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paraitre
This verb is one of a fairly small group of -re verbs that are all conjugated the same way. They are conjugated the same as the alternative spelling, which has a circumflex over the 'i', except that the circumflex is dropped here.
| infinitive | simple | paraitre | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir or être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | paraissant /pa.ʁɛ.sɑ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | paru /pa.ʁy/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | parais /pa.ʁɛ/ |
parais /pa.ʁɛ/ |
parait /pa.ʁɛ/ |
paraissons /pa.ʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.sɔ̃/ |
paraissez /pa.ʁɛ.se/ or /pa.ʁe.se/ |
paraissent /pa.ʁɛs/ |
| imperfect | paraissais /pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.sɛ/ |
paraissais /pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.sɛ/ |
paraissait /pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.sɛ/ |
paraissions /pa.ʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.sjɔ̃/ |
paraissiez /pa.ʁɛ.sje/ or /pa.ʁe.sje/ |
paraissaient /pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | parus /pa.ʁy/ |
parus /pa.ʁy/ |
parut /pa.ʁy/ |
parûmes /pa.ʁym/ |
parûtes /pa.ʁyt/ |
parurent /pa.ʁyʁ/ | |
| future | paraitrai /pa.ʁɛ.tʁe/ or /pa.ʁe.tʁe/ |
paraitras /pa.ʁɛ.tʁa/ or /pa.ʁe.tʁa/ |
paraitra /pa.ʁɛ.tʁa/ or /pa.ʁe.tʁa/ |
paraitrons /pa.ʁɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.tʁɔ̃/ |
paraitrez /pa.ʁɛ.tʁe/ or /pa.ʁe.tʁe/ |
paraitront /pa.ʁɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | paraitrais /pa.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.tʁɛ/ |
paraitrais /pa.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.tʁɛ/ |
paraitrait /pa.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.tʁɛ/ |
paraitrions /pa.ʁɛ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
paraitriez /pa.ʁɛ.tʁi.je/ or /pa.ʁe.tʁi.je/ |
paraitraient /pa.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.tʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir or être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir or être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir or être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir or être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir or être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | paraisse /pa.ʁɛs/ |
paraisses /pa.ʁɛs/ |
paraisse /pa.ʁɛs/ |
paraissions /pa.ʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.sjɔ̃/ |
paraissiez /pa.ʁɛ.sje/ or /pa.ʁe.sje/ |
paraissent /pa.ʁɛs/ |
| imperfect2 | parusse /pa.ʁys/ |
parusses /pa.ʁys/ |
parût /pa.ʁy/ |
parussions /pa.ʁy.sjɔ̃/ |
parussiez /pa.ʁy.sje/ |
parussent /pa.ʁys/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir or être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir or être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | parais /pa.ʁɛ/ |
— | paraissons /pa.ʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.sɔ̃/ |
paraissez /pa.ʁɛ.se/ or /pa.ʁe.se/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir or être + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir or être + past participle | simple imperative of avoir or être + 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). | |||||||