soucier
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French soucyer, from Old French, inherited from Latin sollicitāre. Doublet of solliciter.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
soucier
- (transitive, dated) to worry
- (reflexive) to worry (experience or feel worry)
- De quoi vous souciez-vous ?
- What are you worried about?
- Il se soucie fort peu de conserver ses amis.
- He cares very little about keeping his friends.
- Il ne se soucie de rien.
- He doesn't worry about anything.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of soucier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | soucier | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | souciant /su.sjɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | soucié /su.sje/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | soucie /su.si/ |
soucies /su.si/ |
soucie /su.si/ |
soucions /su.sjɔ̃/ |
souciez /su.sje/ |
soucient /su.si/ |
| imperfect | souciais /su.sjɛ/ |
souciais /su.sjɛ/ |
souciait /su.sjɛ/ |
souciions /su.si.jɔ̃/ |
souciiez /su.si.je/ |
souciaient /su.sjɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | souciai /su.sje/ |
soucias /su.sja/ |
soucia /su.sja/ |
souciâmes /su.sjam/ |
souciâtes /su.sjat/ |
soucièrent /su.sjɛʁ/ | |
| future | soucierai /su.si.ʁe/ |
soucieras /su.si.ʁa/ |
souciera /su.si.ʁa/ |
soucierons /su.si.ʁɔ̃/ |
soucierez /su.si.ʁe/ |
soucieront /su.si.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | soucierais /su.si.ʁɛ/ |
soucierais /su.si.ʁɛ/ |
soucierait /su.si.ʁɛ/ |
soucierions /su.si.ʁjɔ̃/ |
soucieriez /su.si.ʁje/ |
soucieraient /su.si.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 | soucie /su.si/ |
soucies /su.si/ |
soucie /su.si/ |
souciions /su.si.jɔ̃/ |
souciiez /su.si.je/ |
soucient /su.si/ |
| imperfect2 | souciasse /su.sjas/ |
souciasses /su.sjas/ |
souciât /su.sja/ |
souciassions /su.sja.sjɔ̃/ |
souciassiez /su.sja.sje/ |
souciassent /su.sjas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | soucie /su.si/ |
— | soucions /su.sjɔ̃/ |
souciez /su.sje/ |
— | |
| 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
- insouciant
- se soucier comme d’une guigne de
- se soucier comme de l’an quarante de
- se soucier de quelque chose comme des neiges d’antan
- souci
Further reading edit
- “soucier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French edit
Verb edit
soucier
- Alternative form of soucyer