soucier
French
Etymology
From Middle French soucyer, from Old French, inherited from Latin sollicitāre, present active infinitive of sollicitō. Doublet of solliciter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /su.sje/
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Verb
soucier
- (transitive, dated) to worry
- (reflexive, se soucier) to worry (experience or feel worry)
- Je me soucie peu de vous offenser.
- I'm a little worried about offending you.
Conjugation
Conjugation of soucier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | soucier | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | souciant /su.sjɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | soucié /su.sje/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | soucie /su.si/ | soucies /su.si/ | soucie /su.si/ | soucions /su.sjɔ̃/ | souciez /su.sje/ | soucient /su.si/ |
| imperfect | souciais /su.sjɛ/ | souciais /su.sjɛ/ | souciait /su.sjɛ/ | souciions /su.si.jɔ̃/ | souciiez /su.si.je/ | souciaient /su.sjɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | souciai /su.sje/ | soucias /su.sja/ | soucia /su.sja/ | souciâmes /su.sjam/ | souciâtes /su.sjat/ | soucièrent /su.sjɛʁ/ | |
| future | soucierai /su.si.ʁe/ | soucieras /su.si.ʁa/ | souciera /su.si.ʁa/ | soucierons /su.si.ʁɔ̃/ | soucierez /su.si.ʁe/ | soucieront /su.si.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | soucierais /su.si.ʁɛ/ | soucierais /su.si.ʁɛ/ | soucierait /su.si.ʁɛ/ | soucierions /su.si.ʁjɔ̃/ | soucieriez /su.si.ʁje/ | soucieraient /su.si.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 | soucie /su.si/ | soucies /su.si/ | soucie /su.si/ | souciions /su.si.jɔ̃/ | souciiez /su.si.je/ | soucient /su.si/ |
| imperfect2 | souciasse /su.sjas/ | souciasses /su.sjas/ | souciât /su.sja/ | souciassions /su.sja.sjɔ̃/ | souciassiez /su.sja.sje/ | souciassent /su.sjas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | soucie /su.si/ | — | soucions /su.sjɔ̃/ | souciez /su.sje/ | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- insouciant
- se soucier comme d'une guigne de
- se soucier comme de l'an quarante de
- se soucier de quelque chose comme des neiges d'antan
- souci
Further reading
- “soucier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Verb
soucier
- Alternative form of soucyer