emparer
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Occitan emparar, from Vulgar Latin *imparāre (the native form would be *emperer). Compare Italian imparare (“to learn”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
emparer
- (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with de) to seize, get hold of
- (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with de) to take over
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of s'emparer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | s'emparer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | s’emparant /sɑ̃.pa.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | emparé /ɑ̃.pa.ʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | m’empare /mɑ̃.paʁ/ |
t’empares /tɑ̃.paʁ/ |
s’empare /sɑ̃.paʁ/ |
nous emparons /nu.z‿ɑ̃.pa.ʁɔ̃/ |
vous emparez /vu.z‿ɑ̃.pa.ʁe/ |
s’emparent /sɑ̃.paʁ/ |
| imperfect | m’emparais /mɑ̃.pa.ʁɛ/ |
t’emparais /tɑ̃.pa.ʁɛ/ |
s’emparait /sɑ̃.pa.ʁɛ/ |
nous emparions /nu.z‿ɑ̃.pa.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous empariez /vu.z‿ɑ̃.pa.ʁje/ |
s’emparaient /sɑ̃.pa.ʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | m’emparai /mɑ̃.pa.ʁe/ |
t’emparas /tɑ̃.pa.ʁa/ |
s’empara /sɑ̃.pa.ʁa/ |
nous emparâmes /nu.z‿ɑ̃.pa.ʁam/ |
vous emparâtes /vu.z‿ɑ̃.pa.ʁat/ |
s’emparèrent /sɑ̃.pa.ʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | m’emparerai /mɑ̃.pa.ʁə.ʁe/ |
t’empareras /tɑ̃.pa.ʁə.ʁa/ |
s’emparera /sɑ̃.pa.ʁə.ʁa/ |
nous emparerons /nu.z‿ɑ̃.pa.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
vous emparerez /vu.z‿ɑ̃.pa.ʁə.ʁe/ |
s’empareront /sɑ̃.pa.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | m’emparerais /mɑ̃.pa.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
t’emparerais /tɑ̃.pa.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
s’emparerait /sɑ̃.pa.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
nous emparerions /nu.z‿ɑ̃.pa.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous empareriez /vu.z‿ɑ̃.pa.ʁə.ʁje/ |
s’empareraient /sɑ̃.pa.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | m’empare /mɑ̃.paʁ/ |
t’empares /tɑ̃.paʁ/ |
s’empare /sɑ̃.paʁ/ |
nous emparions /nu.z‿ɑ̃.pa.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous empariez /vu.z‿ɑ̃.pa.ʁje/ |
s’emparent /sɑ̃.paʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | m’emparasse /mɑ̃.pa.ʁas/ |
t’emparasses /tɑ̃.pa.ʁas/ |
s’emparât /sɑ̃.pa.ʁa/ |
nous emparassions /nu.z‿ɑ̃.pa.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
vous emparassiez /vu.z‿ɑ̃.pa.ʁa.sje/ |
s’emparassent /sɑ̃.pa.ʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | empare-toi /ɑ̃.paʁ.twa/ |
— | emparons-nous /ɑ̃.pa.ʁɔ̃.nu/ |
emparez-vous /ɑ̃.pa.ʁe.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). | |||||||
Further reading edit
- “emparer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.