tarder
French
Etymology
From Old French tarder, from Latin tardāre, present active infinitive of tardō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /taʁ.de/
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Verb
tarder
- to tarry
- to be slow to do something (tarder à faire quelque chose)
- used as an impersonal verb with de or que to express impatience
- Il me tardait de vous voir.
Conjugation
Conjugation of tarder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | tarder | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | tardant /taʁ.dɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | tardé /taʁ.de/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | tarde /taʁd/ | tardes /taʁd/ | tarde /taʁd/ | tardons /taʁ.dɔ̃/ | tardez /taʁ.de/ | tardent /taʁd/ |
| imperfect | tardais /taʁ.dɛ/ | tardais /taʁ.dɛ/ | tardait /taʁ.dɛ/ | tardions /taʁ.djɔ̃/ | tardiez /taʁ.dje/ | tardaient /taʁ.dɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | tardai /taʁ.de/ | tardas /taʁ.da/ | tarda /taʁ.da/ | tardâmes /taʁ.dam/ | tardâtes /taʁ.dat/ | tardèrent /taʁ.dɛʁ/ | |
| future | tarderai /taʁ.də.ʁe/ | tarderas /taʁ.də.ʁa/ | tardera /taʁ.də.ʁa/ | tarderons /taʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/ | tarderez /taʁ.də.ʁe/ | tarderont /taʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | tarderais /taʁ.də.ʁɛ/ | tarderais /taʁ.də.ʁɛ/ | tarderait /taʁ.də.ʁɛ/ | tarderions /taʁ.də.ʁjɔ̃/ | tarderiez /taʁ.də.ʁje/ | tarderaient /taʁ.də.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 | tarde /taʁd/ | tardes /taʁd/ | tarde /taʁd/ | tardions /taʁ.djɔ̃/ | tardiez /taʁ.dje/ | tardent /taʁd/ |
| imperfect2 | tardasse /taʁ.das/ | tardasses /taʁ.das/ | tardât /taʁ.da/ | tardassions /taʁ.da.sjɔ̃/ | tardassiez /taʁ.da.sje/ | tardassent /taʁ.das/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | tarde /taʁd/ | — | tardons /taʁ.dɔ̃/ | tardez /taʁ.de/ | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
Related terms
- tard
- tardif
Further reading
- “tarder”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- retard, trader
Latin
Verb
tarder
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of tardō
Old French
Etymology
From Latin tardāre, present active infinitive of tardō.
Verb
tarder
- (reflexive, se tarder) to wait; to hesitate
- circa 1170, Christian of Troyes, Yvain ou le Chevalier au lion:
- Et li leons, qui che esgarde,
De li aidier plus ne se tarde[.]- And the lion who was watching
Did not wait any longer to help him.
- And the lion who was watching
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Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-d, *-ds, *-dt are modified to t, z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of tarder (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | tarder | avoir tardé | |||||
| gerund | en tardant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | tardant | ||||||
| past participle | tardé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | tart | tardes | tarde | tardons | tardez | tardent |
| imperfect | tardoie, tardeie, tardoe, tardeve | tardoies, tardeies, tardoes, tardeves | tardoit, tardeit, tardot, tardeve | tardiiens, tardiens | tardiiez, tardiez | tardoient, tardeient, tardoent, tardevent | |
| preterite | tardai | tardas | tarda | tardames | tardastes | tarderent | |
| future | tarderai | tarderas | tardera | tarderons | tarderoiz, tardereiz, tarderez | tarderont | |
| conditional | tarderoie, tardereie | tarderoies, tardereies | tarderoit, tardereit | tarderiiens, tarderiens | tarderiiez, tarderiez | tarderoient, tardereient | |
| 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 | tart | tarz | tart | tardons | tardez | tardent |
| imperfect | tardasse | tardasses | tardast | tardissons, tardissiens | tardissoiz, tardissez, tardissiez | tardassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | tarde | — | tardons | tardez | — | ||
Related terms
- tart
- targier
Descendants
- French: tarder