mendier

French

Etymology

From Latin mendīcāre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɑ̃.dje/
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Verb

mendier

  1. to beg (plead for money or goods)
    Synonym: faire la manche

Conjugation
Conjugation of mendier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple mendier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple mendiant
/mɑ̃.djɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle mendié
/mɑ̃.dje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present mendie
/mɑ̃.di/		 mendies
/mɑ̃.di/		 mendie
/mɑ̃.di/		 mendions
/mɑ̃.djɔ̃/		 mendiez
/mɑ̃.dje/		 mendient
/mɑ̃.di/
imperfect mendiais
/mɑ̃.djɛ/		 mendiais
/mɑ̃.djɛ/		 mendiait
/mɑ̃.djɛ/		 mendiions
/mɑ̃.di.jɔ̃/		 mendiiez
/mɑ̃.di.je/		 mendiaient
/mɑ̃.djɛ/
past historic2 mendiai
/mɑ̃.dje/		 mendias
/mɑ̃.dja/		 mendia
/mɑ̃.dja/		 mendiâmes
/mɑ̃.djam/		 mendiâtes
/mɑ̃.djat/		 mendièrent
/mɑ̃.djɛʁ/
future mendierai
/mɑ̃.di.ʁe/		 mendieras
/mɑ̃.di.ʁa/		 mendiera
/mɑ̃.di.ʁa/		 mendierons
/mɑ̃.di.ʁɔ̃/		 mendierez
/mɑ̃.di.ʁe/		 mendieront
/mɑ̃.di.ʁɔ̃/
conditional mendierais
/mɑ̃.di.ʁɛ/		 mendierais
/mɑ̃.di.ʁɛ/		 mendierait
/mɑ̃.di.ʁɛ/		 mendierions
/mɑ̃.di.ʁjɔ̃/		 mendieriez
/mɑ̃.di.ʁje/		 mendieraient
/mɑ̃.di.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 mendie
/mɑ̃.di/		 mendies
/mɑ̃.di/		 mendie
/mɑ̃.di/		 mendiions
/mɑ̃.di.jɔ̃/		 mendiiez
/mɑ̃.di.je/		 mendient
/mɑ̃.di/
imperfect2 mendiasse
/mɑ̃.djas/		 mendiasses
/mɑ̃.djas/		 mendiât
/mɑ̃.dja/		 mendiassions
/mɑ̃.dja.sjɔ̃/		 mendiassiez
/mɑ̃.dja.sje/		 mendiassent
/mɑ̃.djas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — mendie
/mɑ̃.di/		 — mendions
/mɑ̃.djɔ̃/		 mendiez
/mɑ̃.dje/		 —
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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