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reduire
reduire
Old French
Etymology
Alteration or Gallicization of Latin reduco, reducere, based on conduire.
Verb
reduire
- to reduce
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 reduire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | reduire | avoir reduit | |||||
| gerund | en reduisant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | reduisant | ||||||
| past participle | reduit | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | redui | reduis | reduit | reduions | reduiiez | reduient |
| imperfect | reduisoie, reduiseie | reduisoies, reduiseies | reduisoit, reduiseit | reduisiiens, reduisiens | reduisiiez, reduisiez | reduisoient, reduiseient | |
| preterite | reduis | reduisis | reduist | reduisimes | reduisistes | reduistrent | |
| future | reduirai | reduiras | reduira | reduirons | reduiroiz, reduireiz, reduirez | reduiront | |
| conditional | reduiroie, reduireie | reduiroies, reduireies | reduiroit, reduireit | reduiriiens, reduiriens | reduiriiez, reduiriez | reduiroient, reduireient | |
| 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 | reduie | reduies | reduie | reduiiens, reduions | reduiiez | reduient |
| imperfect | reduisisse | reduisisses | reduisist | reduisissons, reduisissiens | reduisissoiz, reduisissez, reduisissiez | reduisissent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | redui | — | reduions | reduiiez | — | ||