vivre
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Conjugation in Bourguignon
Bourguignon
Etymology 1
From Old French vouivre, Latin vipera.
Noun
vivre m (plural vivres)
- a mythical creature similar to a wyvern living in different parts of Burgundy (especially in Tonnerre)
- any type of snake
Alternative forms
Etymology 2
From Old French vivre, from Latin vivere, present active infinitive of vivo.
Verb
vivre
- to live
- joie de vivre
- joy of living
Conjugation
Conjugation in Bourguignon| infinitive | vivre | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | vivant | |||||||
| auxiliary | aivoi | |||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | ||||||
| singular | vicu | vicue | ||||||
| plural | vicus | vicues | ||||||
| singular | plural | |||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| indicative | je (j') / i* | tu (t') | ai (el), ale | je (j') / i* | vos | ai (el), ales | ||
| present | vis | vis | vit | vivons | vivez | vivant | ||
| imperfect | vivoos | vivoos | vivoot | viveins | viveins | viveint | ||
| preterite | vicquis | vicquis | vicquit | vicquirens | vicquires | vicquirent | ||
| future | vivré | vivrés | vivré | vivrons | vivrez | vivront | ||
| conditional | vivroos | vivroos | vivroot | vivreins | vivreins | vivreint | ||
| subjunctive | que je (j') / qu'i* | que tu (t') | qu'ai (el), qu'ale | que je (j') / qu'i* | que vos | qu'ai (el), qu'ales | ||
| present | vive | vives | vive | viveins | viveins | viveint | ||
| imperfect | vicquisse | vicquisses | vicquisse | vicquisseins | vicquisseins | vicquisseint | ||
| imperative | — | tu | — | je (j') / i* | vos | — | ||
| present | vis | vivons | vivez | |||||
| * je is found in Central and Eastern Burgundy, i is found in the Morvan and partially throughout the whole region | ||||||||
Related terms
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French vivre, from Old French vivre, from Latin vīvere, from Proto-Italic *gʷīwō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti (“to live, be alive”). Forms in véc- originate from Latin irregular perfect stem vīx- (vīxī, vīxistī, ...) undergoing metathesis and shortening to *vĭsc-.
Pronunciation
Verb
vivre
Conjugation
Conjugation of vivre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | vivre | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | vivant /vi.vɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | vécu /ve.ky/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | vis /vi/ |
vis /vi/ |
vit /vi/ |
vivons /vi.vɔ̃/ |
vivez /vi.ve/ |
vivent /viv/ |
| imperfect | vivais /vi.vɛ/ |
vivais /vi.vɛ/ |
vivait /vi.vɛ/ |
vivions /vi.vjɔ̃/ |
viviez /vi.vje/ |
vivaient /vi.vɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | vécus /ve.ky/ |
vécus /ve.ky/ |
vécut /ve.ky/ |
vécûmes /ve.kym/ |
vécûtes /ve.kyt/ |
vécurent /ve.kyʁ/ | |
| future | vivrai /vi.vʁe/ |
vivras /vi.vʁa/ |
vivra /vi.vʁa/ |
vivrons /vi.vʁɔ̃/ |
vivrez /vi.vʁe/ |
vivront /vi.vʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | vivrais /vi.vʁɛ/ |
vivrais /vi.vʁɛ/ |
vivrait /vi.vʁɛ/ |
vivrions /vi.vʁi.jɔ̃/ |
vivriez /vi.vʁi.je/ |
vivraient /vi.vʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | vive /viv/ |
vives /viv/ |
vive /viv/ |
vivions /vi.vjɔ̃/ |
viviez /vi.vje/ |
vivent /viv/ |
| imperfect2 | vécusse /ve.kys/ |
vécusses /ve.kys/ |
vécût /ve.ky/ |
vécussions /ve.ky.sjɔ̃/ |
vécussiez /ve.ky.sje/ |
vécussent /ve.kys/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | vis /vi/ |
— | vivons /vi.vɔ̃/ |
vivez /vi.ve/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
- âme qui vive
- art de vivre
- faire bon vivre
- ils vécurent heureux et eurent beaucoup d’enfants
- joie de vivre
- l’espoir fait vivre
- on ne vit qu’une fois
- pour vivre heureux, vivons cachés
- qui vit par l’épée périra par l’épée
- qui vivra verra
- sentir le vécu
- sur le qui-vive
- vivre au-dessus de ses moyens
- vivre aux crochets de
- vivre avec son temps
- vivre dans une grotte
- vivre d’amour et d’eau fraiche
- vivre en grand seigneur
- vivre sa vie
Related terms
Further reading
- “vivre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French vivre, from Latin vīvere, present active infinitive of vīvō.
Verb
vivre
- to live
Descendants
- French: vivre
Norman
Etymology
From Old French vivre, from Latin vīvō, vīvere, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti (“to live, be alive”).
Pronunciation
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Verb
vivre
Old French
Etymology
From Latin vīvere, present active infinitive of vīvō.
Pronunciation
Verb
vivre
- to live
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of vivre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | vivre | avoir vescu | |||||
| gerund | en vivant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | vivant | ||||||
| past participle | vescu | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | vif | vis | vit | vivons | vivez | vivent |
| imperfect | vivoie, viveie | vivoies, viveies | vivoit, viveit | viviiens, viviens | viviiez, viviez | vivoient, viveient | |
| preterite | vesqui | vesquis | vesquié | vesquimes | vesquistes | vesquierent | |
| future | vivrai | vivras | vivra | vivrons | vivroiz, vivreiz, vivrez | vivront | |
| conditional | vivroie, vivreie | vivroies, vivreies | vivroit, vivreit | vivriiens, vivriens | vivriiez, vivriez | vivroient, vivreient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | vive | vives | vive | vivons | vivez | vivent |
| imperfect | vesquisse | vesquisses | vesquist | vesquissons, vesquissiens | vesquissoiz, vesquissez, vesquissiez | vesquissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | vif | — | vivons | vivez | — | ||