FromMiddle Frenchcotir, fromOld Frenchcotir(“to hit; strike”), fromVulgar Latin*cottire, fromAncient Greekκόπτειν(kóptein,“to abut; bump; knock; strike repeatedly”).
cotir
This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, likefinir,choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in-ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix-iss-.
| infinitive | simple | cotir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle orgerund1 | simple | cotissant /kɔ.ti.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | coti /kɔ.ti/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | cotis /kɔ.ti/ | cotis /kɔ.ti/ | cotit /kɔ.ti/ | cotissons /kɔ.ti.sɔ̃/ | cotissez /kɔ.ti.se/ | cotissent /kɔ.tis/ |
| imperfect | cotissais /kɔ.ti.sɛ/ | cotissais /kɔ.ti.sɛ/ | cotissait /kɔ.ti.sɛ/ | cotissions /kɔ.ti.sjɔ̃/ | cotissiez /kɔ.ti.sje/ | cotissaient /kɔ.ti.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | cotis /kɔ.ti/ | cotis /kɔ.ti/ | cotit /kɔ.ti/ | cotîmes /kɔ.tim/ | cotîtes /kɔ.tit/ | cotirent /kɔ.tiʁ/ | |
| future | cotirai /kɔ.ti.ʁe/ | cotiras /kɔ.ti.ʁa/ | cotira /kɔ.ti.ʁa/ | cotirons /kɔ.ti.ʁɔ̃/ | cotirez /kɔ.ti.ʁe/ | cotiront /kɔ.ti.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | cotirais /kɔ.ti.ʁɛ/ | cotirais /kɔ.ti.ʁɛ/ | cotirait /kɔ.ti.ʁɛ/ | cotirions /kɔ.ti.ʁjɔ̃/ | cotiriez /kɔ.ti.ʁje/ | cotiraient /kɔ.ti.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative ofavoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | cotisse /kɔ.tis/ | cotisses /kɔ.tis/ | cotisse /kɔ.tis/ | cotissions /kɔ.ti.sjɔ̃/ | cotissiez /kɔ.ti.sje/ | cotissent /kɔ.tis/ |
| imperfect2 | cotisse /kɔ.tis/ | cotisses /kɔ.tis/ | cotît /kɔ.ti/ | cotissions /kɔ.ti.sjɔ̃/ | cotissiez /kɔ.ti.sje/ | cotissent /kɔ.tis/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive ofavoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | cotis /kɔ.ti/ | — | cotissons /kɔ.ti.sɔ̃/ | cotissez /kɔ.ti.se/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative ofavoir + past participle | — | simple imperative ofavoir + past participle | simple imperative ofavoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the prepositionen. | |||||||
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). | |||||||