tarder

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French tarder, from Latin tardāre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /taʁ.de/
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Verb

tarder

  1. to tarry
  2. to be slow to do something (tarder à faire quelque chose)
  3. Used as an impersonal verb with de or que to express impatience.
    Il me tardait de vous voir.
    I couldn't wait to see you.

Conjugation
Conjugation of tarder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple tarder
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple tardant
/taʁ.dɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle tardé
/taʁ.de/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present tarde
/taʁd/		 tardes
/taʁd/		 tarde
/taʁd/		 tardons
/taʁ.dɔ̃/		 tardez
/taʁ.de/		 tardent
/taʁd/
imperfect tardais
/taʁ.dɛ/		 tardais
/taʁ.dɛ/		 tardait
/taʁ.dɛ/		 tardions
/taʁ.djɔ̃/		 tardiez
/taʁ.dje/		 tardaient
/taʁ.dɛ/
past historic2 tardai
/taʁ.de/		 tardas
/taʁ.da/		 tarda
/taʁ.da/		 tardâmes
/taʁ.dam/		 tardâtes
/taʁ.dat/		 tardèrent
/taʁ.dɛʁ/
future tarderai
/taʁ.də.ʁe/		 tarderas
/taʁ.də.ʁa/		 tardera
/taʁ.də.ʁa/		 tarderons
/taʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/		 tarderez
/taʁ.də.ʁe/		 tarderont
/taʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/
conditional tarderais
/taʁ.də.ʁɛ/		 tarderais
/taʁ.də.ʁɛ/		 tarderait
/taʁ.də.ʁɛ/		 tarderions
/taʁ.də.ʁjɔ̃/		 tarderiez
/taʁ.də.ʁje/		 tarderaient
/taʁ.də.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 tarde
/taʁd/		 tardes
/taʁd/		 tarde
/taʁd/		 tardions
/taʁ.djɔ̃/		 tardiez
/taʁ.dje/		 tardent
/taʁd/
imperfect2 tardasse
/taʁ.das/		 tardasses
/taʁ.das/		 tardât
/taʁ.da/		 tardassions
/taʁ.da.sjɔ̃/		 tardassiez
/taʁ.da.sje/		 tardassent
/taʁ.das/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — tarde
/taʁd/		 — tardons
/taʁ.dɔ̃/		 tardez
/taʁ.de/		 —
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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Latin

Verb

tarder

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of tardō

Old French

Etymology

From Latin tardāre, present active infinitive of tardō.

Verb

tarder

  1. (reflexive, se tarder) to wait; to hesitate

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-d, *-ds, *-dt are modified to t, z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of tarder (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive tarder avoir tardé
gerund en tardant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle tardant
past participle tardé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present tart tardes tarde tardons tardez tardent
imperfect tardoie, tardeie, tardoe, tardeve tardoies, tardeies, tardoes, tardeves tardoit, tardeit, tardot, tardeve tardiiens, tardiens tardiiez, tardiez tardoient, tardeient, tardoent, tardevent
preterite tardai tardas tarda tardames tardastes tarderent
future tarderai tarderas tardera tarderons tarderoiz, tardereiz, tarderez tarderont
conditional tarderoie, tardereie tarderoies, tardereies tarderoit, tardereit tarderiiens, tarderiens tarderiiez, tarderiez tarderoient, tardereient
compound
tenses		 present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present tart tarz tart tardons tardez tardent
imperfect tardasse tardasses tardast tardissons, tardissiens tardissoiz, tardissez, tardissiez tardassent
compound
tenses		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— tarde — tardons tardez —

Descendants
  • French: tarder
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