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douloir
douloir
French
Verb
douloir
- (obsolete, reflexive) to suffer
- Et je me deux d'être tout seul
- And I suffer for I'm alone (Guillaume Apollinaire)
- Quand je me deux
- When I suffer (Valérie Rouzeau)
- Et je me deux d'être tout seul
Conjugation
Conjugation of douloir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | douloir | avoir doulu | |||||
| gerund | en doulant | en ayant doulu | |||||
| present participle | doulant /du.lɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | doulu /du.ly/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | deux /dø/ |
deux /dø/ |
deut /dø/ |
doulons /du.lɔ̃/ |
doulez /du.le/ |
deulent /dœl/ |
| imperfect | doulais /du.lɛ/ |
doulais /du.lɛ/ |
doulait /du.lɛ/ |
doulions /du.ljɔ̃/ |
douliez /du.lje/ |
doulaient /du.lɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | doulus /du.ly/ |
doulus /du.ly/ |
doulut /du.ly/ |
doulûmes /du.lym/ |
doulûtes /du.lyt/ |
doulurent /du.lyʁ/ |
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| future | doudrai /du.dʁe/ |
doudras /du.dʁa/ |
doudra /du.dʁa/ |
doudrons /du.dʁɔ̃/ |
doudrez /du.dʁe/ |
doudront /du.dʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | doudrais /du.dʁɛ/ |
doudrais /du.dʁɛ/ |
doudrait /du.dʁɛ/ |
doudrions /du.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
doudriez /du.dʁi.je/ |
doudraient /du.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 | deuille /dœj/ |
deuilles /dœj/ |
deuille /dœj/ |
doulions /du.ljɔ̃/ |
douliez /du.lje/ |
deuillent /dœj/ |
| imperfect1 |
doulusse /du.lys/ |
doulusses /du.lys/ |
doulût /du.ly/ |
doulussions /du.ly.sjɔ̃/ |
doulussiez /du.ly.sje/ |
doulussent /du.lys/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | deux /dø/ |
— | doulons /du.lɔ̃/ |
doulez /du.le/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
Old French
Verb
douloir
- Alternative infinitive of doloir
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a distinct stressed present stem, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of douloir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | douloir | avoir doulu | |||||
| gerund | en doulant, douillant, dueillant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | doulant, douillant, dueillant | ||||||
| past participle | doulu | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | douil, dueil, duel | dueus | dueut | doulons | doulez | duelent |
| imperfect | douloie, douleie | douloies, douleies | douloit, douleit | douliiens, douliens | douliiez, douliez | douloient, douleient | |
| preterite | doului | doulus | doulu | doulumes | doulustes | doulurent | |
| future | doudrai | doudras | doudra | doudrons | doudroiz, doudreiz, doudrez | doudront | |
| conditional | doudroie, doudreie | doudroies, doudreies | doudroit, doudreit | doudriiens, doudriens | doudriiez, doudriez | doudroient, doudreient | |
| 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 | dueille | dueilles | dueille | douilliens, douillons, dueillons | douilliez, dueilliez | dueillent |
| imperfect | doulusse | doulusses | doulust | doulussons, doulussiens | doulussoiz, doulussez, doulussiez | doulussent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | duel | — | doulons | doulez | — | ||