vivre
BourguignonEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old French vouivre, Latin vipera.
NounEdit
vivre m (plural vivres)
- a mythical creature similar to a wyvern living in different parts of Burgundy (especially in Tonnerre)
- any type of snake
Alternative formsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Old French vivre, from Latin vivere, present active infinitive of vivo.
VerbEdit
vivre
- to live
- El aivoot vicu queiques tamps ài Dijon.
- He had lived few times in Dijon.
ConjugationEdit
infinitive | vivre | |||||||
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gerund | vivant | |||||||
auxiliary | aivoi | |||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | ||||||
singular | vicu | vicue | ||||||
plural | vicus | vicues | ||||||
singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
indicative | je (j') / i* | tu (t') | ai (el), ale | je (j') / i* | vos | ai (el), ales | ||
present | vis | vis | vit | vivons | vivez | vivant | ||
imperfect | vivoos | vivoos | vivoot | viveins | viveins | viveint | ||
preterite | vicquis | vicquis | vicquit | vicquirens | vicquirens | vicquirent | ||
future | vivré | vivrés | vivré | vivrons | vivrez | vivront | ||
conditional | vivroos | vivroos | vivroot | vivreins | vivreins | vivreint | ||
subjunctive | que je (j') / qu'i* | que tu (t') | qu'ai (el), qu'ale | que je (j') / qu'i* | que vos | qu'ai (el), qu'ales | ||
present | vive | vives | vive | viveins | viveins | viveint | ||
imperfect | vicquisse | vicquisses | vicquisse | vicquisseins | vicquisseins | vicquisseint | ||
imperative | — | tu | — | je (j') / i* | vos | — | ||
present | vis | vivons | vivez | |||||
* je is found in Central and Eastern Burgundy, i is found in the Morvan and partially throughout the whole region |
Related termsEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle French vivre, from Old French vivre, from Latin vīvere, present active infinitive of vīvō, from Proto-Italic *gʷīwō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti (“to live, be alive”).
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
vivre
- to live
- to experience
ConjugationEdit
infinitive | simple | vivre | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | vivant /vi.vɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | vécu /ve.ky/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | vis /vi/ |
vis /vi/ |
vit /vi/ |
vivons /vi.vɔ̃/ |
vivez /vi.ve/ |
vivent /viv/ |
imperfect | vivais /vi.vɛ/ |
vivais /vi.vɛ/ |
vivait /vi.vɛ/ |
vivions /vi.vjɔ̃/ |
viviez /vi.vje/ |
vivaient /vi.vɛ/ | |
past historic2 | vécus /ve.ky/ |
vécus /ve.ky/ |
vécut /ve.ky/ |
vécûmes /ve.kym/ |
vécûtes /ve.kyt/ |
vécurent /ve.kyʁ/ | |
future | vivrai /vi.vʁe/ |
vivras /vi.vʁa/ |
vivra /vi.vʁa/ |
vivrons /vi.vʁɔ̃/ |
vivrez /vi.vʁe/ |
vivront /vi.vʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | vivrais /vi.vʁɛ/ |
vivrais /vi.vʁɛ/ |
vivrait /vi.vʁɛ/ |
vivrions /vi.vʁi.jɔ̃/ |
vivriez /vi.vʁi.je/ |
vivraient /vi.vʁɛ/ | |
(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 | vive /viv/ |
vives /viv/ |
vive /viv/ |
vivions /vi.vjɔ̃/ |
viviez /vi.vje/ |
vivent /viv/ |
imperfect2 | vécusse /ve.kys/ |
vécusses /ve.kys/ |
vécût /ve.ky/ |
vécussions /ve.ky.sjɔ̃/ |
vécussiez /ve.ky.sje/ |
vécussent /ve.kys/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | vis /vi/ |
— | vivons /vi.vɔ̃/ |
vivez /vi.ve/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is only usable with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
AntonymsEdit
- (to live): mourir
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “vivre” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French vivre, from Latin vīvere, present active infinitive of vīvō.
VerbEdit
vivre
- to live
DescendantsEdit
- French: vivre
NormanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French vivre, from Latin vīvō, vīvere, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti (“to live, be alive”).
PronunciationEdit
Audio (Jersey) (file)
VerbEdit
vivre
Old FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin vīvere, present active infinitive of vīvō.
VerbEdit
vivre
- to live
ConjugationEdit
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | vivre | avoir vescu | |||||
gerund | en vivant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
present participle | vivant | ||||||
past participle | vescu | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | vif | vis | vit | vivons | vivez | vivent |
imperfect | vivoie, viveie | vivoies, viveies | vivoit, viveit | viviiens, viviens | viviiez, viviez | vivoient, viveient | |
preterite | vesqui | vesquis | vesquié | vesquimes | vesquistes | vesquierent | |
future | vivrai | vivras | vivra | vivrons | vivroiz, vivreiz, vivrez | vivront | |
conditional | vivroie, vivreie | vivroies, vivreies | vivroit, vivreit | vivriiens, vivriens | vivriiez, vivriez | vivroient, vivreient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | vive | vives | vive | vivons | vivez | vivent |
imperfect | vesquisse | vesquisses | vesquist | vesquissons, vesquissiens | vesquissoiz, vesquissez, vesquissiez | vesquissent | |
compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | vif | — | vivons | vivez | — |