couder
French
Etymology
From coude 'elbow', from Latin cubitus.
Pronunciation
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Verb
couder
Conjugation
Conjugation of couder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | couder | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | coudant /ku.dɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | coudé /ku.de/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | coude /kud/ |
coudes /kud/ |
coude /kud/ |
coudons /ku.dɔ̃/ |
coudez /ku.de/ |
coudent /kud/ |
| imperfect | coudais /ku.dɛ/ |
coudais /ku.dɛ/ |
coudait /ku.dɛ/ |
coudions /ku.djɔ̃/ |
coudiez /ku.dje/ |
coudaient /ku.dɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | coudai /ku.de/ |
coudas /ku.da/ |
couda /ku.da/ |
coudâmes /ku.dam/ |
coudâtes /ku.dat/ |
coudèrent /ku.dɛʁ/ | |
| future | couderai /ku.dʁe/ |
couderas /ku.dʁa/ |
coudera /ku.dʁa/ |
couderons /ku.dʁɔ̃/ |
couderez /ku.dʁe/ |
couderont /ku.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | couderais /ku.dʁɛ/ |
couderais /ku.dʁɛ/ |
couderait /ku.dʁɛ/ |
couderions /ku.də.ʁjɔ̃/ |
couderiez /ku.də.ʁje/ |
couderaient /ku.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 | coude /kud/ |
coudes /kud/ |
coude /kud/ |
coudions /ku.djɔ̃/ |
coudiez /ku.dje/ |
coudent /kud/ |
| imperfect2 | coudasse /ku.das/ |
coudasses /ku.das/ |
coudât /ku.da/ |
coudassions /ku.da.sjɔ̃/ |
coudassiez /ku.da.sje/ |
coudassent /ku.das/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | coude /kud/ |
— | coudons /ku.dɔ̃/ |
coudez /ku.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
- coudée f
Further reading
- “couder”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.