respondre

See also: respondré

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Catalan respondre, from Late Latin respondere, from Latin respondēre. The modern Catalan conjugations reflect contamination from the unrelated pondre (“lay, set”).

Pronunciation

Verb

respondre (first-person singular present responc, past participle respost)

  1. to reply; to respond

Conjugation
Conjugation of respondre (second conjugation with velar infix)
infinitive respondre
present participle responent
past participle masculine feminine
singular respost resposta
plural respostos respostes
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè		 nosaltres
nós		 vosaltres
vós		 ells/elles
vostès
present responc respons respon responem responeu responen
imperfect responia responies responia responíem responíeu responien
future respondré respondràs respondrà respondrem respondreu respondran
preterite responguí respongueres respongué responguérem responguéreu respongueren
conditional respondria respondries respondria respondríem respondríeu respondrien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè		 nosaltres
nós		 vosaltres
vós		 ells/elles
vostès
present respongui responguis respongui responguem respongueu responguin
imperfect respongués responguessis respongués responguéssim responguéssiu responguessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós		 vostès
— respon respongui responguem responeu responguin

References
  • “respondre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French respondre.

Verb

respondre

  1. to reply; to respond

Descendants
  • French: répondre

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan respondre, from Late Latin respondere, from Latin respondēre.

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Languedocien)(file)

Verb

respondre

  1. reply; respond

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin respondere, from Latin respondēre.

Verb

respondre

  1. reply, respond

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. 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 respondre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive respondre avoir respondu, respons
gerund en respondant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle respondant
past participle respondu, respons
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present respoing, respon responz respont respondons respondez respondent
imperfect respondoie, respondeie respondoies, respondeies respondoit, respondeit respondiiens, respondiens respondiiez, respondiez respondoient, respondeient
preterite respondi respondis respondié, respost respondimes respondistes respondierent
future respondrai respondras respondra respondrons respondroiz, respondreiz, respondrez respondront
conditional respondroie, respondreie respondroies, respondreies respondroit, respondreit respondriiens, respondriens respondriiez, respondriez respondroient, respondreient
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 respoigne, responde respoignes, respondes respoigne, responde respoignons, respondons respoignez, respondez respoignent, respondent
imperfect respondisse respondisses respondist respondissons, respondissiens respondissoiz, respondissez, respondissiez respondissent
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 –
— respont — respondons respondez —

Derived terms

Descendants
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