préparer

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See also: preparer

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French preparer, from Old French, borrowed from Latin praeparāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʁe.pa.ʁe/
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Verb

préparer

  1. (transitive) to prepare
  2. (transitive) to prepare for

Conjugation

Conjugation of préparer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple préparer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple préparant
/pʁe.pa.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle préparé
/pʁe.pa.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present prépare
/pʁe.paʁ/ 		prépares
/pʁe.paʁ/ 		prépare
/pʁe.paʁ/ 		préparons
/pʁe.pa.ʁɔ̃/ 		préparez
/pʁe.pa.ʁe/ 		préparent
/pʁe.paʁ/
imperfect préparais
/pʁe.pa.ʁɛ/ 		préparais
/pʁe.pa.ʁɛ/ 		préparait
/pʁe.pa.ʁɛ/ 		préparions
/pʁe.pa.ʁjɔ̃/ 		prépariez
/pʁe.pa.ʁje/ 		préparaient
/pʁe.pa.ʁɛ/
past historic2 préparai
/pʁe.pa.ʁe/ 		préparas
/pʁe.pa.ʁa/ 		prépara
/pʁe.pa.ʁa/ 		préparâmes
/pʁe.pa.ʁam/ 		préparâtes
/pʁe.pa.ʁat/ 		préparèrent
/pʁe.pa.ʁɛʁ/
future préparerai
/pʁe.pa.ʁə.ʁe/ 		prépareras
/pʁe.pa.ʁə.ʁa/ 		préparera
/pʁe.pa.ʁə.ʁa/ 		préparerons
/pʁe.pa.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ 		préparerez
/pʁe.pa.ʁə.ʁe/ 		prépareront
/pʁe.pa.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional préparerais
/pʁe.pa.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		préparerais
/pʁe.pa.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		préparerait
/pʁe.pa.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		préparerions
/pʁe.pa.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		prépareriez
/pʁe.pa.ʁə.ʁje/ 		prépareraient
/pʁe.pa.ʁə.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 prépare
/pʁe.paʁ/ 		prépares
/pʁe.paʁ/ 		prépare
/pʁe.paʁ/ 		préparions
/pʁe.pa.ʁjɔ̃/ 		prépariez
/pʁe.pa.ʁje/ 		préparent
/pʁe.paʁ/
imperfect2 préparasse
/pʁe.pa.ʁas/ 		préparasses
/pʁe.pa.ʁas/ 		préparât
/pʁe.pa.ʁa/ 		préparassions
/pʁe.pa.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		préparassiez
/pʁe.pa.ʁa.sje/ 		préparassent
/pʁe.pa.ʁas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — prépare
/pʁe.paʁ/ 		— préparons
/pʁe.pa.ʁɔ̃/ 		préparez
/pʁe.pa.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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