préoccuper

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praeoccupāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʁe.ɔ.ky.pe/
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Verb

préoccuper

  1. to concern, preoccupy
  2. (reflexive with "en" pronoun) to be concerned, preoccupied
  3. (reflexive with "en" pronoun) to care
    Ma maman est la seule qui s’en préoccupe.
    My mom is the only one who cares.
  4. (reflexive with "en" pronoun, chiefly in the negative) to mind, to be bothered
    Vous empochez les pilules de l’homme endormi. L’homme ne s’en préoccupe pas. De toute façon, vous en avez probablement plus besoin que lui.
    You pocket the sleeping man's pills. The man doesn't mind. In any case, you probably need them more than he does.

Conjugation

Conjugation of préoccuper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple préoccuper
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple préoccupant
/pʁe.ɔ.ky.pɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle préoccupé
/pʁe.ɔ.ky.pe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present préoccupe
/pʁe.ɔ.kyp/ 		préoccupes
/pʁe.ɔ.kyp/ 		préoccupe
/pʁe.ɔ.kyp/ 		préoccupons
/pʁe.ɔ.ky.pɔ̃/ 		préoccupez
/pʁe.ɔ.ky.pe/ 		préoccupent
/pʁe.ɔ.kyp/
imperfect préoccupais
/pʁe.ɔ.ky.pɛ/ 		préoccupais
/pʁe.ɔ.ky.pɛ/ 		préoccupait
/pʁe.ɔ.ky.pɛ/ 		préoccupions
/pʁe.ɔ.ky.pjɔ̃/ 		préoccupiez
/pʁe.ɔ.ky.pje/ 		préoccupaient
/pʁe.ɔ.ky.pɛ/
past historic2 préoccupai
/pʁe.ɔ.ky.pe/ 		préoccupas
/pʁe.ɔ.ky.pa/ 		préoccupa
/pʁe.ɔ.ky.pa/ 		préoccupâmes
/pʁe.ɔ.ky.pam/ 		préoccupâtes
/pʁe.ɔ.ky.pat/ 		préoccupèrent
/pʁe.ɔ.ky.pɛʁ/
future préoccuperai
/pʁe.ɔ.ky.pʁe/ 		préoccuperas
/pʁe.ɔ.ky.pʁa/ 		préoccupera
/pʁe.ɔ.ky.pʁa/ 		préoccuperons
/pʁe.ɔ.ky.pʁɔ̃/ 		préoccuperez
/pʁe.ɔ.ky.pʁe/ 		préoccuperont
/pʁe.ɔ.ky.pʁɔ̃/
conditional préoccuperais
/pʁe.ɔ.ky.pʁɛ/ 		préoccuperais
/pʁe.ɔ.ky.pʁɛ/ 		préoccuperait
/pʁe.ɔ.ky.pʁɛ/ 		préoccuperions
/pʁe.ɔ.ky.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		préoccuperiez
/pʁe.ɔ.ky.pə.ʁje/ 		préoccuperaient
/pʁe.ɔ.ky.pʁɛ/
(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 préoccupe
/pʁe.ɔ.kyp/ 		préoccupes
/pʁe.ɔ.kyp/ 		préoccupe
/pʁe.ɔ.kyp/ 		préoccupions
/pʁe.ɔ.ky.pjɔ̃/ 		préoccupiez
/pʁe.ɔ.ky.pje/ 		préoccupent
/pʁe.ɔ.kyp/
imperfect2 préoccupasse
/pʁe.ɔ.ky.pas/ 		préoccupasses
/pʁe.ɔ.ky.pas/ 		préoccupât
/pʁe.ɔ.ky.pa/ 		préoccupassions
/pʁe.ɔ.ky.pa.sjɔ̃/ 		préoccupassiez
/pʁe.ɔ.ky.pa.sje/ 		préoccupassent
/pʁe.ɔ.ky.pas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — préoccupe
/pʁe.ɔ.kyp/ 		— préoccupons
/pʁe.ɔ.ky.pɔ̃/ 		préoccupez
/pʁe.ɔ.ky.pe/ 		—
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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