souloir
French
Verb
souloir
- (obsolete) To be in the habit of
Conjugation
Conjugation of souloir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | soulant /su.lɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | soulu /su.ly/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | souloir | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | soulant /su.lɑ̃/ | ||||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | seux /sø/ |
seux /sø/ |
seut /sø/ |
soulons /su.lɔ̃/ |
soulez /su.le/ |
seulent /sœl/ |
| imperfect | soulais /su.lɛ/ |
soulais /su.lɛ/ |
soulait /su.lɛ/ |
soulions /su.ljɔ̃/ |
souliez /su.lje/ |
soulaient /su.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | soulus /su.ly/ |
soulus /su.ly/ |
soulut /su.ly/ |
soulûmes /su.lym/ |
soulûtes /su.lyt/ |
soulurent /su.lyʁ/ | |
| future | soudrai /su.dʁe/ |
soudras /su.dʁa/ |
soudra /su.dʁa/ |
soudrons /su.dʁɔ̃/ |
soudrez /su.dʁe/ |
soudront /su.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | soudrais /su.dʁɛ/ |
soudrais /su.dʁɛ/ |
soudrait /su.dʁɛ/ |
soudrions /su.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
soudriez /su.dʁi.je/ |
soudraient /su.dʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | seuille /sœj/ |
seuilles /sœj/ |
seuille /sœj/ |
soulions /su.ljɔ̃/ |
souliez /su.lje/ |
seuillent /sœj/ |
| imperfect2 | soulusse /su.lys/ |
soulusses /su.lys/ |
soulût /su.ly/ |
soulussions /su.ly.sjɔ̃/ |
soulussiez /su.ly.sje/ |
soulussent /su.lys/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | seux /sø/ |
— | soulons /su.lɔ̃/ |
soulez /su.le/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 Only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French soloir. Attested in the infinitive at least as early as 1537.
Verb
souloir
- to have a custom; to do habitually
- 1537, Cicero (original author), Epistres familiaires traduictz de latin en francois et nouvellement imprimez link
- les hommes disent souloir estre faulsement rapporté
- the men say that are habitually falsely reported
- les hommes disent souloir estre faulsement rapporté
- 1537, Cicero (original author), Epistres familiaires traduictz de latin en francois et nouvellement imprimez link
Descendants
- French: souloir (obsolete)
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