soupirer
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French souspirer, from Old French souspirer, from Latin suspīrāre, from sub- + spīrō.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
soupirer
- to sigh
- (figuratively) to yearn, to long for
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of soupirer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | soupirer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | soupirant /su.pi.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | soupiré /su.pi.ʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | soupire /su.piʁ/ |
soupires /su.piʁ/ |
soupire /su.piʁ/ |
soupirons /su.pi.ʁɔ̃/ |
soupirez /su.pi.ʁe/ |
soupirent /su.piʁ/ |
| imperfect | soupirais /su.pi.ʁɛ/ |
soupirais /su.pi.ʁɛ/ |
soupirait /su.pi.ʁɛ/ |
soupirions /su.pi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
soupiriez /su.pi.ʁje/ |
soupiraient /su.pi.ʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | soupirai /su.pi.ʁe/ |
soupiras /su.pi.ʁa/ |
soupira /su.pi.ʁa/ |
soupirâmes /su.pi.ʁam/ |
soupirâtes /su.pi.ʁat/ |
soupirèrent /su.pi.ʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | soupirerai /su.pi.ʁə.ʁe/ |
soupireras /su.pi.ʁə.ʁa/ |
soupirera /su.pi.ʁə.ʁa/ |
soupirerons /su.pi.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
soupirerez /su.pi.ʁə.ʁe/ |
soupireront /su.pi.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | soupirerais /su.pi.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
soupirerais /su.pi.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
soupirerait /su.pi.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
soupirerions /su.pi.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
soupireriez /su.pi.ʁə.ʁje/ |
soupireraient /su.pi.ʁə.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 | soupire /su.piʁ/ |
soupires /su.piʁ/ |
soupire /su.piʁ/ |
soupirions /su.pi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
soupiriez /su.pi.ʁje/ |
soupirent /su.piʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | soupirasse /su.pi.ʁas/ |
soupirasses /su.pi.ʁas/ |
soupirât /su.pi.ʁa/ |
soupirassions /su.pi.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
soupirassiez /su.pi.ʁa.sje/ |
soupirassent /su.pi.ʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | soupire /su.piʁ/ |
— | soupirons /su.pi.ʁɔ̃/ |
soupirez /su.pi.ʁe/ |
— | |
| 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
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “soupirer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.