parler
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French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle French parler (“to speak or talk”), from Old French parler (“to talk; to speak”), from Vulgar Latin *paraulare (“to speak”), from Late Latin parabolare, from Latin parabola (“comparison”), from Ancient Greek παραβολή, from παρά (“beside”) with βολή (“throwing”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
parler
- (intransitive) To speak or talk.
- Il ne s'est mis à parler qu'à l'âge de quatre ans.
- Ils parlèrent plusieurs heures avant d'aller se coucher.
- (transitive) to be able to communicate in a language; to speak
- Elle parle couramment le français. - She speaks French fluently
Conjugation [edit]
Conjugation of parler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | parler | avoir parlé | |||||
| gerund | en parlant | en ayant parlé | |||||
| present participle | parlant | ||||||
| past participle | parlé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | parle | parles | parle | parlons | parlez | parlent |
| imperfect | parlais | parlais | parlait | parlions | parliez | parlaient | |
| past historic1 | parlai | parlas | parla | parlâmes | parlâtes | parlèrent | |
| future | parlerai | parleras | parlera | parlerons | parlerez | parleront | |
| conditional | parlerais | parlerais | parlerait | parlerions | parleriez | parleraient | |
| 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 | parle | parles | parle | parlions | parliez | parlent |
| imperfect1 | parlasse | parlasses | parlât | parlassions | parlassiez | parlassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | parle | — | parlons | parlez | — | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
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See also [edit]
Middle French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French parler (“to talk; to speak”), from Vulgar Latin *paraulare (“to speak”), from Late Latin parabolare, from Latin parabola (“comparison”), from Ancient Greek παραβολή, from παρά (“beside”) with βολή (“throwing”).
Verb [edit]
parler
Conjugation [edit]
Conjugation of parler
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | parler | avoir parlé | |||||
| gerund | en parlant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | parlant | ||||||
| past participle | parlé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (may be j' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | parle | parles | parle | parlons | parlez | parlent |
| imperfect | parlois, parloys | parlois, parloys | parloit, parloyt | parlions, parlyons | parliez, parlyez | parloient, parloyent | |
| past historic | parla | parlas | parla | parlasmes | parlastes | parlerent | |
| future | parlerai, parleray | parleras | parlera | parlerons | parlerez | parleront | |
| conditional | parlerois, parleroys | parlerois, parleroys | parleroit, parleroyt | parlerions, parleryons | parleriez, parleryez | parleroient, parleroyent | |
| 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 je | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ils, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | parle | parles | parle | parlons | parlez | parlent |
| imperfect | parlasse | parlasses | parlast | parlassions | parlassiez | parlassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | parle | — | parlons | parlez | — | ||
Old French [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Vulgar Latin *paraulare (“to speak”), from Late Latin parabolare, from Latin parabola (“comparison”), from Ancient Greek παραβολή, from παρά (“beside”) with βολή (“throwing”).
Verb [edit]
parler
Conjugation [edit]
- Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of parler (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | parler | avoir parlé, parlez | |||||
| gerund | en parlant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | parlant | ||||||
| past participle | parlé, parlez | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jeo, jou | tu | il | nos, nous | vos, vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | parle, parl | parles, parls | parle, parl | parlons | parlez, parlés | parlent |
| imperfect | parloe, parleie, parloie | parloes, parleies, parloies | parlot, parleit, parloit | parlions, parliions | parliez, parliiez | parloent, parlient, parloient | |
| past historic | parlai | parlas | parla | parlames | parlastes | parlerent | |
| future | parlerai | parleras | parlera | parlerons | parlerez, parlereiz | parleront | |
| conditional | parleroe, parlereie, parleroie | parleroes, parlereies, parleroies | parlerot, parlereie, parleroie | parlerions, parleriions | parleriez, parleriiez | parleroent, parlereient, parleroient | |
| 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 jeo, jou | que tu | qu’il | que nos, nous | que vos, vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | parle, parl | parles, parls | parle, parl | parlons | parlez | parlent |
| imperfect | parlasse | parlasses | parlast | parlissons | parlissez, parlissiez | parlassent | |
| 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, nous | vos, vous | – | |
| — | parle | — | parlons | parlez | — | ||
Descendants [edit]
- French: parler
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