conduire

See also: conduiré

French

Etymology

From Old French conduire, cunduire, from Latin condūcere, present active infinitive of condūcō (“lead, bring or draw together”), from con + dūcō (“lead”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.dɥiʁ/
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Verb

conduire

  1. to drive (a vehicle)
    Il conduit la voiture.
    He is driving the car.
  2. to lead
  3. (reflexive, se conduire) To behave
    Les enfants se conduisent mal.
    The children are behaving badly.

Conjugation

Further reading

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin condūcere, present active infinitive of condūcō (“lead, bring or draw together”), from con + dūcō (“lead”).

Verb

conduire

  1. to steer; to guide; to lead
    • circa 1150, Turoldus, La Chanson de Roland:
      Si aiderez a cunduire ma gent.
      If you will help me guide my people

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

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