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obtempérer
obtempérer
See also: obtemperer
French
Verb
obtempérer
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated like céder. It is a regular -er verb, except that its last stem vowel alternates between /e/ (written ‘é’) and /ɛ/ (written ‘è’), with the latter being used before mute ‘e’. One special case is the future stem, used in the future and the conditional. Before 1990, the future stem of such verbs was written obtempérer-, reflecting the historic pronunciation /e/. In 1990, the French Academy recommended that it be written obtempèrer-, reflecting the now common pronunciation /ɛ/, thereby making this distinction consistent throughout the conjugation (and also matching in this regard the conjugations of verbs like lever and jeter). Both spellings are in use today, and both are therefore given here.
Conjugation of obtempérer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | obtempérer | avoir obtempéré | |||||
| gerund | en obtempérant | en ayant obtempéré | |||||
| present participle | obtempérant /ɔb.tɑ̃.pe.ʁɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | obtempéré /ɔb.tɑ̃.pe.ʁe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | obtempère /ɔb.tɑ̃.pɛʁ/ |
obtempères /ɔb.tɑ̃.pɛʁ/ |
obtempère /ɔb.tɑ̃.pɛʁ/ |
obtempérons /ɔb.tɑ̃.pe.ʁɔ̃/ |
obtempérez /ɔb.tɑ̃.pe.ʁe/ |
obtempèrent /ɔb.tɑ̃.pɛʁ/ |
| imperfect | obtempérais /ɔb.tɑ̃.pe.ʁɛ/ |
obtempérais /ɔb.tɑ̃.pe.ʁɛ/ |
obtempérait /ɔb.tɑ̃.pe.ʁɛ/ |
obtempérions /ɔb.tɑ̃.pe.ʁjɔ̃/ |
obtempériez /ɔb.tɑ̃.pe.ʁje/ |
obtempéraient /ɔb.tɑ̃.pe.ʁɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | obtempérai /ɔb.tɑ̃.pe.ʁe/ |
obtempéras /ɔb.tɑ̃.pe.ʁa/ |
obtempéra /ɔb.tɑ̃.pe.ʁa/ |
obtempérâmes /ɔb.tɑ̃.pe.ʁam/ |
obtempérâtes /ɔb.tɑ̃.pe.ʁat/ |
obtempérèrent /ɔb.tɑ̃.pe.ʁɛʁ/ |
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| future | obtempèrerai or obtempérerai /ɔb.tɑ̃.pɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ |
obtempèreras or obtempéreras /ɔb.tɑ̃.pɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ |
obtempèrera or obtempérera /ɔb.tɑ̃.pɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ |
obtempèrerons or obtempérerons /ɔb.tɑ̃.pɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
obtempèrerez or obtempérerez /ɔb.tɑ̃.pɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ |
obtempèreront or obtempéreront /ɔb.tɑ̃.pɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | obtempèrerais or obtempérerais /ɔb.tɑ̃.pɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
obtempèrerais or obtempérerais /ɔb.tɑ̃.pɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
obtempèrerait or obtempérerait /ɔb.tɑ̃.pɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
obtempèrerions or obtempérerions /ɔb.tɑ̃.pɛ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
obtempèreriez or obtempéreriez /ɔb.tɑ̃.pɛ.ʁə.ʁje/ |
obtempèreraient or obtempéreraient /ɔb.tɑ̃.pɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
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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 | obtempère /ɔb.tɑ̃.pɛʁ/ |
obtempères /ɔb.tɑ̃.pɛʁ/ |
obtempère /ɔb.tɑ̃.pɛʁ/ |
obtempérions /ɔb.tɑ̃.pe.ʁjɔ̃/ |
obtempériez /ɔb.tɑ̃.pe.ʁje/ |
obtempèrent /ɔb.tɑ̃.pɛʁ/ |
| imperfect1 |
obtempérasse /ɔb.tɑ̃.pe.ʁas/ |
obtempérasses /ɔb.tɑ̃.pe.ʁas/ |
obtempérât /ɔb.tɑ̃.pe.ʁa/ |
obtempérassions /ɔb.tɑ̃.pe.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
obtempérassiez /ɔb.tɑ̃.pe.ʁa.sje/ |
obtempérassent /ɔb.tɑ̃.pe.ʁas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | obtempère /ɔb.tɑ̃.pɛʁ/ |
— | obtempérons /ɔb.tɑ̃.pe.ʁɔ̃/ |
obtempérez /ɔb.tɑ̃.pe.ʁe/ |
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