douloir
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French doloir, from Latin dolēre.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
douloir
- (obsolete, reflexive) to suffer
- Et je me deux d’être tout seul
- And I suffer for I'm alone
- (Guillaume Apollinaire)
- Quand je me deux
- When I suffer
- (Valérie Rouzeau)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of se douloir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | se douloir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | se doulant /sə du.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | doulu /du.ly/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me deux /mə dø/ |
te deux /tə dø/ |
se deut /sə dø/ |
nous doulons /nu du.lɔ̃/ |
vous doulez /vu du.le/ |
se deulent /sə dœl/ |
| imperfect | me doulais /mə du.lɛ/ |
te doulais /tə du.lɛ/ |
se doulait /sə du.lɛ/ |
nous doulions /nu du.ljɔ̃/ |
vous douliez /vu du.lje/ |
se doulaient /sə du.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | me doulus /mə du.ly/ |
te doulus /tə du.ly/ |
se doulut /sə du.ly/ |
nous doulûmes /nu du.lym/ |
vous doulûtes /vu du.lyt/ |
se doulurent /sə du.lyʁ/ | |
| future | me doudrai /mə du.dʁe/ |
te doudras /tə du.dʁa/ |
se doudra /sə du.dʁa/ |
nous doudrons /nu du.dʁɔ̃/ |
vous doudrez /vu du.dʁe/ |
se doudront /sə du.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | me doudrais /mə du.dʁɛ/ |
te doudrais /tə du.dʁɛ/ |
se doudrait /sə du.dʁɛ/ |
nous doudrions /nu du.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
vous doudriez /vu du.dʁi.je/ |
se doudraient /sə du.dʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me deuille /mə dœj/ |
te deuilles /tə dœj/ |
se deuille /sə dœj/ |
nous doulions /nu du.ljɔ̃/ |
vous douliez /vu du.lje/ |
se deuillent /sə dœj/ |
| imperfect2 | me doulusse /mə du.lys/ |
te doulusses /tə du.lys/ |
se doulût /sə du.ly/ |
nous doulussions /nu du.ly.sjɔ̃/ |
vous doulussiez /vu du.ly.sje/ |
se doulussent /sə du.lys/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | deux-toi /dø.twa/ |
— | doulons-nous /du.lɔ̃.nu/ |
doulez-vous /du.le.vu/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + 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 edit
Further reading edit
- “douloir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French edit
Verb edit
douloir
- alternative infinitive of doloir
Conjugation edit
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a distinct stressed present stem, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of douloir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | douloir | avoir doulu | |||||
| gerund | en doulant, douillant, dueillant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | doulant, douillant, dueillant | ||||||
| past participle | doulu | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | douil, dueil, duel | dueus | dueut | doulons | doulez | duelent |
| imperfect | douloie, douleie | douloies, douleies | douloit, douleit | douliiens, douliens | douliiez, douliez | douloient, douleient | |
| preterite | doului | doulus | doulu | doulumes | doulustes | doulurent | |
| future | doudrai | doudras | doudra | doudrons | doudroiz, doudreiz, doudrez | doudront | |
| conditional | doudroie, doudreie | doudroies, doudreies | doudroit, doudreit | doudriiens, doudriens | doudriiez, doudriez | doudroient, doudreient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | dueille | dueilles | dueille | douilliens, douillons, dueillons | douilliez, dueilliez | dueillent |
| imperfect | doulusse | doulusses | doulust | doulussons, doulussiens | doulussoiz, doulussez, doulussiez | doulussent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | duel | — | doulons | doulez | — | ||