disculper
French
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Verb
disculper
- (transitive) to exonerate
Conjugation
Conjugation of disculper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | disculper | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | disculpant /dis.kyl.pɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | disculpé /dis.kyl.pe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | disculpe /dis.kylp/ |
disculpes /dis.kylp/ |
disculpe /dis.kylp/ |
disculpons /dis.kyl.pɔ̃/ |
disculpez /dis.kyl.pe/ |
disculpent /dis.kylp/ |
| imperfect | disculpais /dis.kyl.pɛ/ |
disculpais /dis.kyl.pɛ/ |
disculpait /dis.kyl.pɛ/ |
disculpions /dis.kyl.pjɔ̃/ |
disculpiez /dis.kyl.pje/ |
disculpaient /dis.kyl.pɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | disculpai /dis.kyl.pe/ |
disculpas /dis.kyl.pa/ |
disculpa /dis.kyl.pa/ |
disculpâmes /dis.kyl.pam/ |
disculpâtes /dis.kyl.pat/ |
disculpèrent /dis.kyl.pɛʁ/ | |
| future | disculperai /dis.kyl.pə.ʁe/ |
disculperas /dis.kyl.pə.ʁa/ |
disculpera /dis.kyl.pə.ʁa/ |
disculperons /dis.kyl.pə.ʁɔ̃/ |
disculperez /dis.kyl.pə.ʁe/ |
disculperont /dis.kyl.pə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | disculperais /dis.kyl.pə.ʁɛ/ |
disculperais /dis.kyl.pə.ʁɛ/ |
disculperait /dis.kyl.pə.ʁɛ/ |
disculperions /dis.kyl.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
disculperiez /dis.kyl.pə.ʁje/ |
disculperaient /dis.kyl.pə.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 | disculpe /dis.kylp/ |
disculpes /dis.kylp/ |
disculpe /dis.kylp/ |
disculpions /dis.kyl.pjɔ̃/ |
disculpiez /dis.kyl.pje/ |
disculpent /dis.kylp/ |
| imperfect2 | disculpasse /dis.kyl.pas/ |
disculpasses /dis.kyl.pas/ |
disculpât /dis.kyl.pa/ |
disculpassions /dis.kyl.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
disculpassiez /dis.kyl.pa.sje/ |
disculpassent /dis.kyl.pas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | disculpe /dis.kylp/ |
— | disculpons /dis.kyl.pɔ̃/ |
disculpez /dis.kyl.pe/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “disculper”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.