exprimer

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French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin exprimere. Compare the inherited doublet épreindre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛk.spʁi.me/
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Verb

exprimer

  1. (transitive) to express
  2. (reflexive) to express oneself
    Je me suis mal exprimé. ― I misspoke.
    Il lui est parfois difficile de s’exprimer clairement à cause de sa forme particulière d’intelligence.
    It's sometimes difficult for him to express himself clearly because of his peculiar form of intelligence.
    Guardiola préfère les vestiaires et le terrain pour s’exprimer.
    Guardiola prefers to express himself in the dressing room and on the pitch.

Conjugation

Conjugation of exprimer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple exprimer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple exprimant
/ɛk.spʁi.mɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle exprimé
/ɛk.spʁi.me/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present exprime
/ɛk.spʁim/ 		exprimes
/ɛk.spʁim/ 		exprime
/ɛk.spʁim/ 		exprimons
/ɛk.spʁi.mɔ̃/ 		exprimez
/ɛk.spʁi.me/ 		expriment
/ɛk.spʁim/
imperfect exprimais
/ɛk.spʁi.mɛ/ 		exprimais
/ɛk.spʁi.mɛ/ 		exprimait
/ɛk.spʁi.mɛ/ 		exprimions
/ɛk.spʁi.mjɔ̃/ 		exprimiez
/ɛk.spʁi.mje/ 		exprimaient
/ɛk.spʁi.mɛ/
past historic2 exprimai
/ɛk.spʁi.me/ 		exprimas
/ɛk.spʁi.ma/ 		exprima
/ɛk.spʁi.ma/ 		exprimâmes
/ɛk.spʁi.mam/ 		exprimâtes
/ɛk.spʁi.mat/ 		exprimèrent
/ɛk.spʁi.mɛʁ/
future exprimerai
/ɛk.spʁim.ʁe/ 		exprimeras
/ɛk.spʁim.ʁa/ 		exprimera
/ɛk.spʁim.ʁa/ 		exprimerons
/ɛk.spʁim.ʁɔ̃/ 		exprimerez
/ɛk.spʁim.ʁe/ 		exprimeront
/ɛk.spʁim.ʁɔ̃/
conditional exprimerais
/ɛk.spʁim.ʁɛ/ 		exprimerais
/ɛk.spʁim.ʁɛ/ 		exprimerait
/ɛk.spʁim.ʁɛ/ 		exprimerions
/ɛk.spʁi.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		exprimeriez
/ɛk.spʁi.mə.ʁje/ 		exprimeraient
/ɛk.spʁim.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 exprime
/ɛk.spʁim/ 		exprimes
/ɛk.spʁim/ 		exprime
/ɛk.spʁim/ 		exprimions
/ɛk.spʁi.mjɔ̃/ 		exprimiez
/ɛk.spʁi.mje/ 		expriment
/ɛk.spʁim/
imperfect2 exprimasse
/ɛk.spʁi.mas/ 		exprimasses
/ɛk.spʁi.mas/ 		exprimât
/ɛk.spʁi.ma/ 		exprimassions
/ɛk.spʁi.ma.sjɔ̃/ 		exprimassiez
/ɛk.spʁi.ma.sje/ 		exprimassent
/ɛk.spʁi.mas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — exprime
/ɛk.spʁim/ 		— exprimons
/ɛk.spʁi.mɔ̃/ 		exprimez
/ɛk.spʁi.me/ 		—
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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