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pourchasser
pourchasser
French
Verb
pourchasser
- to chase without relent
Conjugation
Conjugation of pourchasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | pourchasser | avoir pourchassé | |||||
| gerund | en pourchassant | en ayant pourchassé | |||||
| present participle | pourchassant /puʁ.ʃa.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | pourchassé /puʁ.ʃa.se/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | pourchasse /puʁ.ʃas/ |
pourchasses /puʁ.ʃas/ |
pourchasse /puʁ.ʃas/ |
pourchassons /puʁ.ʃa.sɔ̃/ |
pourchassez /puʁ.ʃa.se/ |
pourchassent /puʁ.ʃas/ |
| imperfect | pourchassais /puʁ.ʃa.sɛ/ |
pourchassais /puʁ.ʃa.sɛ/ |
pourchassait /puʁ.ʃa.sɛ/ |
pourchassions /puʁ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
pourchassiez /puʁ.ʃa.sje/ |
pourchassaient /puʁ.ʃa.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | pourchassai /puʁ.ʃa.se/ |
pourchassas /puʁ.ʃa.sa/ |
pourchassa /puʁ.ʃa.sa/ |
pourchassâmes /puʁ.ʃa.sam/ |
pourchassâtes /puʁ.ʃa.sat/ |
pourchassèrent /puʁ.ʃa.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | pourchasserai /puʁ.ʃa.sʁe/ |
pourchasseras /puʁ.ʃa.sʁa/ |
pourchassera /puʁ.ʃa.sʁa/ |
pourchasserons /puʁ.ʃa.sʁɔ̃/ |
pourchasserez /puʁ.ʃa.sʁe/ |
pourchasseront /puʁ.ʃa.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | pourchasserais /puʁ.ʃa.sʁɛ/ |
pourchasserais /puʁ.ʃa.sʁɛ/ |
pourchasserait /puʁ.ʃa.sʁɛ/ |
pourchasserions /puʁ.ʃa.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
pourchasseriez /puʁ.ʃa.sə.ʁje/ |
pourchasseraient /puʁ.ʃa.sʁɛ/ |
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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 | pourchasse /puʁ.ʃas/ |
pourchasses /puʁ.ʃas/ |
pourchasse /puʁ.ʃas/ |
pourchassions /puʁ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
pourchassiez /puʁ.ʃa.sje/ |
pourchassent /puʁ.ʃas/ |
| imperfect1 |
pourchassasse /puʁ.ʃa.sas/ |
pourchassasses /puʁ.ʃa.sas/ |
pourchassât /puʁ.ʃa.sa/ |
pourchassassions /puʁ.ʃa.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
pourchassassiez /puʁ.ʃa.sa.sje/ |
pourchassassent /puʁ.ʃa.sas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | pourchasse /puʁ.ʃas/ |
— | pourchassons /puʁ.ʃa.sɔ̃/ |
pourchassez /puʁ.ʃa.se/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Middle French
Etymology
Verb
pourchasser
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of pourchasser
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | pourchasser | avoir pourchassé | |||||
| gerund | en pourchassant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | pourchassant | ||||||
| past participle | pourchassé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | pourchasse | pourchasses | pourchasse | pourchassons | pourchassez | pourchassent |
| imperfect | pourchassois, pourchassoys | pourchassois, pourchassoys | pourchassoit, pourchassoyt | pourchassions, pourchassyons | pourchassiez, pourchassyez | pourchassoient, pourchassoyent | |
| past historic | pourchassa | pourchassas | pourchassa | pourchassasmes | pourchassastes | pourchasserent | |
| future | pourchasserai, pourchasseray | pourchasseras | pourchassera | pourchasserons | pourchasserez | pourchasseront | |
| conditional | pourchasserois, pourchasseroys | pourchasserois, pourchasseroys | pourchasseroit, pourchasseroyt | pourchasserions, pourchasseryons | pourchasseriez, pourchasseryez | pourchasseroient, pourchasseroyent | |
| 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 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 ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | pourchasse | pourchasses | pourchasse | pourchassons | pourchassez | pourchassent |
| imperfect | pourchassasse | pourchassasses | pourchassast | pourchassassions | pourchassassiez | pourchassassent | |
| 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 | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | pourchasse | — | pourchassons | pourchassez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: pourchasser