requérir

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French requerir, from Old French requerre (with a conjugation change as with quérir), from Latin requirere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.ke.ʁiʁ/
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Verb

requérir

  1. to call for, to require
  2. to request, to summon
  3. to demand
  4. to need

Conjugation

Conjugation of requérir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple requérir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple requérant
/ʁə.ke.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle requis
/ʁə.ki/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present requiers
/ʁə.kjɛʁ/ 		requiers
/ʁə.kjɛʁ/ 		requiert
/ʁə.kjɛʁ/ 		requérons
/ʁə.ke.ʁɔ̃/ 		requérez
/ʁə.ke.ʁe/ 		requièrent
/ʁə.kjɛʁ/
imperfect requérais
/ʁə.ke.ʁɛ/ 		requérais
/ʁə.ke.ʁɛ/ 		requérait
/ʁə.ke.ʁɛ/ 		requérions
/ʁə.ke.ʁjɔ̃/ 		requériez
/ʁə.ke.ʁje/ 		requéraient
/ʁə.ke.ʁɛ/
past historic2 requis
/ʁə.ki/ 		requis
/ʁə.ki/ 		requit
/ʁə.ki/ 		requîmes
/ʁə.kim/ 		requîtes
/ʁə.kit/ 		requirent
/ʁə.kiʁ/
future requerrai
/ʁə.kɛ.ʁe/ or /ʁə.ke.ʁe/ 		requerras
/ʁə.kɛ.ʁa/ or /ʁə.ke.ʁa/ 		requerra
/ʁə.kɛ.ʁa/ or /ʁə.ke.ʁa/ 		requerrons
/ʁə.kɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.ke.ʁɔ̃/ 		requerrez
/ʁə.kɛ.ʁe/ or /ʁə.ke.ʁe/ 		requerront
/ʁə.kɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.ke.ʁɔ̃/
conditional requerrais
/ʁə.kɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.ke.ʁɛ/ 		requerrais
/ʁə.kɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.ke.ʁɛ/ 		requerrait
/ʁə.kɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.ke.ʁɛ/ 		requerrions
/ʁə.kɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.ke.ʁjɔ̃/ 		requerriez
/ʁə.kɛ.ʁje/ or /ʁə.ke.ʁje/ 		requerraient
/ʁə.kɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.ke.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 requière
/ʁə.kjɛʁ/ 		requières
/ʁə.kjɛʁ/ 		requière
/ʁə.kjɛʁ/ 		requérions
/ʁə.ke.ʁjɔ̃/ 		requériez
/ʁə.ke.ʁje/ 		requièrent
/ʁə.kjɛʁ/
imperfect2 requisse
/ʁə.kis/ 		requisses
/ʁə.kis/ 		requît
/ʁə.ki/ 		requissions
/ʁə.ki.sjɔ̃/ 		requissiez
/ʁə.ki.sje/ 		requissent
/ʁə.kis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — requiers
/ʁə.kjɛʁ/ 		— requérons
/ʁə.ke.ʁɔ̃/ 		requérez
/ʁə.ke.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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