répondre

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See also: repondré and rêpondre

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French respondre, from Old French respondre, from Late Latin respondere, from Latin respondēre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁe.pɔ̃dʁ/
  • Audio (France, Paris)(file)
  • Hyphenation: ré‧pondre

Verb

répondre

  1. to reply, to answer
    Tu dois répondre aux questions que je te pose.
    You must answer the questions I ask you.
  2. (law) to answer for
    répondre de ses actes ― to answer for one's deeds

Conjugation

Conjugation of répondre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple répondre
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple répondant
/ʁe.pɔ̃.dɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle répondu
/ʁe.pɔ̃.dy/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present réponds
/ʁe.pɔ̃/ 		réponds
/ʁe.pɔ̃/ 		répond
/ʁe.pɔ̃/ 		répondons
/ʁe.pɔ̃.dɔ̃/ 		répondez
/ʁe.pɔ̃.de/ 		répondent
/ʁe.pɔ̃d/
imperfect répondais
/ʁe.pɔ̃.dɛ/ 		répondais
/ʁe.pɔ̃.dɛ/ 		répondait
/ʁe.pɔ̃.dɛ/ 		répondions
/ʁe.pɔ̃.djɔ̃/ 		répondiez
/ʁe.pɔ̃.dje/ 		répondaient
/ʁe.pɔ̃.dɛ/
past historic2 répondis
/ʁe.pɔ̃.di/ 		répondis
/ʁe.pɔ̃.di/ 		répondit
/ʁe.pɔ̃.di/ 		répondîmes
/ʁe.pɔ̃.dim/ 		répondîtes
/ʁe.pɔ̃.dit/ 		répondirent
/ʁe.pɔ̃.diʁ/
future répondrai
/ʁe.pɔ̃.dʁe/ 		répondras
/ʁe.pɔ̃.dʁa/ 		répondra
/ʁe.pɔ̃.dʁa/ 		répondrons
/ʁe.pɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/ 		répondrez
/ʁe.pɔ̃.dʁe/ 		répondront
/ʁe.pɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/
conditional répondrais
/ʁe.pɔ̃.dʁɛ/ 		répondrais
/ʁe.pɔ̃.dʁɛ/ 		répondrait
/ʁe.pɔ̃.dʁɛ/ 		répondrions
/ʁe.pɔ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ 		répondriez
/ʁe.pɔ̃.dʁi.je/ 		répondraient
/ʁe.pɔ̃.dʁɛ/
(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 réponde
/ʁe.pɔ̃d/ 		répondes
/ʁe.pɔ̃d/ 		réponde
/ʁe.pɔ̃d/ 		répondions
/ʁe.pɔ̃.djɔ̃/ 		répondiez
/ʁe.pɔ̃.dje/ 		répondent
/ʁe.pɔ̃d/
imperfect2 répondisse
/ʁe.pɔ̃.dis/ 		répondisses
/ʁe.pɔ̃.dis/ 		répondît
/ʁe.pɔ̃.di/ 		répondissions
/ʁe.pɔ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ 		répondissiez
/ʁe.pɔ̃.di.sje/ 		répondissent
/ʁe.pɔ̃.dis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — réponds
/ʁe.pɔ̃/ 		— répondons
/ʁe.pɔ̃.dɔ̃/ 		répondez
/ʁe.pɔ̃.de/ 		—
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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