cauchemarder
French
Etymology
From cauchemar.
Pronunciation
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Verb
cauchemarder
- to have a nightmare
Conjugation
Conjugation of cauchemarder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | cauchemarder | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | cauchemardant /koʃ.maʁ.dɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | cauchemardé /koʃ.maʁ.de/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | cauchemarde /koʃ.maʁd/ | cauchemardes /koʃ.maʁd/ | cauchemarde /koʃ.maʁd/ | cauchemardons /koʃ.maʁ.dɔ̃/ | cauchemardez /koʃ.maʁ.de/ | cauchemardent /koʃ.maʁd/ |
imperfect | cauchemardais /koʃ.maʁ.dɛ/ | cauchemardais /koʃ.maʁ.dɛ/ | cauchemardait /koʃ.maʁ.dɛ/ | cauchemardions /koʃ.maʁ.djɔ̃/ | cauchemardiez /koʃ.maʁ.dje/ | cauchemardaient /koʃ.maʁ.dɛ/ | |
past historic2 | cauchemardai /koʃ.maʁ.de/ | cauchemardas /koʃ.maʁ.da/ | cauchemarda /koʃ.maʁ.da/ | cauchemardâmes /koʃ.maʁ.dam/ | cauchemardâtes /koʃ.maʁ.dat/ | cauchemardèrent /koʃ.maʁ.dɛʁ/ | |
future | cauchemarderai /koʃ.maʁ.də.ʁe/ | cauchemarderas /koʃ.maʁ.də.ʁa/ | cauchemardera /koʃ.maʁ.də.ʁa/ | cauchemarderons /koʃ.maʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/ | cauchemarderez /koʃ.maʁ.də.ʁe/ | cauchemarderont /koʃ.maʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | cauchemarderais /koʃ.maʁ.də.ʁɛ/ | cauchemarderais /koʃ.maʁ.də.ʁɛ/ | cauchemarderait /koʃ.maʁ.də.ʁɛ/ | cauchemarderions /koʃ.maʁ.də.ʁjɔ̃/ | cauchemarderiez /koʃ.maʁ.də.ʁje/ | cauchemarderaient /koʃ.maʁ.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 | cauchemarde /koʃ.maʁd/ | cauchemardes /koʃ.maʁd/ | cauchemarde /koʃ.maʁd/ | cauchemardions /koʃ.maʁ.djɔ̃/ | cauchemardiez /koʃ.maʁ.dje/ | cauchemardent /koʃ.maʁd/ |
imperfect2 | cauchemardasse /koʃ.maʁ.das/ | cauchemardasses /koʃ.maʁ.das/ | cauchemardât /koʃ.maʁ.da/ | cauchemardassions /koʃ.maʁ.da.sjɔ̃/ | cauchemardassiez /koʃ.maʁ.da.sje/ | cauchemardassent /koʃ.maʁ.das/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | cauchemarde /koʃ.maʁd/ | — | cauchemardons /koʃ.maʁ.dɔ̃/ | cauchemardez /koʃ.maʁ.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
- cauchemardant
- cauchemardement
- cauchemardesque
Further reading
- “cauchemarder”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.