durer
French
Etymology
From Old French durer, from Latin dūrāre, present active infinitive of dūrō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dy.ʁe/
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Verb
durer
- to last (for)
- Un match de football dure 90 minutes.
- A football match lasts 90 minutes.
- Elle ne dure guère plus longtemps que les précédentes.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- L'expérience étrange a duré quelques secondes après quoi il est parti sans rien dire.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Conjugation
Conjugation of durer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | durer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | durant /dy.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | duré /dy.ʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | dure /dyʁ/ |
dures /dyʁ/ |
dure /dyʁ/ |
durons /dy.ʁɔ̃/ |
durez /dy.ʁe/ |
durent /dyʁ/ |
| imperfect | durais /dy.ʁɛ/ |
durais /dy.ʁɛ/ |
durait /dy.ʁɛ/ |
durions /dy.ʁjɔ̃/ |
duriez /dy.ʁje/ |
duraient /dy.ʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | durai /dy.ʁe/ |
duras /dy.ʁa/ |
dura /dy.ʁa/ |
durâmes /dy.ʁam/ |
durâtes /dy.ʁat/ |
durèrent /dy.ʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | durerai /dy.ʁə.ʁe/ |
dureras /dy.ʁə.ʁa/ |
durera /dy.ʁə.ʁa/ |
durerons /dy.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
durerez /dy.ʁə.ʁe/ |
dureront /dy.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | durerais /dy.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
durerais /dy.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
durerait /dy.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
durerions /dy.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
dureriez /dy.ʁə.ʁje/ |
dureraient /dy.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | dure /dyʁ/ |
dures /dyʁ/ |
dure /dyʁ/ |
durions /dy.ʁjɔ̃/ |
duriez /dy.ʁje/ |
durent /dyʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | durasse /dy.ʁas/ |
durasses /dy.ʁas/ |
durât /dy.ʁa/ |
durassions /dy.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
durassiez /dy.ʁa.sje/ |
durassent /dy.ʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | dure /dyʁ/ |
— | durons /dy.ʁɔ̃/ |
durez /dy.ʁe/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Descendants
- → Romanian: dura
Further reading
- “durer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Old French
Verb
durer
- to last (for)
- circa 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:
- La paiz dura treis meis
- The peace lasted for three months
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Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of durer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | durer | avoir duré | |||||
| gerund | en durant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | durant | ||||||
| past participle | duré | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | dur | dures | dure | durons | durez | durent |
| imperfect | duroie, dureie, duroe, dureve | duroies, dureies, duroes, dureves | duroit, dureit, durot, dureve | duriiens, duriens | duriiez, duriez | duroient, dureient, duroent, durevent | |
| preterite | durai | duras | dura | durames | durastes | durerent | |
| future | durerai | dureras | durera | durerons | dureroiz, durereiz, durerez | dureront | |
| conditional | dureroie, durereie | dureroies, durereies | dureroit, durereit | dureriiens, dureriens | dureriiez, dureriez | dureroient, durereient | |
| 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 | dur | durs | durt | durons | durez | durent |
| imperfect | durasse | durasses | durast | durissons, durissiens | durissoiz, durissez, durissiez | durassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | dure | — | durons | durez | — | ||
Descendants
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