languir
French
Etymology
From Old French languir, from Vulgar Latin *languīre, from Latin languēre, present active infinitive of langueō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɑ̃.ɡiʁ/
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Verb
languir
Conjugation
This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.
Conjugation of languir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | languissant /lɑ̃.ɡi.sɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | langui /lɑ̃.ɡi/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | languir | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | languissant /lɑ̃.ɡi.sɑ̃/ | ||||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | languis /lɑ̃.ɡi/ |
languis /lɑ̃.ɡi/ |
languit /lɑ̃.ɡi/ |
languissons /lɑ̃.ɡi.sɔ̃/ |
languissez /lɑ̃.ɡi.se/ |
languissent /lɑ̃.ɡis/ |
| imperfect | languissais /lɑ̃.ɡi.sɛ/ |
languissais /lɑ̃.ɡi.sɛ/ |
languissait /lɑ̃.ɡi.sɛ/ |
languissions /lɑ̃.ɡi.sjɔ̃/ |
languissiez /lɑ̃.ɡi.sje/ |
languissaient /lɑ̃.ɡi.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | languis /lɑ̃.ɡi/ |
languis /lɑ̃.ɡi/ |
languit /lɑ̃.ɡi/ |
languîmes /lɑ̃.ɡim/ |
languîtes /lɑ̃.ɡit/ |
languirent /lɑ̃.ɡiʁ/ | |
| future | languirai /lɑ̃.ɡi.ʁe/ |
languiras /lɑ̃.ɡi.ʁa/ |
languira /lɑ̃.ɡi.ʁa/ |
languirons /lɑ̃.ɡi.ʁɔ̃/ |
languirez /lɑ̃.ɡi.ʁe/ |
languiront /lɑ̃.ɡi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | languirais /lɑ̃.ɡi.ʁɛ/ |
languirais /lɑ̃.ɡi.ʁɛ/ |
languirait /lɑ̃.ɡi.ʁɛ/ |
languirions /lɑ̃.ɡi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
languiriez /lɑ̃.ɡi.ʁje/ |
languiraient /lɑ̃.ɡi.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 | languisse /lɑ̃.ɡis/ |
languisses /lɑ̃.ɡis/ |
languisse /lɑ̃.ɡis/ |
languissions /lɑ̃.ɡi.sjɔ̃/ |
languissiez /lɑ̃.ɡi.sje/ |
languissent /lɑ̃.ɡis/ |
| imperfect2 | languisse /lɑ̃.ɡis/ |
languisses /lɑ̃.ɡis/ |
languît /lɑ̃.ɡi/ |
languissions /lɑ̃.ɡi.sjɔ̃/ |
languissiez /lɑ̃.ɡi.sje/ |
languissent /lɑ̃.ɡis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | languis /lɑ̃.ɡi/ |
— | languissons /lɑ̃.ɡi.sɔ̃/ |
languissez /lɑ̃.ɡi.se/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 Only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “languir” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *languīre, from Latin languēre, present active infinitive of langueō.
References
- languir on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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