douer
French
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French, inherited from Latin dōtāre, present active infinitive of dōtō. Doublet of doter.
Pronunciation
Verb
douer
Conjugation
- This verb is almost only used in compound tenses.
Conjugation of douer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | douer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | douant /dwɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | doué /dwe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | doue /du/ |
doues /du/ |
doue /du/ |
douons /dwɔ̃/ |
douez /dwe/ |
douent /du/ |
| imperfect | douais /dwɛ/ |
douais /dwɛ/ |
douait /dwɛ/ |
douions /du.jɔ̃/ |
douiez /du.je/ |
douaient /dwɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | douai /dwe/ |
douas /dwa/ |
doua /dwa/ |
douâmes /dwam/ |
douâtes /dwat/ |
douèrent /dwɛʁ/ | |
| future | douerai /du.ʁe/ |
doueras /du.ʁa/ |
douera /du.ʁa/ |
douerons /du.ʁɔ̃/ |
douerez /du.ʁe/ |
doueront /du.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | douerais /du.ʁɛ/ |
douerais /du.ʁɛ/ |
douerait /du.ʁɛ/ |
douerions /du.ʁjɔ̃/ |
doueriez /du.ʁje/ |
doueraient /du.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 | doue /du/ |
doues /du/ |
doue /du/ |
douions /du.jɔ̃/ |
douiez /du.je/ |
douent /du/ |
| imperfect2 | douasse /dwas/ |
douasses /dwas/ |
douât /dwa/ |
douassions /dwa.sjɔ̃/ |
douassiez /dwa.sje/ |
douassent /dwas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | doue /du/ |
— | douons /dwɔ̃/ |
douez /dwe/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “douer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.