respondre

See also: respondré

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan respondre, from Late Latin respondere, from Latin respondēre. The modern Catalan conjugations reflect contamination from the unrelated pondre (“lay, set”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /rəsˈpɔn.dɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /resˈpɔn.dɾe/

Verb

respondre (first-person singular present responc, past participle respost)

1. to reply; to respond

Conjugation

Conjugation of respondre (second conjugation with velar infix)

infinitive			respondre
present participle			responent
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		respost		resposta
		plural		respostos		respostes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	responc	respons	respon	responem	responeu	responen
	imperfect	responia	responies	responia	responíem	responíeu	responien
	future	respondré	respondràs	respondrà	respondrem	respondreu	respondran
	preterite	responguí	respongueres	respongué	responguérem	responguéreu	respongueren
	conditional	respondria	respondries	respondria	respondríem	respondríeu	respondrien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	respongui	responguis	respongui	responguem	respongueu	responguin
	imperfect	respongués	responguessis	respongués	responguéssim	responguéssiu	responguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
		—	respon	respongui	responguem	responeu	responguin

References

• “respondre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French respondre.

Verb

respondre

1. to reply; to respond

Descendants

• French: répondre

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan respondre, from Late Latin respondere, from Latin respondēre.

Pronunciation

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Verb

respondre

1. reply; respond

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Old French

Alternative forms

• respoundre, respundre (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

From Late Latin respondere, from Latin respondēre.

Verb

respondre

1. reply, respond

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of respondre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		respondre			avoir respondu, respons
gerund		en respondant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		respondant
past participle		respondu, respons
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	respoing, respon	responz	respont	respondons	respondez	respondent
	imperfect	respondoie, respondeie	respondoies, respondeies	respondoit, respondeit	respondiiens, respondiens	respondiiez, respondiez	respondoient, respondeient
	preterite	respondi	respondis	respondié, respost	respondimes	respondistes	respondierent
	future	respondrai	respondras	respondra	respondrons	respondroiz, respondreiz, respondrez	respondront
	conditional	respondroie, respondreie	respondroies, respondreies	respondroit, respondreit	respondriiens, respondriens	respondriiez, respondriez	respondroient, respondreient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	respoigne, responde	respoignes, respondes	respoigne, responde	respoignons, respondons	respoignez, respondez	respoignent, respondent
	imperfect	respondisse	respondisses	respondist	respondissons, respondissiens	respondissoiz, respondissez, respondissiez	respondissent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	respont	—	respondons	respondez	—

Derived terms

• respondeor

Related terms

• response

Descendants

• Middle French: respondre
  • French: répondre
• Norman: rêpondre (Jersey), répounre
• → Middle English: respounden
  • English: respond