soudoyer
French
Etymology
From Old French soldoier, from solde.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /su.dwa.je/
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Verb
soudoyer
- (transitive) to bribe
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 soudoyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | soudoyer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | soudoyant /su.dwa.jɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | soudoyé /su.dwa.je/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | soudoie /su.dwa/ | soudoies /su.dwa/ | soudoie /su.dwa/ | soudoyons /su.dwa.jɔ̃/ | soudoyez /su.dwa.je/ | soudoient /su.dwa/ |
imperfect | soudoyais /su.dwa.jɛ/ | soudoyais /su.dwa.jɛ/ | soudoyait /su.dwa.jɛ/ | soudoyions /su.dwaj.jɔ̃/ | soudoyiez /su.dwaj.je/ | soudoyaient /su.dwa.jɛ/ | |
past historic2 | soudoyai /su.dwa.je/ | soudoyas /su.dwa.ja/ | soudoya /su.dwa.ja/ | soudoyâmes /su.dwa.jam/ | soudoyâtes /su.dwa.jat/ | soudoyèrent /su.dwa.jɛʁ/ | |
future | soudoierai /su.dwa.ʁe/ | soudoieras /su.dwa.ʁa/ | soudoiera /su.dwa.ʁa/ | soudoierons /su.dwa.ʁɔ̃/ | soudoierez /su.dwa.ʁe/ | soudoieront /su.dwa.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | soudoierais /su.dwa.ʁɛ/ | soudoierais /su.dwa.ʁɛ/ | soudoierait /su.dwa.ʁɛ/ | soudoierions /su.dwa.ʁjɔ̃/ | soudoieriez /su.dwa.ʁje/ | soudoieraient /su.dwa.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 | soudoie /su.dwa/ | soudoies /su.dwa/ | soudoie /su.dwa/ | soudoyions /su.dwaj.jɔ̃/ | soudoyiez /su.dwaj.je/ | soudoient /su.dwa/ |
imperfect2 | soudoyasse /su.dwa.jas/ | soudoyasses /su.dwa.jas/ | soudoyât /su.dwa.ja/ | soudoyassions /su.dwa.ja.sjɔ̃/ | soudoyassiez /su.dwa.ja.sje/ | soudoyassent /su.dwa.jas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | soudoie /su.dwa/ | — | soudoyons /su.dwa.jɔ̃/ | soudoyez /su.dwa.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
- “soudoyer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.