balader
French
Etymology
Verb formed from ballade (“lyric poem”), referring to the constant movement of troubadours, jugglers, etc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba.la.de/
Audio (file) - Homophones: baladai, baladé, baladée, baladées, baladez, baladés
Verb
balader
- (intransitive) to stroll, walk around
- (transitive) to give someone the runaround
- (reflexive) to go for a walk, to trail
Conjugation
Conjugation of balader (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | balader | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | baladant /ba.la.dɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | baladé /ba.la.de/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | balade /ba.lad/ | balades /ba.lad/ | balade /ba.lad/ | baladons /ba.la.dɔ̃/ | baladez /ba.la.de/ | baladent /ba.lad/ |
| imperfect | baladais /ba.la.dɛ/ | baladais /ba.la.dɛ/ | baladait /ba.la.dɛ/ | baladions /ba.la.djɔ̃/ | baladiez /ba.la.dje/ | baladaient /ba.la.dɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | baladai /ba.la.de/ | baladas /ba.la.da/ | balada /ba.la.da/ | baladâmes /ba.la.dam/ | baladâtes /ba.la.dat/ | baladèrent /ba.la.dɛʁ/ | |
| future | baladerai /ba.la.dʁe/ | baladeras /ba.la.dʁa/ | baladera /ba.la.dʁa/ | baladerons /ba.la.dʁɔ̃/ | baladerez /ba.la.dʁe/ | baladeront /ba.la.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | baladerais /ba.la.dʁɛ/ | baladerais /ba.la.dʁɛ/ | baladerait /ba.la.dʁɛ/ | baladerions /ba.la.də.ʁjɔ̃/ | baladeriez /ba.la.də.ʁje/ | baladeraient /ba.la.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 | balade /ba.lad/ | balades /ba.lad/ | balade /ba.lad/ | baladions /ba.la.djɔ̃/ | baladiez /ba.la.dje/ | baladent /ba.lad/ |
| imperfect2 | baladasse /ba.la.das/ | baladasses /ba.la.das/ | baladât /ba.la.da/ | baladassions /ba.la.da.sjɔ̃/ | baladassiez /ba.la.da.sje/ | baladassent /ba.la.das/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | balade /ba.lad/ | — | baladons /ba.la.dɔ̃/ | baladez /ba.la.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- balocher
- envoyer balader
Related terms
- balade
- baladeur
Further reading
- “balader”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- Abélard, délabra