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vivre
vivre
French
Verb
vivre
- to live
- to experience
Related terms
Antonyms
- (to live): mourir
Conjugation
Conjugation of vivre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | vivre | avoir vécu | |||||
| gerund | en vivant | en ayant vécu | |||||
| present participle | vivant /vi.vɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | vécu /ve.ky/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | vécus /ve.ky/ |
vécus /ve.ky/ |
vécut /ve.ky/ |
vécûmes /ve.kym/ |
vécûtes /ve.kyt/ |
vécurent /ve.kyʁ/ |
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| future | vivrai /vi.vʁe/ |
vivras /vi.vʁa/ |
vivra /vi.vʁa/ |
vivrons /vi.vʁɔ̃/ |
vivrez /vi.vʁe/ |
vivront /vi.vʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | vivrais /vi.vʁɛ/ |
vivrais /vi.vʁɛ/ |
vivrait /vi.vʁɛ/ |
vivrions /vi.vʁi.jɔ̃/ |
vivriez /vi.vʁi.je/ |
vivraient /vi.vʁɛ/ |
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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 | vive /viv/ |
vives /viv/ |
vive /viv/ |
vivions /vi.vjɔ̃/ |
viviez /vi.vje/ |
vivent /viv/ |
| imperfect1 |
vécusse /ve.kys/ |
vécusses /ve.kys/ |
vécût /ve.ky/ |
vécussions /ve.ky.sjɔ̃/ |
vécussiez /ve.ky.sje/ |
vécussent /ve.kys/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | vis /vi/ |
— | vivons /vi.vɔ̃/ |
vivez /vi.ve/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French vivre, from Latin vīvere, present active infinitive of vīvō.
Verb
vivre
- to live
Descendants
- French: vivre
Norman
Etymology
From Old French vivre, from Latin vīvō, vīvere, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti (“to live, be alive”).
Pronunciation
Verb
vivre
Old French
Etymology
From Latin vīvere, present active infinitive of vīvō.
Verb
vivre
- to live
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 vivre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | ||