ondoyer
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French ondoiier, from Vulgar Latin *undidiāre, from Latin unda (“wave”). By surface analysis, onde + -oyer. Compare Italian ondeggiare, Spanish ondear.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
ondoyer
Conjugation edit
This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like noyer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the 'y' with an 'i' before a silent 'e'.
Conjugation of ondoyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | ondoyer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | ondoyant /ɔ̃.dwa.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | ondoyé /ɔ̃.dwa.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | ondoie /ɔ̃.dwa/ |
ondoies /ɔ̃.dwa/ |
ondoie /ɔ̃.dwa/ |
ondoyons /ɔ̃.dwa.jɔ̃/ |
ondoyez /ɔ̃.dwa.je/ |
ondoient /ɔ̃.dwa/ |
| imperfect | ondoyais /ɔ̃.dwa.jɛ/ |
ondoyais /ɔ̃.dwa.jɛ/ |
ondoyait /ɔ̃.dwa.jɛ/ |
ondoyions /ɔ̃.dwaj.jɔ̃/ |
ondoyiez /ɔ̃.dwaj.je/ |
ondoyaient /ɔ̃.dwa.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | ondoyai /ɔ̃.dwa.je/ |
ondoyas /ɔ̃.dwa.ja/ |
ondoya /ɔ̃.dwa.ja/ |
ondoyâmes /ɔ̃.dwa.jam/ |
ondoyâtes /ɔ̃.dwa.jat/ |
ondoyèrent /ɔ̃.dwa.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | ondoierai /ɔ̃.dwa.ʁe/ |
ondoieras /ɔ̃.dwa.ʁa/ |
ondoiera /ɔ̃.dwa.ʁa/ |
ondoierons /ɔ̃.dwa.ʁɔ̃/ |
ondoierez /ɔ̃.dwa.ʁe/ |
ondoieront /ɔ̃.dwa.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | ondoierais /ɔ̃.dwa.ʁɛ/ |
ondoierais /ɔ̃.dwa.ʁɛ/ |
ondoierait /ɔ̃.dwa.ʁɛ/ |
ondoierions /ɔ̃.dwa.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ondoieriez /ɔ̃.dwa.ʁje/ |
ondoieraient /ɔ̃.dwa.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 | ondoie /ɔ̃.dwa/ |
ondoies /ɔ̃.dwa/ |
ondoie /ɔ̃.dwa/ |
ondoyions /ɔ̃.dwaj.jɔ̃/ |
ondoyiez /ɔ̃.dwaj.je/ |
ondoient /ɔ̃.dwa/ |
| imperfect2 | ondoyasse /ɔ̃.dwa.jas/ |
ondoyasses /ɔ̃.dwa.jas/ |
ondoyât /ɔ̃.dwa.ja/ |
ondoyassions /ɔ̃.dwa.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
ondoyassiez /ɔ̃.dwa.ja.sje/ |
ondoyassent /ɔ̃.dwa.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | ondoie /ɔ̃.dwa/ |
— | ondoyons /ɔ̃.dwa.jɔ̃/ |
ondoyez /ɔ̃.dwa.je/ |
— | |
| 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
Further reading edit
- “ondoyer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.