Inherited from Old French cuidier, inherited from Latin cōgitāre (“to think”). Doublet of cogiter, which was a borrowing. Compare Portuguese and Spanish cuidar.
cuider
| infinitive | simple | cuider | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | cuidant /kɥi.dɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | cuidé /kɥi.de/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | cuide /kɥid/ |
cuides /kɥid/ |
cuide /kɥid/ |
cuidons /kɥi.dɔ̃/ |
cuidez /kɥi.de/ |
cuident /kɥid/ |
| imperfect | cuidais /kɥi.dɛ/ |
cuidais /kɥi.dɛ/ |
cuidait /kɥi.dɛ/ |
cuidions /kɥi.djɔ̃/ |
cuidiez /kɥi.dje/ |
cuidaient /kɥi.dɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | cuidai /kɥi.de/ |
cuidas /kɥi.da/ |
cuida /kɥi.da/ |
cuidâmes /kɥi.dam/ |
cuidâtes /kɥi.dat/ |
cuidèrent /kɥi.dɛʁ/ | |
| future | cuiderai /kɥi.dʁe/ |
cuideras /kɥi.dʁa/ |
cuidera /kɥi.dʁa/ |
cuiderons /kɥi.dʁɔ̃/ |
cuiderez /kɥi.dʁe/ |
cuideront /kɥi.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | cuiderais /kɥi.dʁɛ/ |
cuiderais /kɥi.dʁɛ/ |
cuiderait /kɥi.dʁɛ/ |
cuiderions /kɥi.də.ʁjɔ̃/ |
cuideriez /kɥi.də.ʁje/ |
cuideraient /kɥi.dʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | cuide /kɥid/ |
cuides /kɥid/ |
cuide /kɥid/ |
cuidions /kɥi.djɔ̃/ |
cuidiez /kɥi.dje/ |
cuident /kɥid/ |
| imperfect2 | cuidasse /kɥi.das/ |
cuidasses /kɥi.das/ |
cuidât /kɥi.da/ |
cuidassions /kɥi.da.sjɔ̃/ |
cuidassiez /kɥi.da.sje/ |
cuidassent /kɥi.das/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | cuide /kɥid/ |
— | cuidons /kɥi.dɔ̃/ |
cuidez /kɥi.de/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
cuider
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-d, *-ds, *-dt are modified to t, z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | cuider | avoir cuidé | |||||
| gerund | en cuidant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | cuidant | ||||||
| past participle | cuidé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | cuit | cuides | cuide | cuidons | cuidez | cuident |
| imperfect | cuidoie, cuideie, cuidoe, cuideve | cuidoies, cuideies, cuidoes, cuideves | cuidoit, cuideit, cuidot, cuideve | cuidiiens, cuidiens | cuidiiez, cuidiez | cuidoient, cuideient, cuidoent, cuidevent | |
| preterite | cuidai | cuidas | cuida | cuidames | cuidastes | cuiderent | |
| future | cuiderai | cuideras | cuidera | cuiderons | cuideroiz, cuidereiz, cuiderez | cuideront | |
| conditional | cuideroie, cuidereie | cuideroies, cuidereies | cuideroit, cuidereit | cuideriiens, cuideriens | cuideriiez, cuideriez | cuideroient, cuidereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | cuit | cuiz | cuit | cuidons | cuidez | cuident |
| imperfect | cuidasse | cuidasses | cuidast | cuidissons, cuidissiens | cuidissoiz, cuidissez, cuidissiez | cuidassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | cuide | — | cuidons | cuidez | — | ||