éperdre
French
Etymology
Old French esperdre.
Pronunciation
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Verb
éperdre
- (obsolete, literary, reflexive, s'éperdre) to lose one's way
Conjugation
Conjugation of éperdre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | éperdre | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | éperdant /e.pɛʁ.dɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | éperdu /e.pɛʁ.dy/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | éperds /e.pɛʁ/ | éperds /e.pɛʁ/ | éperd /e.pɛʁ/ | éperdons /e.pɛʁ.dɔ̃/ | éperdez /e.pɛʁ.de/ | éperdent /e.pɛʁd/ |
imperfect | éperdais /e.pɛʁ.dɛ/ | éperdais /e.pɛʁ.dɛ/ | éperdait /e.pɛʁ.dɛ/ | éperdions /e.pɛʁ.djɔ̃/ | éperdiez /e.pɛʁ.dje/ | éperdaient /e.pɛʁ.dɛ/ | |
past historic2 | éperdis /e.pɛʁ.di/ | éperdis /e.pɛʁ.di/ | éperdit /e.pɛʁ.di/ | éperdîmes /e.pɛʁ.dim/ | éperdîtes /e.pɛʁ.dit/ | éperdirent /e.pɛʁ.diʁ/ | |
future | éperdrai /e.pɛʁ.dʁe/ | éperdras /e.pɛʁ.dʁa/ | éperdra /e.pɛʁ.dʁa/ | éperdrons /e.pɛʁ.dʁɔ̃/ | éperdrez /e.pɛʁ.dʁe/ | éperdront /e.pɛʁ.dʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | éperdrais /e.pɛʁ.dʁɛ/ | éperdrais /e.pɛʁ.dʁɛ/ | éperdrait /e.pɛʁ.dʁɛ/ | éperdrions /e.pɛʁ.dʁi.jɔ̃/ | éperdriez /e.pɛʁ.dʁi.je/ | éperdraient /e.pɛʁ.dʁɛ/ | |
(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 | éperde /e.pɛʁd/ | éperdes /e.pɛʁd/ | éperde /e.pɛʁd/ | éperdions /e.pɛʁ.djɔ̃/ | éperdiez /e.pɛʁ.dje/ | éperdent /e.pɛʁd/ |
imperfect2 | éperdisse /e.pɛʁ.dis/ | éperdisses /e.pɛʁ.dis/ | éperdît /e.pɛʁ.di/ | éperdissions /e.pɛʁ.di.sjɔ̃/ | éperdissiez /e.pɛʁ.di.sje/ | éperdissent /e.pɛʁ.dis/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | éperds /e.pɛʁ/ | — | éperdons /e.pɛʁ.dɔ̃/ | éperdez /e.pɛʁ.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). |
Further reading
- “éperdre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.