soudoyer

French

Etymology

From Old French soldoier, from solde.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /su.dwa.je/
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Verb

soudoyer

(transitive) to bribe

Conjugation

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 soudoyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	soudoyer
present participle or gerund¹	simple	soudoyant /su.dwa.jɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		soudoyé /su.dwa.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	soudoie /su.dwa/	soudoies /su.dwa/	soudoie /su.dwa/	soudoyons /su.dwa.jɔ̃/	soudoyez /su.dwa.je/	soudoient /su.dwa/
	imperfect	soudoyais /su.dwa.jɛ/	soudoyais /su.dwa.jɛ/	soudoyait /su.dwa.jɛ/	soudoyions /su.dwaj.jɔ̃/	soudoyiez /su.dwaj.je/	soudoyaient /su.dwa.jɛ/
	past historic²	soudoyai /su.dwa.je/	soudoyas /su.dwa.ja/	soudoya /su.dwa.ja/	soudoyâmes /su.dwa.jam/	soudoyâtes /su.dwa.jat/	soudoyèrent /su.dwa.jɛʁ/
	future	soudoierai /su.dwa.ʁe/	soudoieras /su.dwa.ʁa/	soudoiera /su.dwa.ʁa/	soudoierons /su.dwa.ʁɔ̃/	soudoierez /su.dwa.ʁe/	soudoieront /su.dwa.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	soudoierais /su.dwa.ʁɛ/	soudoierais /su.dwa.ʁɛ/	soudoierait /su.dwa.ʁɛ/	soudoierions /su.dwa.ʁjɔ̃/	soudoieriez /su.dwa.ʁje/	soudoieraient /su.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	soudoie /su.dwa/	soudoies /su.dwa/	soudoie /su.dwa/	soudoyions /su.dwaj.jɔ̃/	soudoyiez /su.dwaj.je/	soudoient /su.dwa/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	soudoyasse /su.dwa.jas/	soudoyasses /su.dwa.jas/	soudoyât /su.dwa.ja/	soudoyassions /su.dwa.ja.sjɔ̃/	soudoyassiez /su.dwa.ja.sje/	soudoyassent /su.dwa.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	soudoie /su.dwa/	—	soudoyons /su.dwa.jɔ̃/	soudoyez /su.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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

soudard