basourdir
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Slang, "to kill" in 1628, the word comes from basir/bazir (“to kill”). Already in the second half of the 14th century, we encounter the past participle basi 'died'. Became abasourdir subsequently.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]basourdir
Conjugation
[edit]This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.
Conjugation of basourdir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | basourdir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | basourdissant /ba.zuʁ.di.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | basourdi /ba.zuʁ.di/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | basourdis /ba.zuʁ.di/ |
basourdis /ba.zuʁ.di/ |
basourdit /ba.zuʁ.di/ |
basourdissons /ba.zuʁ.di.sɔ̃/ |
basourdissez /ba.zuʁ.di.se/ |
basourdissent /ba.zuʁ.dis/ |
| imperfect | basourdissais /ba.zuʁ.di.sɛ/ |
basourdissais /ba.zuʁ.di.sɛ/ |
basourdissait /ba.zuʁ.di.sɛ/ |
basourdissions /ba.zuʁ.di.sjɔ̃/ |
basourdissiez /ba.zuʁ.di.sje/ |
basourdissaient /ba.zuʁ.di.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | basourdis /ba.zuʁ.di/ |
basourdis /ba.zuʁ.di/ |
basourdit /ba.zuʁ.di/ |
basourdîmes /ba.zuʁ.dim/ |
basourdîtes /ba.zuʁ.dit/ |
basourdirent /ba.zuʁ.diʁ/ | |
| future | basourdirai /ba.zuʁ.di.ʁe/ |
basourdiras /ba.zuʁ.di.ʁa/ |
basourdira /ba.zuʁ.di.ʁa/ |
basourdirons /ba.zuʁ.di.ʁɔ̃/ |
basourdirez /ba.zuʁ.di.ʁe/ |
basourdiront /ba.zuʁ.di.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | basourdirais /ba.zuʁ.di.ʁɛ/ |
basourdirais /ba.zuʁ.di.ʁɛ/ |
basourdirait /ba.zuʁ.di.ʁɛ/ |
basourdirions /ba.zuʁ.di.ʁjɔ̃/ |
basourdiriez /ba.zuʁ.di.ʁje/ |
basourdiraient /ba.zuʁ.di.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 | basourdisse /ba.zuʁ.dis/ |
basourdisses /ba.zuʁ.dis/ |
basourdisse /ba.zuʁ.dis/ |
basourdissions /ba.zuʁ.di.sjɔ̃/ |
basourdissiez /ba.zuʁ.di.sje/ |
basourdissent /ba.zuʁ.dis/ |
| imperfect2 | basourdisse /ba.zuʁ.dis/ |
basourdisses /ba.zuʁ.dis/ |
basourdît /ba.zuʁ.di/ |
basourdissions /ba.zuʁ.di.sjɔ̃/ |
basourdissiez /ba.zuʁ.di.sje/ |
basourdissent /ba.zuʁ.dis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | basourdis /ba.zuʁ.di/ |
— | basourdissons /ba.zuʁ.di.sɔ̃/ |
basourdissez /ba.zuʁ.di.se/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||