obstruer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin obstruere.

Pronunciation
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Verb

obstruer

  1. to block off, to obstruct

Conjugation
Conjugation of obstruer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple obstruer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple obstruant
/ɔp.stʁy.ɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle obstrué
/ɔp.stʁy.e/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present obstrue
/ɔp.stʁy/		 obstrues
/ɔp.stʁy/		 obstrue
/ɔp.stʁy/		 obstruons
/ɔp.stʁy.ɔ̃/		 obstruez
/ɔp.stʁy.e/		 obstruent
/ɔp.stʁy/
imperfect obstruais
/ɔp.stʁy.ɛ/		 obstruais
/ɔp.stʁy.ɛ/		 obstruait
/ɔp.stʁy.ɛ/		 obstruions
/ɔp.stʁy.jɔ̃/		 obstruiez
/ɔp.stʁy.je/		 obstruaient
/ɔp.stʁy.ɛ/
past historic2 obstruai
/ɔp.stʁy.e/		 obstruas
/ɔp.stʁy.a/		 obstrua
/ɔp.stʁy.a/		 obstruâmes
/ɔp.stʁy.am/		 obstruâtes
/ɔp.stʁy.at/		 obstruèrent
/ɔp.stʁy.ɛʁ/
future obstruerai
/ɔp.stʁy.ʁe/		 obstrueras
/ɔp.stʁy.ʁa/		 obstruera
/ɔp.stʁy.ʁa/		 obstruerons
/ɔp.stʁy.ʁɔ̃/		 obstruerez
/ɔp.stʁy.ʁe/		 obstrueront
/ɔp.stʁy.ʁɔ̃/
conditional obstruerais
/ɔp.stʁy.ʁɛ/		 obstruerais
/ɔp.stʁy.ʁɛ/		 obstruerait
/ɔp.stʁy.ʁɛ/		 obstruerions
/ɔp.stʁy.ʁjɔ̃/		 obstrueriez
/ɔp.stʁy.ʁje/		 obstrueraient
/ɔp.stʁy.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 obstrue
/ɔp.stʁy/		 obstrues
/ɔp.stʁy/		 obstrue
/ɔp.stʁy/		 obstruions
/ɔp.stʁy.jɔ̃/		 obstruiez
/ɔp.stʁy.je/		 obstruent
/ɔp.stʁy/
imperfect2 obstruasse
/ɔp.stʁy.as/		 obstruasses
/ɔp.stʁy.as/		 obstruât
/ɔp.stʁy.a/		 obstruassions
/ɔp.stʁy.a.sjɔ̃/		 obstruassiez
/ɔp.stʁy.a.sje/		 obstruassent
/ɔp.stʁy.as/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — obstrue
/ɔp.stʁy/		 — obstruons
/ɔp.stʁy.ɔ̃/		 obstruez
/ɔp.stʁy.e/		 —
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).

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