soupeser
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]soupeser
- to heft, feel the weight of
- (figuratively) to weigh up (options etc.)
Conjugation
[edit]This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il soupèse and the third-person singular future indicative il soupèsera.
Conjugation of soupeser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | soupeser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | soupesant /sup.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | soupesé /sup.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | soupèse /su.pɛz/ |
soupèses /su.pɛz/ |
soupèse /su.pɛz/ |
soupesons /sup.zɔ̃/ |
soupesez /sup.ze/ |
soupèsent /su.pɛz/ |
| imperfect | soupesais /sup.zɛ/ |
soupesais /sup.zɛ/ |
soupesait /sup.zɛ/ |
soupesions /su.pə.zjɔ̃/ |
soupesiez /su.pə.zje/ |
soupesaient /sup.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | soupesai /sup.ze/ |
soupesas /sup.za/ |
soupesa /sup.za/ |
soupesâmes /sup.zam/ |
soupesâtes /sup.zat/ |
soupesèrent /sup.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | soupèserai /su.pɛz.ʁe/ |
soupèseras /su.pɛz.ʁa/ |
soupèsera /su.pɛz.ʁa/ |
soupèserons /su.pɛz.ʁɔ̃/ |
soupèserez /su.pɛz.ʁe/ |
soupèseront /su.pɛz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | soupèserais /su.pɛz.ʁɛ/ |
soupèserais /su.pɛz.ʁɛ/ |
soupèserait /su.pɛz.ʁɛ/ |
soupèserions /su.pɛ.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /su.pe.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
soupèseriez /su.pɛ.zə.ʁje/ or /su.pe.zə.ʁje/ |
soupèseraient /su.pɛz.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 | soupèse /su.pɛz/ |
soupèses /su.pɛz/ |
soupèse /su.pɛz/ |
soupesions /su.pə.zjɔ̃/ |
soupesiez /su.pə.zje/ |
soupèsent /su.pɛz/ |
| imperfect2 | soupesasse /sup.zas/ |
soupesasses /sup.zas/ |
soupesât /sup.za/ |
soupesassions /sup.za.sjɔ̃/ |
soupesassiez /sup.za.sje/ |
soupesassent /sup.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | soupèse /su.pɛz/ |
— | soupesons /sup.zɔ̃/ |
soupesez /sup.ze/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Further reading
[edit]- “soupeser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.