poursuivre
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French porsivre, poursivre, porsuir, poursuire, porsivir, from Vulgar Latin *prosequere (attested in Vulgar or early Medieval Latin as prosevere and prosequire), from Latin prosequi. Most of the other Romance cognates (as well as the Old French parsivre, parsuivre) derived from the related persequor (which influenced the Old French in meaning); compare Occitan persegre, Spanish perseguir, Italian perseguire.
Pronunciation
Verb
poursuivre
- to pursue, to chase
- to pursue, to persecute, to torment
- to carry on, to continue what has been started
- to sue
- (reflexive) to continue
- (reflexive) to chase after each other
Conjugation
Conjugation of poursuivre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | poursuivre | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | poursuivant /puʁ.sɥi.vɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | poursuivi /puʁ.sɥi.vi/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | poursuis /puʁ.sɥi/ |
poursuis /puʁ.sɥi/ |
poursuit /puʁ.sɥi/ |
poursuivons /puʁ.sɥi.vɔ̃/ |
poursuivez /puʁ.sɥi.ve/ |
poursuivent /puʁ.sɥiv/ |
imperfect | poursuivais /puʁ.sɥi.vɛ/ |
poursuivais /puʁ.sɥi.vɛ/ |
poursuivait /puʁ.sɥi.vɛ/ |
poursuivions /puʁ.sɥi.vjɔ̃/ |
poursuiviez /puʁ.sɥi.vje/ |
poursuivaient /puʁ.sɥi.vɛ/ | |
past historic2 | poursuivis /puʁ.sɥi.vi/ |
poursuivis /puʁ.sɥi.vi/ |
poursuivit /puʁ.sɥi.vi/ |
poursuivîmes /puʁ.sɥi.vim/ |
poursuivîtes /puʁ.sɥi.vit/ |
poursuivirent /puʁ.sɥi.viʁ/ | |
future | poursuivrai /puʁ.sɥi.vʁe/ |
poursuivras /puʁ.sɥi.vʁa/ |
poursuivra /puʁ.sɥi.vʁa/ |
poursuivrons /puʁ.sɥi.vʁɔ̃/ |
poursuivrez /puʁ.sɥi.vʁe/ |
poursuivront /puʁ.sɥi.vʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | poursuivrais /puʁ.sɥi.vʁɛ/ |
poursuivrais /puʁ.sɥi.vʁɛ/ |
poursuivrait /puʁ.sɥi.vʁɛ/ |
poursuivrions /puʁ.sɥi.vʁi.jɔ̃/ |
poursuivriez /puʁ.sɥi.vʁi.je/ |
poursuivraient /puʁ.sɥi.vʁɛ/ | |
(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 | poursuive /puʁ.sɥiv/ |
poursuives /puʁ.sɥiv/ |
poursuive /puʁ.sɥiv/ |
poursuivions /puʁ.sɥi.vjɔ̃/ |
poursuiviez /puʁ.sɥi.vje/ |
poursuivent /puʁ.sɥiv/ |
imperfect2 | poursuivisse /puʁ.sɥi.vis/ |
poursuivisses /puʁ.sɥi.vis/ |
poursuivît /puʁ.sɥi.vi/ |
poursuivissions /puʁ.sɥi.vi.sjɔ̃/ |
poursuivissiez /puʁ.sɥi.vi.sje/ |
poursuivissent /puʁ.sɥi.vis/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | poursuis /puʁ.sɥi/ |
— | poursuivons /puʁ.sɥi.vɔ̃/ |
poursuivez /puʁ.sɥi.ve/ |
— | |
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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
Related terms
- suivre (verb)
Further reading
- “poursuivre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Etymology
From Old French porsivre, poursivre, porsuir, poursuire, porsivir, from Vulgar Latin *prosequere, from Latin prosequor, prosequi, though influenced by persequor.
Verb
poursuivre
- (Jersey, transitive, law) to prosecute
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