apitoyer
French
Etymology
From a- + pitié (“pity”) + -oyer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.pi.twa.je/
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Verb
apitoyer
- to make (someone) feel pity for (something)
- (reflexive) to feel sorry for
Conjugation
This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like noyer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the 'y' with an 'i' before a silent 'e'.
Conjugation of apitoyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | apitoyer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | apitoyant /a.pi.twa.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | apitoyé /a.pi.twa.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | apitoie /a.pi.twa/ |
apitoies /a.pi.twa/ |
apitoie /a.pi.twa/ |
apitoyons /a.pi.twa.jɔ̃/ |
apitoyez /a.pi.twa.je/ |
apitoient /a.pi.twa/ |
| imperfect | apitoyais /a.pi.twa.jɛ/ |
apitoyais /a.pi.twa.jɛ/ |
apitoyait /a.pi.twa.jɛ/ |
apitoyions /a.pi.twaj.jɔ̃/ |
apitoyiez /a.pi.twaj.je/ |
apitoyaient /a.pi.twa.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | apitoyai /a.pi.twa.je/ |
apitoyas /a.pi.twa.ja/ |
apitoya /a.pi.twa.ja/ |
apitoyâmes /a.pi.twa.jam/ |
apitoyâtes /a.pi.twa.jat/ |
apitoyèrent /a.pi.twa.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | apitoierai /a.pi.twa.ʁe/ |
apitoieras /a.pi.twa.ʁa/ |
apitoiera /a.pi.twa.ʁa/ |
apitoierons /a.pi.twa.ʁɔ̃/ |
apitoierez /a.pi.twa.ʁe/ |
apitoieront /a.pi.twa.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | apitoierais /a.pi.twa.ʁɛ/ |
apitoierais /a.pi.twa.ʁɛ/ |
apitoierait /a.pi.twa.ʁɛ/ |
apitoierions /a.pi.twa.ʁjɔ̃/ |
apitoieriez /a.pi.twa.ʁje/ |
apitoieraient /a.pi.twa.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 | apitoie /a.pi.twa/ |
apitoies /a.pi.twa/ |
apitoie /a.pi.twa/ |
apitoyions /a.pi.twaj.jɔ̃/ |
apitoyiez /a.pi.twaj.je/ |
apitoient /a.pi.twa/ |
| imperfect2 | apitoyasse /a.pi.twa.jas/ |
apitoyasses /a.pi.twa.jas/ |
apitoyât /a.pi.twa.ja/ |
apitoyassions /a.pi.twa.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
apitoyassiez /a.pi.twa.ja.sje/ |
apitoyassent /a.pi.twa.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | apitoie /a.pi.twa/ |
— | apitoyons /a.pi.twa.jɔ̃/ |
apitoyez /a.pi.twa.je/ |
— | |
| 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
- “apitoyer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012