mendier

French

Etymology

From Latin mendīcāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɑ̃.dje/
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Verb

mendier

  1. to beg (plead for money or goods)
    Synonym: faire la manche

Conjugation

Conjugation of mendier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple mendier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple mendiant
/mɑ̃.djɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle mendié
/mɑ̃.dje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present mendie
/mɑ̃.di/ 		mendies
/mɑ̃.di/ 		mendie
/mɑ̃.di/ 		mendions
/mɑ̃.djɔ̃/ 		mendiez
/mɑ̃.dje/ 		mendient
/mɑ̃.di/
imperfect mendiais
/mɑ̃.djɛ/ 		mendiais
/mɑ̃.djɛ/ 		mendiait
/mɑ̃.djɛ/ 		mendiions
/mɑ̃.di.jɔ̃/ 		mendiiez
/mɑ̃.di.je/ 		mendiaient
/mɑ̃.djɛ/
past historic2 mendiai
/mɑ̃.dje/ 		mendias
/mɑ̃.dja/ 		mendia
/mɑ̃.dja/ 		mendiâmes
/mɑ̃.djam/ 		mendiâtes
/mɑ̃.djat/ 		mendièrent
/mɑ̃.djɛʁ/
future mendierai
/mɑ̃.di.ʁe/ 		mendieras
/mɑ̃.di.ʁa/ 		mendiera
/mɑ̃.di.ʁa/ 		mendierons
/mɑ̃.di.ʁɔ̃/ 		mendierez
/mɑ̃.di.ʁe/ 		mendieront
/mɑ̃.di.ʁɔ̃/
conditional mendierais
/mɑ̃.di.ʁɛ/ 		mendierais
/mɑ̃.di.ʁɛ/ 		mendierait
/mɑ̃.di.ʁɛ/ 		mendierions
/mɑ̃.di.ʁjɔ̃/ 		mendieriez
/mɑ̃.di.ʁje/ 		mendieraient
/mɑ̃.di.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 mendie
/mɑ̃.di/ 		mendies
/mɑ̃.di/ 		mendie
/mɑ̃.di/ 		mendiions
/mɑ̃.di.jɔ̃/ 		mendiiez
/mɑ̃.di.je/ 		mendient
/mɑ̃.di/
imperfect2 mendiasse
/mɑ̃.djas/ 		mendiasses
/mɑ̃.djas/ 		mendiât
/mɑ̃.dja/ 		mendiassions
/mɑ̃.dja.sjɔ̃/ 		mendiassiez
/mɑ̃.dja.sje/ 		mendiassent
/mɑ̃.djas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — mendie
/mɑ̃.di/ 		— mendions
/mɑ̃.djɔ̃/ 		mendiez
/mɑ̃.dje/ 		—
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:
past historic → present perfect
past anterior → pluperfect
imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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