Inherited from Middle French eslire, from Old French eslire, from Vulgar Latin *exligere, from Latin ēligere. Compare (obsolete) Spanish esleír, Italian scegliere.
élire
| infinitive | simple | élire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | élisant /e.li.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | élu /e.ly/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | élis /e.li/ |
élis /e.li/ |
élit /e.li/ |
élisons /e.li.zɔ̃/ |
élisez /e.li.ze/ |
élisent /e.liz/ |
| imperfect | élisais /e.li.zɛ/ |
élisais /e.li.zɛ/ |
élisait /e.li.zɛ/ |
élisions /e.li.zjɔ̃/ |
élisiez /e.li.zje/ |
élisaient /e.li.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | élus /e.ly/ |
élus /e.ly/ |
élut /e.ly/ |
élûmes /e.lym/ |
élûtes /e.lyt/ |
élurent /e.lyʁ/ | |
| future | élirai /e.li.ʁe/ |
éliras /e.li.ʁa/ |
élira /e.li.ʁa/ |
élirons /e.li.ʁɔ̃/ |
élirez /e.li.ʁe/ |
éliront /e.li.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | élirais /e.li.ʁɛ/ |
élirais /e.li.ʁɛ/ |
élirait /e.li.ʁɛ/ |
élirions /e.li.ʁjɔ̃/ |
éliriez /e.li.ʁje/ |
éliraient /e.li.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 | élise /e.liz/ |
élises /e.liz/ |
élise /e.liz/ |
élisions /e.li.zjɔ̃/ |
élisiez /e.li.zje/ |
élisent /e.liz/ |
| imperfect2 | élusse /e.lys/ |
élusses /e.lys/ |
élût /e.ly/ |
élussions /e.ly.sjɔ̃/ |
élussiez /e.ly.sje/ |
élussent /e.lys/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | élis /e.li/ |
— | élisons /e.li.zɔ̃/ |
élisez /e.li.ze/ |
— | |
| 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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||