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occuper
occuper
French
Verb
occuper
- to occupy, to take up
- to employ
- (reflexive, s'occuper) To be busy, to keep oneself busy.
- (reflexive, s'occuper de) To take care of, to tend to, to deal with.
- Moi, je m'occupe des clients.
- Me, I'll take care of the clients.
- Moi, je m'occupe des clients.
Conjugation
Conjugation of occuper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | occuper | avoir occupé | |||||
| gerund | en occupant | en ayant occupé | |||||
| present participle | occupant /ɔ.ky.pɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | occupé /ɔ.ky.pe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | occupe /ɔ.kyp/ |
occupes /ɔ.kyp/ |
occupe /ɔ.kyp/ |
occupons /ɔ.ky.pɔ̃/ |
occupez /ɔ.ky.pe/ |
occupent /ɔ.kyp/ |
| imperfect | occupais /ɔ.ky.pɛ/ |
occupais /ɔ.ky.pɛ/ |
occupait /ɔ.ky.pɛ/ |
occupions /ɔ.ky.pjɔ̃/ |
occupiez /ɔ.ky.pje/ |
occupaient /ɔ.ky.pɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | occupai /ɔ.ky.pe/ |
occupas /ɔ.ky.pa/ |
occupa /ɔ.ky.pa/ |
occupâmes /ɔ.ky.pam/ |
occupâtes /ɔ.ky.pat/ |
occupèrent /ɔ.ky.pɛʁ/ |
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| future | occuperai /ɔ.ky.pʁe/ |
occuperas /ɔ.ky.pʁa/ |
occupera /ɔ.ky.pʁa/ |
occuperons /ɔ.ky.pʁɔ̃/ |
occuperez /ɔ.ky.pʁe/ |
occuperont /ɔ.ky.pʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | occuperais /ɔ.ky.pʁɛ/ |
occuperais /ɔ.ky.pʁɛ/ |
occuperait /ɔ.ky.pʁɛ/ |
occuperions /ɔ.ky.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
occuperiez /ɔ.ky.pə.ʁje/ |
occuperaient /ɔ.ky.pʁɛ/ |
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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 | occupe /ɔ.kyp/ |
occupes /ɔ.kyp/ |
occupe /ɔ.kyp/ |
occupions /ɔ.ky.pjɔ̃/ |
occupiez /ɔ.ky.pje/ |
occupent /ɔ.kyp/ |
| imperfect1 |
occupasse /ɔ.ky.pas/ |
occupasses /ɔ.ky.pas/ |
occupât /ɔ.ky.pa/ |
occupassions /ɔ.ky.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
occupassiez /ɔ.ky.pa.sje/ |
occupassent /ɔ.ky.pas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | occupe /ɔ.kyp/ |
— | occupons /ɔ.ky.pɔ̃/ |
occupez /ɔ.ky.pe/ |
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Derived terms
Related terms
Middle French
Verb
occuper
- to occupy (to retain or to remain in a place)
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of occuper
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | occuper | avoir occupé | |||||
| gerund | en occupant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | occupant | ||||||
| past participle | occupé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | occupe | occupes | occupe | occupons | occupez | occupent |
| imperfect | occupois, occupoys | occupois, occupoys | occupoit, occupoyt | occupions, occupyons | occupiez, occupyez | occupoient, occupoyent | |
| past historic | occupa | occupas | occupa | occupasmes | occupastes | occuperent | |
| future | occuperai, occuperay | occuperas | occupera | occuperons | occuperez | occuperont | |
| conditional | occuperois, occuperoys | occuperois, occuperoys | occuperoit, occuperoyt | occuperions, occuperyons | occuperiez, occuperyez | occuperoient, occuperoyent | |
| 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 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 ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | occupe | occupes | occupe | occupons | occupez | occupent |
| imperfect | occupasse | occupasses | occupast | occupassions | occupassiez | occupassent | |
| 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 | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | occupe | — | occupons | occupez | — | ||