-re
Catalan Edit
Etymology Edit
Suffix Edit
-re
- forms Catalan second conjugation verbs
Conjugation Edit
Variations to the Catalan second conjugation may show up.
- Regular conjugation
infinitive | -re | ||||||
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present participle | -ent | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | -ut | -uda | |||||
plural | -uts | -udes | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | -o | -s | - | -em | -eu | -en | |
imperfect | -ia | -ies | -ia | -íem | -íeu | -ien | |
future | -ré | -ràs | -rà | -rem | -reu | -ran | |
preterite | -í | -eres | -é | -érem | -éreu | -eren | |
conditional | -ria | -ries | -ria | -ríem | -ríeu | -rien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | -i | -is | -i | -em | -eu | -in | |
imperfect | -és | -essis | -és | -éssim | -éssiu | -essin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
— | - | -i | -em | -eu | -in |
- Velar conjugation
This does not apply to cerndre.
infinitive | -ndre | ||||||
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present participle | -nent | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | -ngut | -nguda | |||||
plural | -nguts | -ngudes | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | -nc | -ns | -n | -nem | -neu | -nen | |
imperfect | -nia | -nies | -nia | -níem | -níeu | -nien | |
future | -ndré | -ndràs | -ndrà | -ndrem | -ndreu | -ndran | |
preterite | -nguí | -ngueres | -ngué | -nguérem | -nguéreu | -ngueren | |
conditional | -ndria | -ndries | -ndria | -ndríem | -ndríeu | -ndrien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | -ngui | -nguis | -ngui | -nguem | -ngueu | -nguin | |
imperfect | -ngués | -nguessis | -ngués | -nguéssim | -nguéssiu | -nguessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
— | -n | -ngui | -nguem | -neu | -nguin |
infinitive | -ldre | ||||||
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present participle | -lent | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | -lgut | -lguda | |||||
plural | -lguts | -lgudes | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | -lc | -ls | -l | -lem | -leu | -len | |
imperfect | -lia | -lies | -lia | -líem | -líeu | -lien | |
future | -ldré | -ldràs | -ldrà | -ldrem | -ldreu | -ldran | |
preterite | -lguí | -lgueres | -lgué | -lguérem | -lguéreu | -lgueren | |
conditional | -ldria | -ldries | -ldria | -ldríem | -ldríeu | -ldrien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | -lgui | -lguis | -lgui | -lguem | -lgueu | -lguin | |
imperfect | -lgués | -lguessis | -lgués | -lguéssim | -lguéssiu | -lguessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
— | -l | -lgui | -lguem | -leu | -lguin |
- Vowel-stem conjugation
Imperfect ïa:
infinitive | -eure | ||||||
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present participle | -aent | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | -agut | -aguda | |||||
plural | -aguts | -agudes | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | -ec | -eus | -eu | -aem | -aeu | -euen | |
imperfect | -aïa | -aïes | -aïa | -aíem | -aíeu | -aïen | |
future | -auré | -auràs | -aurà | -aurem | -aureu | -auran | |
preterite | -aguí | -agueres | -agué | -aguérem | -aguéreu | -agueren | |
conditional | -auria | -auries | -auria | -auríem | -auríeu | -aurien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | -egui | -eguis | -egui | -aguem | -agueu | -eguin | |
imperfect | -agués | -aguessis | -agués | -aguéssim | -aguéssiu | -aguessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
— | -eu | -egui | -aguem | -aeu | -eguin |
Imperfect via:
infinitive | -eure | ||||||
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present participle | -event | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | -egut | -eguda | |||||
plural | -eguts | -egudes | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | -ec | -eus | -eu | -evem | -eveu | -euen | |
imperfect | -evia | -evies | -evia | -evíem | -evíeu | -evien | |
future | -euré | -euràs | -eurà | -eurem | -eureu | -euran | |
preterite | -eguí | -egueres | -egué | -eguérem | -eguéreu | -egueren | |
conditional | -euria | -euries | -euria | -euríem | -euríeu | -eurien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | -egui | -eguis | -egui | -eguem | -egueu | -eguin | |
imperfect | -egués | -eguessis | -egués | -eguéssim | -eguéssiu | -eguessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
— | -eu | -egui | -eguem | -eveu | -eguin |
- Rhizotonic imperfect
infinitive | -eure | ||||||
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present participle | -eient | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | -egut | -eguda | |||||
plural | -eguts | -egudes | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | -ec | -eus | -eu | -eiem | -eieu | -euen | |
imperfect | -eia | -eies | -eia | -èiem | -èieu | -eien | |
future | -euré | -euràs | -eurà | -eurem | -eureu | -euran | |
preterite | -eguí | -egueres | -egué | -eguérem | -eguéreu | -egueren | |
conditional | -euria | -euries | -euria | -euríem | -euríeu | -eurien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | -egui | -eguis | -egui | -eguem | -egueu | -eguin | |
imperfect | -egués | -eguessis | -egués | -eguéssim | -eguéssiu | -eguessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
— | -eu | -egui | -eguem | -eieu | -eguin |
Finnish Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Etymology Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Suffix Edit
-re
- Forms nouns, mostly from nominal stems.
Usage notes Edit
Attaches to the strong stem, while the alternative form -r attaches to the weak stem.
