Inherited from Middle French esmouvoir, from Old French esmouvoir, esmovoir, esmoveir, from Vulgar Latin *exmovēre, from Latin ēmovēre. Compare Italian smuovere.
émouvoir
| infinitive | simple | émouvoir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | émouvant /e.mu.vɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | ému /e.my/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | émeus /e.mø/ |
émeus /e.mø/ |
émeut /e.mø/ |
émouvons /e.mu.vɔ̃/ |
émouvez /e.mu.ve/ |
émeuvent /e.mœv/ |
| imperfect | émouvais /e.mu.vɛ/ |
émouvais /e.mu.vɛ/ |
émouvait /e.mu.vɛ/ |
émouvions /e.mu.vjɔ̃/ |
émouviez /e.mu.vje/ |
émouvaient /e.mu.vɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | émus /e.my/ |
émus /e.my/ |
émut /e.my/ |
émûmes /e.mym/ |
émûtes /e.myt/ |
émurent /e.myʁ/ | |
| future | émouvrai /e.mu.vʁe/ |
émouvras /e.mu.vʁa/ |
émouvra /e.mu.vʁa/ |
émouvrons /e.mu.vʁɔ̃/ |
émouvrez /e.mu.vʁe/ |
émouvront /e.mu.vʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | émouvrais /e.mu.vʁɛ/ |
émouvrais /e.mu.vʁɛ/ |
émouvrait /e.mu.vʁɛ/ |
émouvrions /e.mu.vʁi.jɔ̃/ |
émouvriez /e.mu.vʁi.je/ |
émouvraient /e.mu.vʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | émeuve /e.mœv/ |
émeuves /e.mœv/ |
émeuve /e.mœv/ |
émouvions /e.mu.vjɔ̃/ |
émouviez /e.mu.vje/ |
émeuvent /e.mœv/ |
| imperfect2 | émusse /e.mys/ |
émusses /e.mys/ |
émût /e.my/ |
émussions /e.my.sjɔ̃/ |
émussiez /e.my.sje/ |
émussent /e.mys/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | émeus /e.mø/ |
— | émouvons /e.mu.vɔ̃/ |
émouvez /e.mu.ve/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||