perdurer

French

Etymology

From Latin perdurare.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pɛʁ.dy.ʁe/
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Verb

perdurer

  1. to continue to exist, to last, to endure
    • 2020 June 19, “Stopper la haine sur Internet”, in Le Monde‎:
      Cette irresponsabilité ne peut perdurer.
      This irresponsibility cannot continue.

Conjugation
Conjugation of perdurer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple perdurer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple perdurant
/pɛʁ.dy.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle perduré
/pɛʁ.dy.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present perdure
/pɛʁ.dyʁ/		 perdures
/pɛʁ.dyʁ/		 perdure
/pɛʁ.dyʁ/		 perdurons
/pɛʁ.dy.ʁɔ̃/		 perdurez
/pɛʁ.dy.ʁe/		 perdurent
/pɛʁ.dyʁ/
imperfect perdurais
/pɛʁ.dy.ʁɛ/		 perdurais
/pɛʁ.dy.ʁɛ/		 perdurait
/pɛʁ.dy.ʁɛ/		 perdurions
/pɛʁ.dy.ʁjɔ̃/		 perduriez
/pɛʁ.dy.ʁje/		 perduraient
/pɛʁ.dy.ʁɛ/
past historic2 perdurai
/pɛʁ.dy.ʁe/		 perduras
/pɛʁ.dy.ʁa/		 perdura
/pɛʁ.dy.ʁa/		 perdurâmes
/pɛʁ.dy.ʁam/		 perdurâtes
/pɛʁ.dy.ʁat/		 perdurèrent
/pɛʁ.dy.ʁɛʁ/
future perdurerai
/pɛʁ.dy.ʁə.ʁe/		 perdureras
/pɛʁ.dy.ʁə.ʁa/		 perdurera
/pɛʁ.dy.ʁə.ʁa/		 perdurerons
/pɛʁ.dy.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/		 perdurerez
/pɛʁ.dy.ʁə.ʁe/		 perdureront
/pɛʁ.dy.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional perdurerais
/pɛʁ.dy.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 perdurerais
/pɛʁ.dy.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 perdurerait
/pɛʁ.dy.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 perdurerions
/pɛʁ.dy.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/		 perdureriez
/pɛʁ.dy.ʁə.ʁje/		 perdureraient
/pɛʁ.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 perdure
/pɛʁ.dyʁ/		 perdures
/pɛʁ.dyʁ/		 perdure
/pɛʁ.dyʁ/		 perdurions
/pɛʁ.dy.ʁjɔ̃/		 perduriez
/pɛʁ.dy.ʁje/		 perdurent
/pɛʁ.dyʁ/
imperfect2 perdurasse
/pɛʁ.dy.ʁas/		 perdurasses
/pɛʁ.dy.ʁas/		 perdurât
/pɛʁ.dy.ʁa/		 perdurassions
/pɛʁ.dy.ʁa.sjɔ̃/		 perdurassiez
/pɛʁ.dy.ʁa.sje/		 perdurassent
/pɛʁ.dy.ʁas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — perdure
/pɛʁ.dyʁ/		 — perdurons
/pɛʁ.dy.ʁɔ̃/		 perdurez
/pɛʁ.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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Latin

Verb

perdūrer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of perdūrō
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