Derived terms Edit
French Edit
Etymology Edit
Inherited from Latin -ere, third conjugation infinitive of -ō or -iō.
Pronunciation Edit
Suffix Edit
-re
Usage notes Edit
- Technically, -re is not a suffix or even a verb ending proper, as it is always part of a wider pattern in -dre, -ttre, -ire etc., and is only used as such for its practical aspect, as it groups verbs of very different conjugations, and several verbs of the third group do not end in -re.
Conjugation Edit
infinitive | simple | -re | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | -ant /ɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | -u /y/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | -s // |
-s // |
- // |
-ons /ɔ̃/ |
-ez /e/ |
-ent /ə/ |
imperfect | -ais /ɛ/ |
-ais /ɛ/ |
-ait /ɛ/ |
-ions /jɔ̃/ |
-iez /je/ |
-aient /ɛ/ | |
past historic2 | -is /i/ |
-is /i/ |
-it /i/ |
-îmes /im/ |
-îtes /it/ |
-irent /iʁ/ | |
future | -rai /ʁe/ |
-ras /ʁa/ |
-ra /ʁa/ |
-rons /ʁɔ̃/ |
-rez /ʁe/ |
-ront /ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | -rais /ʁɛ/ |
-rais /ʁɛ/ |
-rait /ʁɛ/ |
-rions /ʁjɔ̃/ |
-riez /ʁje/ |
-raient /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 | -e /ə/ |
-es /ə/ |
-e /ə/ |
-ions /jɔ̃/ |
-iez /je/ |
-ent /ə/ |
imperfect2 | -isse /is/ |
-isses /is/ |
-ît /i/ |
-issions /i.sjɔ̃/ |
-issiez /i.sje/ |
-issent /is/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | -s // |
— | -ons /ɔ̃/ |
-ez /e/ |
— | |
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). |
- The table above shows the conjugation of verbs ending in -dre (e.g. rendre, vendre, ardre).
- In most verbs ending in -ttre, -tt regularly degeminates to -t before suffixes -s and -∅ (battre — bats, bat, not *batts, *batt).
- In most verbs ending in -ire, -is- are added between verb stem and verb ending starting in vowels (conduire — conduisais, but conduis), and past participle ends in -t, not *-isu.
- There are many exceptions on -re verbs, the most irregular -re verb is the auxiliary verb être. See more at Appendix:French irregular verbs.
Hungarian Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Suffix Edit
-re
Usage notes Edit
Case | Back vowel a, á, o, ó, u, ú |
Front vowel | |
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unrounded e, é, i, í |
rounded ö, ő, ü, ű | ||
nominative | — | ||
accusative | -t | ||
-ot / -at | -et | -öt | |
dative | -nak | -nek | |
instrumental | -val | -vel | |
causal-final | -ért | ||
translative | -vá | -vé | |
terminative | -ig | ||
essive-formal | -ként | ||
essive-modal | -ul | -ül | |
inessive | -ban | -ben | |
superessive | -n | ||
-on | -en | -ön | |
adessive | -nál | -nél | |
illative | -ba | -be | |
sublative | -ra | -re | |
allative | -hoz | -hez | -höz |
elative | -ból | -ből | |
delative | -ról | -ről | |
ablative | -tól | -től | |
Note for all endings: Stem-final -a/-e changes to -á-/-é-, respectively, except -ként. alma — almában, but almaként zene ― zenében, but zeneként |
- (case suffix) Harmonic variants:
See also Edit
Middle English Edit
Noun Edit
-re
- Alternative form of -erie
Old English Edit
Etymology Edit
From Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz, from Latin -ārius.
Pronunciation Edit
Suffix Edit
-re
- (Late West Saxon) masculine agent suffix, originally applied only to nouns
Declension Edit
Derived terms Edit
Descendants Edit
- English: -er
Romanian Edit
Etymology Edit
From the Latin infinitive endings (-are, -ere, -ire). Used in Romanian with a verb to form the "long infinitive", which is a verbal noun. See also the short infinitive forms of Romanian verbs, -a, -ea, -e, and -i.
Pronunciation Edit
Suffix Edit
-re f (plural -ri)
- Attached to the ends of verb infinitives to form nouns, meaning "the action or result of"; -ing, -ation
- traduce (“to translate”) + -re → traducere - translating, translation (the action or result of translation)
- conjuga (“to conjugate”) + -re → conjugare - conjugating, conjugation (the action or result of conjugation)
- vorbi (“to speak”) + -re → vorbire - speech, speaking (the action or result of speech)
- avea (“to have”) + -re → avere - wealth, riches (the result of having)
Usage notes Edit
Most verb infinitives simply add -re, but second conjugation verbs (those ending in -ea) drop the a before adding the suffix. Verbs in -î change to â in accordance with normal orthographic rules.
- Type 1
- cânta becomes cântare
- lucra becomes lucrare
- Type 2
- plăcea becomes plăcere
- vedea becomes vedere
- Type 3
- cere becomes cerere
- naște becomes naștere
- Type 4
- vorbi becomes vorbire
- urî becomes urâre
Declension Edit
Swedish Edit
Etymology Edit
From Old Norse -ri, from Proto-Germanic *-izô.
Suffix Edit
-re
- Forms the comparative degree of a few adjectives, most of which change their stem vowel (umlaut) when this happens.