obstruer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin obstruere.

Pronunciation

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Verb

obstruer

  1. to block off, to obstruct

Conjugation

Conjugation of obstruer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple obstruer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple obstruant
/ɔp.stʁy.ɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle obstrué
/ɔp.stʁy.e/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present obstrue
/ɔp.stʁy/ 		obstrues
/ɔp.stʁy/ 		obstrue
/ɔp.stʁy/ 		obstruons
/ɔp.stʁy.ɔ̃/ 		obstruez
/ɔp.stʁy.e/ 		obstruent
/ɔp.stʁy/
imperfect obstruais
/ɔp.stʁy.ɛ/ 		obstruais
/ɔp.stʁy.ɛ/ 		obstruait
/ɔp.stʁy.ɛ/ 		obstruions
/ɔp.stʁy.jɔ̃/ 		obstruiez
/ɔp.stʁy.je/ 		obstruaient
/ɔp.stʁy.ɛ/
past historic2 obstruai
/ɔp.stʁy.e/ 		obstruas
/ɔp.stʁy.a/ 		obstrua
/ɔp.stʁy.a/ 		obstruâmes
/ɔp.stʁy.am/ 		obstruâtes
/ɔp.stʁy.at/ 		obstruèrent
/ɔp.stʁy.ɛʁ/
future obstruerai
/ɔp.stʁy.ʁe/ 		obstrueras
/ɔp.stʁy.ʁa/ 		obstruera
/ɔp.stʁy.ʁa/ 		obstruerons
/ɔp.stʁy.ʁɔ̃/ 		obstruerez
/ɔp.stʁy.ʁe/ 		obstrueront
/ɔp.stʁy.ʁɔ̃/
conditional obstruerais
/ɔp.stʁy.ʁɛ/ 		obstruerais
/ɔp.stʁy.ʁɛ/ 		obstruerait
/ɔp.stʁy.ʁɛ/ 		obstruerions
/ɔp.stʁy.ʁjɔ̃/ 		obstrueriez
/ɔp.stʁy.ʁje/ 		obstrueraient
/ɔp.stʁy.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 obstrue
/ɔp.stʁy/ 		obstrues
/ɔp.stʁy/ 		obstrue
/ɔp.stʁy/ 		obstruions
/ɔp.stʁy.jɔ̃/ 		obstruiez
/ɔp.stʁy.je/ 		obstruent
/ɔp.stʁy/
imperfect2 obstruasse
/ɔp.stʁy.as/ 		obstruasses
/ɔp.stʁy.as/ 		obstruât
/ɔp.stʁy.a/ 		obstruassions
/ɔp.stʁy.a.sjɔ̃/ 		obstruassiez
/ɔp.stʁy.a.sje/ 		obstruassent
/ɔp.stʁy.as/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — obstrue
/ɔp.stʁy/ 		— obstruons
/ɔp.stʁy.ɔ̃/ 		obstruez
/ɔp.stʁy.e/ 		—
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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