persécuter
See also: persecuter
French
Etymology
Back-formation from persécuteur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛʁ.se.ky.te/
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Verb
persécuter
Conjugation
Conjugation of persécuter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | persécuter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | persécutant /pɛʁ.se.ky.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | persécuté /pɛʁ.se.ky.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | persécute /pɛʁ.se.kyt/ |
persécutes /pɛʁ.se.kyt/ |
persécute /pɛʁ.se.kyt/ |
persécutons /pɛʁ.se.ky.tɔ̃/ |
persécutez /pɛʁ.se.ky.te/ |
persécutent /pɛʁ.se.kyt/ |
| imperfect | persécutais /pɛʁ.se.ky.tɛ/ |
persécutais /pɛʁ.se.ky.tɛ/ |
persécutait /pɛʁ.se.ky.tɛ/ |
persécutions /pɛʁ.se.ky.tjɔ̃/ |
persécutiez /pɛʁ.se.ky.tje/ |
persécutaient /pɛʁ.se.ky.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | persécutai /pɛʁ.se.ky.te/ |
persécutas /pɛʁ.se.ky.ta/ |
persécuta /pɛʁ.se.ky.ta/ |
persécutâmes /pɛʁ.se.ky.tam/ |
persécutâtes /pɛʁ.se.ky.tat/ |
persécutèrent /pɛʁ.se.ky.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | persécuterai /pɛʁ.se.ky.tʁe/ |
persécuteras /pɛʁ.se.ky.tʁa/ |
persécutera /pɛʁ.se.ky.tʁa/ |
persécuterons /pɛʁ.se.ky.tʁɔ̃/ |
persécuterez /pɛʁ.se.ky.tʁe/ |
persécuteront /pɛʁ.se.ky.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | persécuterais /pɛʁ.se.ky.tʁɛ/ |
persécuterais /pɛʁ.se.ky.tʁɛ/ |
persécuterait /pɛʁ.se.ky.tʁɛ/ |
persécuterions /pɛʁ.se.ky.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
persécuteriez /pɛʁ.se.ky.tə.ʁje/ |
persécuteraient /pɛʁ.se.ky.tʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | persécute /pɛʁ.se.kyt/ |
persécutes /pɛʁ.se.kyt/ |
persécute /pɛʁ.se.kyt/ |
persécutions /pɛʁ.se.ky.tjɔ̃/ |
persécutiez /pɛʁ.se.ky.tje/ |
persécutent /pɛʁ.se.kyt/ |
| imperfect2 | persécutasse /pɛʁ.se.ky.tas/ |
persécutasses /pɛʁ.se.ky.tas/ |
persécutât /pɛʁ.se.ky.ta/ |
persécutassions /pɛʁ.se.ky.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
persécutassiez /pɛʁ.se.ky.ta.sje/ |
persécutassent /pɛʁ.se.ky.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | persécute /pɛʁ.se.kyt/ |
— | persécutons /pɛʁ.se.ky.tɔ̃/ |
persécutez /pɛʁ.se.ky.te/ |
— | |
| 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
Related terms
Descendants
- English: persecute
Further reading
- “persécuter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.