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mordre
mordre
French
Verb
mordre
Conjugation
Conjugation of mordre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | mordre | avoir mordu | |||||
| gerund | en mordant | en ayant mordu | |||||
| present participle | mordant /mɔʁ.dɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | mordu /mɔʁ.dy/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | mords /mɔʁ/ |
mords /mɔʁ/ |
mord /mɔʁ/ |
mordons /mɔʁ.dɔ̃/ |
mordez /mɔʁ.de/ |
mordent /mɔʁd/ |
| imperfect | mordais /mɔʁ.dɛ/ |
mordais /mɔʁ.dɛ/ |
mordait /mɔʁ.dɛ/ |
mordions /mɔʁ.djɔ̃/ |
mordiez /mɔʁ.dje/ |
mordaient /mɔʁ.dɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | mordis /mɔʁ.di/ |
mordis /mɔʁ.di/ |
mordit /mɔʁ.di/ |
mordîmes /mɔʁ.dim/ |
mordîtes /mɔʁ.dit/ |
mordirent /mɔʁ.diʁ/ |
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| future | mordrai /mɔʁ.dʁe/ |
mordras /mɔʁ.dʁa/ |
mordra /mɔʁ.dʁa/ |
mordrons /mɔʁ.dʁɔ̃/ |
mordrez /mɔʁ.dʁe/ |
mordront /mɔʁ.dʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | mordrais /mɔʁ.dʁɛ/ |
mordrais /mɔʁ.dʁɛ/ |
mordrait /mɔʁ.dʁɛ/ |
mordrions /mɔʁ.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
mordriez /mɔʁ.dʁi.je/ |
mordraient /mɔʁ.dʁɛ/ |
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| 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 anterior1 | Use the past historic 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 je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | morde /mɔʁd/ |
mordes /mɔʁd/ |
morde /mɔʁd/ |
mordions /mɔʁ.djɔ̃/ |
mordiez /mɔʁ.dje/ |
mordent /mɔʁd/ |
| imperfect1 |
mordisse /mɔʁ.dis/ |
mordisses /mɔʁ.dis/ |
mordît /mɔʁ.di/ |
mordissions /mɔʁ.di.sjɔ̃/ |
mordissiez /mɔʁ.di.sje/ |
mordissent /mɔʁ.dis/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | mords /mɔʁ/ |
— | mordons /mɔʁ.dɔ̃/ |
mordez /mɔʁ.de/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *mordere, from Latin mordēre, present active infinitive of mordeō.
Verb
mordre
- to bite
Conjugation
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.
Conjugation of mordre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | mordre | avoir mors | |||||
| gerund | en mordant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | mordant | ||||||
| past participle | mors | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | mort | morz | mort | mordons | mordez | mordent |
| imperfect | mordoie, mordeie | mordoies, mordeies | mordoit, mordeit | mordiiens, mordiens | mordiiez, mordiez | mordoient, mordeient | |
| preterite | mors | morsis | morst | morsimes | morsistes | morstrent | |
| future | mordrai | mordras | mordra | mordrons | mordroiz, mordreiz, mordrez | mordront | |
| conditional | mordroie, mordreie | mordroies, mordreies | mordroit, mordreit | mordriiens, mordriens | mordriiez, mordriez | mordroient, mordreient | |
| 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 | morde | mordes | morde | mordons | mordez | mordent |
| imperfect | morsisse | morsisses | morsist | morsissons, morsissiens | morsissoiz, morsissez, morsissiez | morsissent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | mort | — | mordons | mordez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: mordre