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correspondre
correspondre
See also: correspondré
Catalan
Verb
correspondre (first-person singular present corresponc, past participle correspost)
- to correspond
Conjugation
Conjugation of correspondre (second conjugation with velar infix, irregular past participle)
French
Etymology
From Medieval Latin correspondēre, present active infinitive of correspondeō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃dʁ/
Verb
correspondre
- to correspond
- to write to
Conjugation
Conjugation of correspondre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | correspondre | avoir correspondu | |||||
| gerund | en correspondant | en ayant correspondu | |||||
| present participle | correspondant /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | correspondu /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dy/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | corresponds /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃/ |
corresponds /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃/ |
correspond /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃/ |
correspondons /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dɔ̃/ |
correspondez /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.de/ |
correspondent /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃d/ |
| imperfect | correspondais /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dɛ/ |
correspondais /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dɛ/ |
correspondait /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dɛ/ |
correspondions /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.djɔ̃/ |
correspondiez /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dje/ |
correspondaient /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | correspondis /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.di/ |
correspondis /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.di/ |
correspondit /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.di/ |
correspondîmes /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dim/ |
correspondîtes /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dit/ |
correspondirent /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.diʁ/ |
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| future | correspondrai /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁe/ |
correspondras /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁa/ |
correspondra /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁa/ |
correspondrons /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
correspondrez /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁe/ |
correspondront /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | correspondrais /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁɛ/ |
correspondrais /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁɛ/ |
correspondrait /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁɛ/ |
correspondrions /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
correspondriez /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁi.je/ |
correspondraient /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁɛ/ |
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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 | corresponde /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃d/ |
correspondes /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃d/ |
corresponde /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃d/ |
correspondions /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.djɔ̃/ |
correspondiez /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dje/ |
correspondent /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃d/ |
| imperfect1 |
correspondisse /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dis/ |
correspondisses /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dis/ |
correspondît /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.di/ |
correspondissions /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ |
correspondissiez /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.di.sje/ |
correspondissent /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | corresponds /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃/ |
— | correspondons /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dɔ̃/ |
correspondez /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.de/ |
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Middle French
Etymology
From Medieval Latin correspondēre, present active infinitive of correspondeō.
Verb
correspondre
- to correspond (of two or more people, to mutually respond to one another)
Old French
Etymology
First known attestation circa 1330, from Medieval Latin correspondēre, present active infinitive of correspondeō.
Verb
correspondre
- to correspond
- to write to
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 correspondre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | correspondre | avoir correspondu, correspons | |||||
| gerund | en correspondant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | correspondant | ||||||
| past participle | correspondu, correspons | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | correspoing, correspon | corresponz | correspont | correspondons | correspondez | correspondent |
| imperfect | correspondoie, correspondeie | correspondoies, correspondeies | correspondoit, correspondeit | correspondiiens, correspondiens | correspondiiez, correspondiez | correspondoient, correspondeient | |
| preterite | correspondi | correspondis | correspondié, correspost | correspondimes | correspondistes | correspondierent | |
| future | correspondrai | correspondras | correspondra | correspondrons | correspondroiz, correspondreiz, correspondrez | correspondront | |
| conditional | correspondroie, correspondreie | correspondroies, correspondreies | correspondroit, correspondreit | correspondriiens, correspondriens | correspondriiez, correspondriez | correspondroient, correspondreient | |
| 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 | correspoigne, corresponde | correspoignes, correspondes | correspoigne, corresponde | correspoignons, correspondons | correspoignez, correspondez | correspoignent, correspondent |
| imperfect | correspondisse | correspondisses | correspondist | correspondissons, correspondissiens | correspondissoiz, correspondissez, correspondissiez | correspondissent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | correspont | — | correspondons | correspondez | — | ||