soudoyer
French
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French soldoier, from solde.
Pronunciation
Verb
soudoyer
- (transitive) to bribe
Conjugation
This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like noyer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the 'y' with an 'i' before a silent 'e'.
Conjugation of soudoyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | soudoyer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | soudoyant /su.dwa.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | soudoyé /su.dwa.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | soudoie /su.dwa/ |
soudoies /su.dwa/ |
soudoie /su.dwa/ |
soudoyons /su.dwa.jɔ̃/ |
soudoyez /su.dwa.je/ |
soudoient /su.dwa/ |
| imperfect | soudoyais /su.dwa.jɛ/ |
soudoyais /su.dwa.jɛ/ |
soudoyait /su.dwa.jɛ/ |
soudoyions /su.dwaj.jɔ̃/ |
soudoyiez /su.dwaj.je/ |
soudoyaient /su.dwa.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | soudoyai /su.dwa.je/ |
soudoyas /su.dwa.ja/ |
soudoya /su.dwa.ja/ |
soudoyâmes /su.dwa.jam/ |
soudoyâtes /su.dwa.jat/ |
soudoyèrent /su.dwa.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | soudoierai /su.dwa.ʁe/ |
soudoieras /su.dwa.ʁa/ |
soudoiera /su.dwa.ʁa/ |
soudoierons /su.dwa.ʁɔ̃/ |
soudoierez /su.dwa.ʁe/ |
soudoieront /su.dwa.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | soudoierais /su.dwa.ʁɛ/ |
soudoierais /su.dwa.ʁɛ/ |
soudoierait /su.dwa.ʁɛ/ |
soudoierions /su.dwa.ʁjɔ̃/ |
soudoieriez /su.dwa.ʁje/ |
soudoieraient /su.dwa.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 | soudoie /su.dwa/ |
soudoies /su.dwa/ |
soudoie /su.dwa/ |
soudoyions /su.dwaj.jɔ̃/ |
soudoyiez /su.dwaj.je/ |
soudoient /su.dwa/ |
| imperfect2 | soudoyasse /su.dwa.jas/ |
soudoyasses /su.dwa.jas/ |
soudoyât /su.dwa.ja/ |
soudoyassions /su.dwa.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
soudoyassiez /su.dwa.ja.sje/ |
soudoyassent /su.dwa.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | soudoie /su.dwa/ |
— | soudoyons /su.dwa.jɔ̃/ |
soudoyez /su.dwa.je/ |
— | |
| 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
- “soudoyer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.