁə.pɑ̃.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 | repente /ʁə.pɑ̃t/ | repentes /ʁə.pɑ̃t/ | repente /ʁə.pɑ̃t/ | repentions /ʁə.pɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ | repentiez /ʁə.pɑ̃.tje/ | repentent /ʁə.pɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect2 | repentisse /ʁə.pɑ̃.tis/ | repentisses /ʁə.pɑ̃.tis/ | repentît /ʁə.pɑ̃.ti/ | repentissions /ʁə.pɑ̃.ti.sjɔ̃/ | repentissiez /ʁə.pɑ̃.ti.sje/ | repentissent /ʁə.pɑ̃.tis/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | repens /ʁə.pɑ̃/ | — | repentons /ʁə.pɑ̃.tɔ̃/ | repentez /ʁə.pɑ̃.te/ | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
- In the passé composé the past participle should agree with the subject in gender and number: "Et je lui ai donné du temps, afin qu'elle se repentît de sa prostitution; mais elle ne s'est point repentie." (Revelation 2:21, Martin translation)
Further reading
- “repentir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- périrent, prièrent, ripèrent
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French repentir.
Verb
repentir
- to repent
Descendants
- French: repentir
Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *repoenitere (with a change of conjugation), from re- + Latin paenitēre, present active infinitive of paeniteō.
Verb
repentir
- to repent
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of repentir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | repentir | avoir repenti | |||||
| gerund | en repentant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | repentant | ||||||
| past participle | repenti | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | repent | repenz | repent | repentons | repentez | repentent |
| imperfect | repentoie, repenteie | repentoies, repenteies | repentoit, repenteit | repentiiens, repentiens | repentiiez, repentiez | repentoient, repenteient | |
| preterite | repenti | repentis | repenti | repentimes | repentistes | repentirent | |
| future | repentirai | repentiras | repentira | repentirons | repentiroiz, repentireiz, repentirez | repentiront | |
| conditional | repentiroie, repentireie | repentiroies, repentireies | repentiroit, repentireit | repentiriiens, repentiriens | repentiriiez, repentiriez | repentiroient, repentireient | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses | present | repente | repentes | repente | repentons | repentez | repentent |
| imperfect | repentisse | repentisses | repentist | repentissons, repentissiens | repentissoiz, repentissez, repentissiez | repentissent | |
| compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | repent | — | repentons | repentez | — | ||
Descendants
- → English: repent
- Middle French: repentir
- French: repentir
- Norman: r'penti