ouïr
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French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Middle French ouyr, ouïr, from Old French oïr, from Latin audire.
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
ouïr
Conjugation [edit]
Conjugation of ouïr (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | ouïr | avoir ouï | |||||
| gerund | en oyant | en ayant ouï | |||||
| present participle | oyant | ||||||
| past participle | ouï | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | ois | ois | oit | oyons | oyez | oient |
| imperfect | oyais | oyais | oyait | oyions | oyiez | oyaient | |
| past historic1 | ouïs | ouïs | ouït | ouïmes | ouïtes | ouïrent | |
| future | ouïrai | ouïras | ouïra | ouïrons | ouïrez | ouïront | |
| conditional | ouïrais | ouïrais | ouïrait | ouïrions | ouïriez | ouïraient | |
| 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 | oie | oies | oie | oyions | oyiez | oient |
| imperfect1 | ouïsse | ouïsses | ouït | ouïssions | ouïssiez | ouïssent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | ois | — | oyons | oyez | — | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||