tarder

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French tarder, from Latin tardāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taʁ.de/

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Verb

tarder

1. to tarry
2. to be slow to do something (tarder à faire quelque chose)
3. Used as an impersonal verb with de or que to express impatience.

   Il me tardait de vous voir.

   I couldn't wait to see you.

Conjugation

Conjugation of tarder (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	tarder
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	tardant /taʁ.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		tardé /taʁ.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	tarde /taʁd/	tardes /taʁd/	tarde /taʁd/	tardons /taʁ.dɔ̃/	tardez /taʁ.de/	tardent /taʁd/
	imperfect	tardais /taʁ.dɛ/	tardais /taʁ.dɛ/	tardait /taʁ.dɛ/	tardions /taʁ.djɔ̃/	tardiez /taʁ.dje/	tardaient /taʁ.dɛ/
	past historic2	tardai /taʁ.de/	tardas /taʁ.da/	tarda /taʁ.da/	tardâmes /taʁ.dam/	tardâtes /taʁ.dat/	tardèrent /taʁ.dɛʁ/
	future	tarderai /taʁ.də.ʁe/	tarderas /taʁ.də.ʁa/	tardera /taʁ.də.ʁa/	tarderons /taʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/	tarderez /taʁ.də.ʁe/	tarderont /taʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	tarderais /taʁ.də.ʁɛ/	tarderais /taʁ.də.ʁɛ/	tarderait /taʁ.də.ʁɛ/	tarderions /taʁ.də.ʁjɔ̃/	tarderiez /taʁ.də.ʁje/	tarderaient /taʁ.də.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	tarde /taʁd/	tardes /taʁd/	tarde /taʁd/	tardions /taʁ.djɔ̃/	tardiez /taʁ.dje/	tardent /taʁd/
	imperfect2	tardasse /taʁ.das/	tardasses /taʁ.das/	tardât /taʁ.da/	tardassions /taʁ.da.sjɔ̃/	tardassiez /taʁ.da.sje/	tardassent /taʁ.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	tarde /taʁd/	—	tardons /taʁ.dɔ̃/	tardez /taʁ.de/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• tard
• tardif

Further reading

• “tarder”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• retard, trader

Latin

Verb

tarder

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of tardō

Old French

Etymology

From Latin tardāre, present active infinitive of tardō.

Verb

tarder

1. (reflexive, se tarder) to wait; to hesitate
   • c. 1170, Christian of Troyes, Yvain ou le Chevalier au lion:

     Et li leons, qui che esgarde,
     De li aidier plus ne se tarde[.]

     And the lion who was watching
     Did not wait any longer to help him.

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-d, *-ds, *-dt are modified to t, z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of tarder (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		tarder			avoir tardé
gerund		en tardant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		tardant
past participle		tardé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	tart	tardes	tarde	tardons	tardez	tardent
	imperfect	tardoie, tardeie, tardoe, tardeve	tardoies, tardeies, tardoes, tardeves	tardoit, tardeit, tardot, tardeve	tardiiens, tardiens	tardiiez, tardiez	tardoient, tardeient, tardoent, tardevent
	preterite	tardai	tardas	tarda	tardames	tardastes	tarderent
	future	tarderai	tarderas	tardera	tarderons	tarderoiz, tardereiz, tarderez	tarderont
	conditional	tarderoie, tardereie	tarderoies, tardereies	tarderoit, tardereit	tarderiiens, tarderiens	tarderiiez, tarderiez	tarderoient, tardereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	tart	tarz	tart	tardons	tardez	tardent
	imperfect	tardasse	tardasses	tardast	tardissons, tardissiens	tardissoiz, tardissez, tardissiez	tardassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	tarde	—	tardons	tardez	—

Related terms

• tart
• targier

Descendants

• French: tarder