repentir
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French repentir, from Vulgar Latin *repaenitīre, from Late Latin paenitīre, from Classical Latin paenitēre. Compare English repent.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
repentir m (plural repentirs)
Verb edit
repentir
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to repent
Conjugation edit
This is one of a fairly large group of irregular -ir verbs that are all conjugated the same way. Other members of this group include sortir and dormir. The most significant difference between these verbs' conjugation and that of the regular -ir verbs is that these verbs' conjugation does not use the infix -iss-. Further, this conjugation has the forms (je, tu) repens and (il) repent in the present indicative and imperative, whereas a regular -ir verb would have *repentis and *repentit (as in the past historic).
Conjugation of se repentir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | se repentir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | se repentant /sə ʁə.pɑ̃.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | repenti /ʁə.pɑ̃.ti/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me repens /mə ʁə.pɑ̃/ |
te repens /tə ʁə.pɑ̃/ |
se repent /sə ʁə.pɑ̃/ |
nous repentons /nu ʁə.pɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
vous repentez /vu ʁə.pɑ̃.te/ |
se repentent /sə ʁə.pɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect | me repentais /mə ʁə.pɑ̃.tɛ/ |
te repentais /tə ʁə.pɑ̃.tɛ/ |
se repentait /sə ʁə.pɑ̃.tɛ/ |
nous repentions /nu ʁə.pɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
vous repentiez /vu ʁə.pɑ̃.tje/ |
se repentaient /sə ʁə.pɑ̃.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | me repentis /mə ʁə.pɑ̃.ti/ |
te repentis /tə ʁə.pɑ̃.ti/ |
se repentit /sə ʁə.pɑ̃.ti/ |
nous repentîmes /nu ʁə.pɑ̃.tim/ |
vous repentîtes /vu ʁə.pɑ̃.tit/ |
se repentirent /sə ʁə.pɑ̃.tiʁ/ | |
| future | me repentirai /mə ʁə.pɑ̃.ti.ʁe/ |
te repentiras /tə ʁə.pɑ̃.ti.ʁa/ |
se repentira /sə ʁə.pɑ̃.ti.ʁa/ |
nous repentirons /nu ʁə.pɑ̃.ti.ʁɔ̃/ |
vous repentirez /vu ʁə.pɑ̃.ti.ʁe/ |
se repentiront /sə ʁə.pɑ̃.ti.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | me repentirais /mə ʁə.pɑ̃.ti.ʁɛ/ |
te repentirais /tə ʁə.pɑ̃.ti.ʁɛ/ |
se repentirait /sə ʁə.pɑ̃.ti.ʁɛ/ |
nous repentirions /nu ʁə.pɑ̃.ti.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous repentiriez /vu ʁə.pɑ̃.ti.ʁje/ |
se repentiraient /sə ʁə.pɑ̃.ti.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 | me repente /mə ʁə.pɑ̃t/ |
te repentes /tə ʁə.pɑ̃t/ |
se repente /sə ʁə.pɑ̃t/ |
nous repentions /nu ʁə.pɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
vous repentiez /vu ʁə.pɑ̃.tje/ |
se repentent /sə ʁə.pɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect2 | me repentisse /mə ʁə.pɑ̃.tis/ |
te repentisses /tə ʁə.pɑ̃.tis/ |
se repentît /sə ʁə.pɑ̃.ti/ |
nous repentissions /nu ʁə.pɑ̃.ti.sjɔ̃/ |
vous repentissiez /vu ʁə.pɑ̃.ti.sje/ |
se repentissent /sə ʁə.pɑ̃.tis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | repens-toi /ʁə.pɑ̃.twa/ |
— | repentons-nous /ʁə.pɑ̃.tɔ̃.nu/ |
repentez-vous /ʁə.pɑ̃.te.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). | |||||||
- In the passé composé the past participle should agree with the subject in gender and number: "Et je lui ai donné du temps, afin qu'elle se repentît de sa prostitution; mais elle ne s'est point repentie." (Revelation 2:21, Martin translation)
Further reading edit
- “repentir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French repentir.
Verb edit
repentir
- to repent
Descendants edit
- French: repentir
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *repaenitīre, from Late Latin paenitīre, from Classical Latin paenitēre.
Verb edit
repentir
Conjugation edit
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of repentir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | repentir | avoir repenti | |||||
| gerund | en repentant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | repentant | ||||||
| past participle | repenti | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | repent | repenz | repent | repentons | repentez | repentent |
| imperfect | repentoie, repenteie | repentoies, repenteies | repentoit, repenteit | repentiiens, repentiens | repentiiez, repentiez | repentoient, repenteient | |
| preterite | repenti | repentis | repenti | repentimes | repentistes | repentirent | |
| future | repentirai | repentiras | repentira | repentirons | repentiroiz, repentireiz, repentirez | repentiront | |
| conditional | repentiroie, repentireie | repentiroies, repentireies | repentiroit, repentireit | repentiriiens, repentiriens | repentiriiez, repentiriez | repentiroient, repentireient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | repente | repentes | repente | repentons | repentez | repentent |
| imperfect | repentisse | repentisses | repentist | repentissons, repentissiens | repentissoiz, repentissez, repentissiez | repentissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | repent | — | repentons | repentez | — | ||
Descendants edit
- Middle French: repentir
- French: repentir
- Norman: r'penti
- Walloon: ripinti
- → Middle English: repenten
- English: repent
References edit
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “pœnĭtēre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 9: Placabilis–Pyxis, page 120