parcourir

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French

Etymology

From par- +‎ courir, based on Latin percurrere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paʁ.ku.ʁiʁ/
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Verb

parcourir

  1. to go through, to pass through
  2. to read through, to skim

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like other regular -ir verbs, except that in the conditional and future tenses an extra 'r' is added to the end of the stem and the past participle ends in -u. All verb ending in -courir are conjugated this way.

Conjugation of parcourir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple parcourir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple parcourant
/paʁ.ku.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle parcouru
/paʁ.ku.ʁy/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present parcours
/paʁ.kuʁ/ 		parcours
/paʁ.kuʁ/ 		parcourt
/paʁ.kuʁ/ 		parcourons
/paʁ.ku.ʁɔ̃/ 		parcourez
/paʁ.ku.ʁe/ 		parcourent
/paʁ.kuʁ/
imperfect parcourais
/paʁ.ku.ʁɛ/ 		parcourais
/paʁ.ku.ʁɛ/ 		parcourait
/paʁ.ku.ʁɛ/ 		parcourions
/paʁ.ku.ʁjɔ̃/ 		parcouriez
/paʁ.ku.ʁje/ 		parcouraient
/paʁ.ku.ʁɛ/
past historic2 parcourus
/paʁ.ku.ʁy/ 		parcourus
/paʁ.ku.ʁy/ 		parcourut
/paʁ.ku.ʁy/ 		parcourûmes
/paʁ.ku.ʁym/ 		parcourûtes
/paʁ.ku.ʁyt/ 		parcoururent
/paʁ.ku.ʁyʁ/
future parcourrai
/paʁ.kuʁ.ʁe/ 		parcourras
/paʁ.kuʁ.ʁa/ 		parcourra
/paʁ.kuʁ.ʁa/ 		parcourrons
/paʁ.kuʁ.ʁɔ̃/ 		parcourrez
/paʁ.kuʁ.ʁe/ 		parcourront
/paʁ.kuʁ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional parcourrais
/paʁ.kuʁ.ʁɛ/ 		parcourrais
/paʁ.kuʁ.ʁɛ/ 		parcourrait
/paʁ.kuʁ.ʁɛ/ 		parcourrions
/paʁ.kuʁ.ʁjɔ̃/ 		parcourriez
/paʁ.kuʁ.ʁje/ 		parcourraient
/paʁ.kuʁ.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 parcoure
/paʁ.kuʁ/ 		parcoures
/paʁ.kuʁ/ 		parcoure
/paʁ.kuʁ/ 		parcourions
/paʁ.ku.ʁjɔ̃/ 		parcouriez
/paʁ.ku.ʁje/ 		parcourent
/paʁ.kuʁ/
imperfect2 parcourusse
/paʁ.ku.ʁys/ 		parcourusses
/paʁ.ku.ʁys/ 		parcourût
/paʁ.ku.ʁy/ 		parcourussions
/paʁ.ku.ʁy.sjɔ̃/ 		parcourussiez
/paʁ.ku.ʁy.sje/ 		parcourussent
/paʁ.ku.ʁys/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — parcours
/paʁ.kuʁ/ 		— parcourons
/paʁ.ku.ʁɔ̃/ 		parcourez
/paʁ.ku.ʁe/ 		—
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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