respondre
See also: respondré
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan [Term?] (compare Occitan respónder, respondre), from Latin respondēre, present active infinitive of respondeō (compare French répondre, Spanish responder). The conjugation was influenced by the unrelated verb pondre.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /rəsˈpɔn.dɾə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /resˈpɔn.dɾe/
Verb
respondre (first-person singular present responc, past participle respost)
- to reply; to respond
Conjugation
Conjugation of respondre (second conjugation with velar infix, irregular past participle)
| infinitive | respondre | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | responent | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | respost | resposta | |||||
| plural | respostos | respostes | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | responc | respons | respon | responem | responeu | responen | |
| imperfect | responia | responies | responia | responíem | responíeu | responien | |
| future | respondré | respondràs | respondrà | respondrem | respondreu | respondran | |
| preterite | responguí | respongueres | respongué | responguérem | responguéreu | respongueren | |
| conditional | respondria | respondries | respondria | respondríem | respondríeu | respondrien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | respongui | responguis | respongui | responguem | respongueu | responguin | |
| imperfect | respongués | responguessis | respongués | responguéssim | responguéssiu | responguessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | respon | respongui | responguem | responeu | responguin | ||
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French respondre, from Latin respondēre, present active infinitive of respondeō
Verb
respondre
- to reply; to respond
Descendants
- French: répondre
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin respondēre, present active infinitive of respondeō.
Verb
respondre
- to reply; to respond
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Old French
Alternative forms
- respoundre, respundre (Anglo-Norman)
Etymology
From Latin respondēre, present active infinitive of respondeō.
Verb
respondre
- to reply; to respond
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of respondre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | respondre | avoir respondu, respons | |||||
| gerund | en respondant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | respondant | ||||||
| past participle | respondu, respons | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | respoing, respon | responz | respont | respondons | respondez | respondent |
| imperfect | respondoie, respondeie | respondoies, respondeies | respondoit, respondeit | respondiiens, respondiens | respondiiez, respondiez | respondoient, respondeient | |
| preterite | respondi | respondis | respondié, respost | respondimes | respondistes | respondierent | |
| future | respondrai | respondras | respondra | respondrons | respondroiz, respondreiz, respondrez | respondront | |
| conditional | respondroie, respondreie | respondroies, respondreies | respondroit, respondreit | respondriiens, respondriens | respondriiez, respondriez | respondroient, respondreient | |
| 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 | respoigne, responde | respoignes, respondes | respoigne, responde | respoignons, respondons | respoignez, respondez | respoignent, respondent |
| imperfect | respondisse | respondisses | respondist | respondissons, respondissiens | respondissoiz, respondissez, respondissiez | respondissent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | respont | — | respondons | respondez | — | ||
Derived terms
- respondeor
Related terms
- response
Descendants
- → English: respond
- Middle French: respondre
- French: répondre
- Norman: rêpondre (Jersey)