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conduire
conduire
See also: conduiré
French
Verb
conduire
- to drive (a vehicle)
- Il conduit la voiture.
- He is driving the car.
- Il conduit la voiture.
- to lead
- (reflexive, se conduire) To behave
- Les enfants se conduisent mal.
- The children are behaving badly.
- Les enfants se conduisent mal.
Conjugation
Conjugation of conduire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | conduire | avoir conduit | |||||
| gerund | en conduisant | en ayant conduit | |||||
| present participle | conduisant /kɔ̃.dɥi.zɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | conduit /kɔ̃.dɥi/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | conduis /kɔ̃.dɥi/ |
conduis /kɔ̃.dɥi/ |
conduit /kɔ̃.dɥi/ |
conduisons /kɔ̃.dɥi.zɔ̃/ |
conduisez /kɔ̃.dɥi.ze/ |
conduisent /kɔ̃.dɥiz/ |
| imperfect | conduisais /kɔ̃.dɥi.zɛ/ |
conduisais /kɔ̃.dɥi.zɛ/ |
conduisait /kɔ̃.dɥi.zɛ/ |
conduisions /kɔ̃.dɥi.zjɔ̃/ |
conduisiez /kɔ̃.dɥi.zje/ |
conduisaient /kɔ̃.dɥi.zɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | conduisis /kɔ̃.dɥi.zi/ |
conduisis /kɔ̃.dɥi.zi/ |
conduisit /kɔ̃.dɥi.zi/ |
conduisîmes /kɔ̃.dɥi.zim/ |
conduisîtes /kɔ̃.dɥi.zit/ |
conduisirent /kɔ̃.dɥi.ziʁ/ |
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| future | conduirai /kɔ̃.dɥi.ʁe/ |
conduiras /kɔ̃.dɥi.ʁa/ |
conduira /kɔ̃.dɥi.ʁa/ |
conduirons /kɔ̃.dɥi.ʁɔ̃/ |
conduirez /kɔ̃.dɥi.ʁe/ |
conduiront /kɔ̃.dɥi.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | conduirais /kɔ̃.dɥi.ʁɛ/ |
conduirais /kɔ̃.dɥi.ʁɛ/ |
conduirait /kɔ̃.dɥi.ʁɛ/ |
conduirions /kɔ̃.dɥi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
conduiriez /kɔ̃.dɥi.ʁje/ |
conduiraient /kɔ̃.dɥi.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | conduise /kɔ̃.dɥiz/ |
conduises /kɔ̃.dɥiz/ |
conduise /kɔ̃.dɥiz/ |
conduisions /kɔ̃.dɥi.zjɔ̃/ |
conduisiez /kɔ̃.dɥi.zje/ |
conduisent /kɔ̃.dɥiz/ |
| imperfect1 |
conduisisse /kɔ̃.dɥi.zis/ |
conduisisses /kɔ̃.dɥi.zis/ |
conduisît /kɔ̃.dɥi.zi/ |
conduisissions /kɔ̃.dɥi.zi.sjɔ̃/ |
conduisissiez /kɔ̃.dɥi.zi.sje/ |
conduisissent /kɔ̃.dɥi.zis/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | conduis /kɔ̃.dɥi/ |
— | conduisons /kɔ̃.dɥi.zɔ̃/ |
conduisez /kɔ̃.dɥi.ze/ |
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Related terms
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin condūcere, present active infinitive of condūcō (“lead, bring or draw together”), from con + dūcō (“lead”).
Verb
conduire
- to steer; to guide; to lead
- circa 1150, Turoldus, La Chanson de Roland:
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Si aiderez a cunduire ma gent.
- If you will help me guide my people
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Si aiderez a cunduire ma gent.
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Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. 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 conduire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | conduire | avoir conduit | |||||
| gerund | en conduisant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | conduisant | ||||||
| past participle | conduit | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | condui | conduis | conduit | conduions | conduiiez | conduient |
| imperfect | conduisoie, conduiseie | conduisoies, conduiseies | conduisoit, conduiseit | conduisiiens, conduisiens | conduisiiez, conduisiez | conduisoient, conduiseient | |
| preterite | conduis | conduisis | conduist | conduisimes | conduisistes | conduistrent | |
| future | conduirai | conduiras | conduira | conduirons | conduiroiz, conduireiz, conduirez | conduiront | |
| conditional | conduiroie, conduireie | conduiroies, conduireies | conduiroit, conduireit | conduiriiens, conduiriens | conduiriiez, conduiriez | conduiroient, conduireient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | conduie | conduies | conduie | conduiiens, conduions | conduiiez | conduient |
| imperfect | conduisisse | conduisisses | conduisist | conduisissons, conduisissiens | conduisissoiz, conduisissez, conduisissiez | conduisissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | condui | — | conduions | conduiiez | — | ||
References
- conduire on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (conduire)