préparer
See also: preparer
French
Alternative forms
- preparer (obsolete, before circa 1740)
Etymology
From Middle French preparer, from Old French, borrowed Latin praeparāre, present active infinitive of praeparō.
Pronunciation
Verb
préparer
- (transitive) to prepare
- (transitive) to prepare for
Conjugation
Conjugation of préparer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | préparer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | préparant /pʁe.pa.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | préparé /pʁe.pa.ʁe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | prépare /pʁe.paʁ/ |
prépares /pʁe.paʁ/ |
prépare /pʁe.paʁ/ |
préparons /pʁe.pa.ʁɔ̃/ |
préparez /pʁe.pa.ʁe/ |
préparent /pʁe.paʁ/ |
imperfect | préparais /pʁe.pa.ʁɛ/ |
préparais /pʁe.pa.ʁɛ/ |
préparait /pʁe.pa.ʁɛ/ |
préparions /pʁe.pa.ʁjɔ̃/ |
prépariez /pʁe.pa.ʁje/ |
préparaient /pʁe.pa.ʁɛ/ | |
past historic2 | préparai /pʁe.pa.ʁe/ |
préparas /pʁe.pa.ʁa/ |
prépara /pʁe.pa.ʁa/ |
préparâmes /pʁe.pa.ʁam/ |
préparâtes /pʁe.pa.ʁat/ |
préparèrent /pʁe.pa.ʁɛʁ/ | |
future | préparerai /pʁe.pa.ʁə.ʁe/ |
prépareras /pʁe.pa.ʁə.ʁa/ |
préparera /pʁe.pa.ʁə.ʁa/ |
préparerons /pʁe.pa.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
préparerez /pʁe.pa.ʁə.ʁe/ |
prépareront /pʁe.pa.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | préparerais /pʁe.pa.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
préparerais /pʁe.pa.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
préparerait /pʁe.pa.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
préparerions /pʁe.pa.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
prépareriez /pʁe.pa.ʁə.ʁje/ |
prépareraient /pʁe.pa.ʁə.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 | prépare /pʁe.paʁ/ |
prépares /pʁe.paʁ/ |
prépare /pʁe.paʁ/ |
préparions /pʁe.pa.ʁjɔ̃/ |
prépariez /pʁe.pa.ʁje/ |
préparent /pʁe.paʁ/ |
imperfect2 | préparasse /pʁe.pa.ʁas/ |
préparasses /pʁe.pa.ʁas/ |
préparât /pʁe.pa.ʁa/ |
préparassions /pʁe.pa.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
préparassiez /pʁe.pa.ʁa.sje/ |
préparassent /pʁe.pa.ʁas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | prépare /pʁe.paʁ/ |
— | préparons /pʁe.pa.ʁɔ̃/ |
préparez /pʁe.pa.ʁe/ |
— | |
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
- “préparer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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