Blend of mec + expliquer, calque of English mansplain.
mecspliquer
infinitive | simple | mecspliquer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | mecspliquant /mɛk.spli.kɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | mecspliqué /mɛk.spli.ke/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | mecsplique /mɛk.splik/ |
mecspliques /mɛk.splik/ |
mecsplique /mɛk.splik/ |
mecspliquons /mɛk.spli.kɔ̃/ |
mecspliquez /mɛk.spli.ke/ |
mecspliquent /mɛk.splik/ |
imperfect | mecspliquais /mɛk.spli.kɛ/ |
mecspliquais /mɛk.spli.kɛ/ |
mecspliquait /mɛk.spli.kɛ/ |
mecspliquions /mɛk.spli.kjɔ̃/ |
mecspliquiez /mɛk.spli.kje/ |
mecspliquaient /mɛk.spli.kɛ/ | |
past historic2 | mecspliquai /mɛk.spli.ke/ |
mecspliquas /mɛk.spli.ka/ |
mecspliqua /mɛk.spli.ka/ |
mecspliquâmes /mɛk.spli.kam/ |
mecspliquâtes /mɛk.spli.kat/ |
mecspliquèrent /mɛk.spli.kɛʁ/ | |
future | mecspliquerai /mɛk.spli.kʁe/ |
mecspliqueras /mɛk.spli.kʁa/ |
mecspliquera /mɛk.spli.kʁa/ |
mecspliquerons /mɛk.spli.kʁɔ̃/ |
mecspliquerez /mɛk.spli.kʁe/ |
mecspliqueront /mɛk.spli.kʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | mecspliquerais /mɛk.spli.kʁɛ/ |
mecspliquerais /mɛk.spli.kʁɛ/ |
mecspliquerait /mɛk.spli.kʁɛ/ |
mecspliquerions /mɛk.spli.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
mecspliqueriez /mɛk.spli.kə.ʁje/ |
mecspliqueraient /mɛk.spli.kʁɛ/ | |
(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 | mecsplique /mɛk.splik/ |
mecspliques /mɛk.splik/ |
mecsplique /mɛk.splik/ |
mecspliquions /mɛk.spli.kjɔ̃/ |
mecspliquiez /mɛk.spli.kje/ |
mecspliquent /mɛk.splik/ |
imperfect2 | mecspliquasse /mɛk.spli.kas/ |
mecspliquasses /mɛk.spli.kas/ |
mecspliquât /mɛk.spli.ka/ |
mecspliquassions /mɛk.spli.ka.sjɔ̃/ |
mecspliquassiez /mɛk.spli.ka.sje/ |
mecspliquassent /mɛk.spli.kas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | mecsplique /mɛk.splik/ |
— | mecspliquons /mɛk.spli.kɔ̃/ |
mecspliquez /mɛk.spli.ke/ |
— | |
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). |