obstruer
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin obstruere, obstruō.
Verb
obstruer
- to block off
Conjugation
Conjugation of obstruer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | obstruer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | obstruant /ɔp.stʁy.ɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | obstrué /ɔp.stʁy.e/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | obstrue /ɔp.stʁy/ |
obstrues /ɔp.stʁy/ |
obstrue /ɔp.stʁy/ |
obstruons /ɔp.stʁy.ɔ̃/ |
obstruez /ɔp.stʁy.e/ |
obstruent /ɔp.stʁy/ |
| imperfect | obstruais /ɔp.stʁy.ɛ/ |
obstruais /ɔp.stʁy.ɛ/ |
obstruait /ɔp.stʁy.ɛ/ |
obstruions /ɔp.stʁy.jɔ̃/ |
obstruiez /ɔp.stʁy.je/ |
obstruaient /ɔp.stʁy.ɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | obstruai /ɔp.stʁy.e/ |
obstruas /ɔp.stʁy.a/ |
obstrua /ɔp.stʁy.a/ |
obstruâmes /ɔp.stʁy.am/ |
obstruâtes /ɔp.stʁy.at/ |
obstruèrent /ɔp.stʁy.ɛʁ/ | |
| future | obstruerai /ɔp.stʁy.ʁe/ |
obstrueras /ɔp.stʁy.ʁa/ |
obstruera /ɔp.stʁy.ʁa/ |
obstruerons /ɔp.stʁy.ʁɔ̃/ |
obstruerez /ɔp.stʁy.ʁe/ |
obstrueront /ɔp.stʁy.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | obstruerais /ɔp.stʁy.ʁɛ/ |
obstruerais /ɔp.stʁy.ʁɛ/ |
obstruerait /ɔp.stʁy.ʁɛ/ |
obstruerions /ɔp.stʁy.ʁjɔ̃/ |
obstrueriez /ɔp.stʁy.ʁje/ |
obstrueraient /ɔp.stʁy.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 | obstrue /ɔp.stʁy/ |
obstrues /ɔp.stʁy/ |
obstrue /ɔp.stʁy/ |
obstruions /ɔp.stʁy.jɔ̃/ |
obstruiez /ɔp.stʁy.je/ |
obstruent /ɔp.stʁy/ |
| imperfect2 | obstruasse /ɔp.stʁy.as/ |
obstruasses /ɔp.stʁy.as/ |
obstruât /ɔp.stʁy.a/ |
obstruassions /ɔp.stʁy.a.sjɔ̃/ |
obstruassiez /ɔp.stʁy.a.sje/ |
obstruassent /ɔp.stʁy.as/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | obstrue /ɔp.stʁy/ |
— | obstruons /ɔp.stʁy.ɔ̃/ |
obstruez /ɔp.stʁy.e/ |
— | |
| 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
- “obstruer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.