préoccuper
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin praeoccupāre.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
préoccuper
- to concern, preoccupy
- (reflexive with "en" pronoun) to be concerned, preoccupied
- (reflexive with "en" pronoun) to care
- Ma maman est la seule qui s’en préoccupe.
- My mom is the only one who cares.
- (reflexive with "en" pronoun, chiefly in the negative) to mind, to be bothered
- Vous empochez les pilules de l’homme endormi. L’homme ne s’en préoccupe pas. De toute façon, vous en avez probablement plus besoin que lui.
- You pocket the sleeping man's pills. The man doesn't mind. In any case, you probably need them more than he does.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of préoccuper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | préoccuper | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | préoccupant /pʁe.ɔ.ky.pɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | préoccupé /pʁe.ɔ.ky.pe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | préoccupe /pʁe.ɔ.kyp/ |
préoccupes /pʁe.ɔ.kyp/ |
préoccupe /pʁe.ɔ.kyp/ |
préoccupons /pʁe.ɔ.ky.pɔ̃/ |
préoccupez /pʁe.ɔ.ky.pe/ |
préoccupent /pʁe.ɔ.kyp/ |
| imperfect | préoccupais /pʁe.ɔ.ky.pɛ/ |
préoccupais /pʁe.ɔ.ky.pɛ/ |
préoccupait /pʁe.ɔ.ky.pɛ/ |
préoccupions /pʁe.ɔ.ky.pjɔ̃/ |
préoccupiez /pʁe.ɔ.ky.pje/ |
préoccupaient /pʁe.ɔ.ky.pɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | préoccupai /pʁe.ɔ.ky.pe/ |
préoccupas /pʁe.ɔ.ky.pa/ |
préoccupa /pʁe.ɔ.ky.pa/ |
préoccupâmes /pʁe.ɔ.ky.pam/ |
préoccupâtes /pʁe.ɔ.ky.pat/ |
préoccupèrent /pʁe.ɔ.ky.pɛʁ/ | |
| future | préoccuperai /pʁe.ɔ.ky.pʁe/ |
préoccuperas /pʁe.ɔ.ky.pʁa/ |
préoccupera /pʁe.ɔ.ky.pʁa/ |
préoccuperons /pʁe.ɔ.ky.pʁɔ̃/ |
préoccuperez /pʁe.ɔ.ky.pʁe/ |
préoccuperont /pʁe.ɔ.ky.pʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | préoccuperais /pʁe.ɔ.ky.pʁɛ/ |
préoccuperais /pʁe.ɔ.ky.pʁɛ/ |
préoccuperait /pʁe.ɔ.ky.pʁɛ/ |
préoccuperions /pʁe.ɔ.ky.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
préoccuperiez /pʁe.ɔ.ky.pə.ʁje/ |
préoccuperaient /pʁe.ɔ.ky.pʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | préoccupe /pʁe.ɔ.kyp/ |
préoccupes /pʁe.ɔ.kyp/ |
préoccupe /pʁe.ɔ.kyp/ |
préoccupions /pʁe.ɔ.ky.pjɔ̃/ |
préoccupiez /pʁe.ɔ.ky.pje/ |
préoccupent /pʁe.ɔ.kyp/ |
| imperfect2 | préoccupasse /pʁe.ɔ.ky.pas/ |
préoccupasses /pʁe.ɔ.ky.pas/ |
préoccupât /pʁe.ɔ.ky.pa/ |
préoccupassions /pʁe.ɔ.ky.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
préoccupassiez /pʁe.ɔ.ky.pa.sje/ |
préoccupassent /pʁe.ɔ.ky.pas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | préoccupe /pʁe.ɔ.kyp/ |
— | préoccupons /pʁe.ɔ.ky.pɔ̃/ |
préoccupez /pʁe.ɔ.ky.pe/ |
— | |
| 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 edit
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Further reading edit
- “préoccuper”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.