Inherited fromOld Frenchoblier, fromVulgar Latin*oblītāre, frequentative ofLatinoblīvīscor (via its past participleoblītus).
oublier
To translate the phrase "slip someone's mind", the subject is the one whose mind is being slipped, with the object being what's slipping the subject's mind.
| infinitive | simple | oublier | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle orgerund1 | simple | oubliant /u.bli.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | oublié /u.bli.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | oublie /u.bli/ | oublies /u.bli/ | oublie /u.bli/ | oublions /u.bli.jɔ̃/ | oubliez /u.bli.je/ | oublient /u.bli/ |
| imperfect | oubliais /u.bli.jɛ/ | oubliais /u.bli.jɛ/ | oubliait /u.bli.jɛ/ | oubliions /u.bli.jɔ̃/ | oubliiez /u.bli.je/ | oubliaient /u.bli.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | oubliai /u.bli.je/ | oublias /u.bli.ja/ | oublia /u.bli.ja/ | oubliâmes /u.bli.jam/ | oubliâtes /u.bli.jat/ | oublièrent /u.bli.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | oublierai /u.bli.ʁe/ | oublieras /u.bli.ʁa/ | oubliera /u.bli.ʁa/ | oublierons /u.bli.ʁɔ̃/ | oublierez /u.bli.ʁe/ | oublieront /u.bli.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | oublierais /u.bli.ʁɛ/ | oublierais /u.bli.ʁɛ/ | oublierait /u.bli.ʁɛ/ | oublierions /u.bli.ʁjɔ̃/ | oublieriez /u.bli.ʁje/ | oublieraient /u.bli.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 | oublie /u.bli/ | oublies /u.bli/ | oublie /u.bli/ | oubliions /u.bli.jɔ̃/ | oubliiez /u.bli.je/ | oublient /u.bli/ |
| imperfect2 | oubliasse /u.bli.jas/ | oubliasses /u.bli.jas/ | oubliât /u.bli.ja/ | oubliassions /u.bli.ja.sjɔ̃/ | oubliassiez /u.bli.ja.sje/ | oubliassent /u.bli.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive ofavoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | oublie /u.bli/ | — | oublions /u.bli.jɔ̃/ | oubliez /u.bli.je/ | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
FromOld Frenchoblier, fromVulgar Latin*oblītāre, frequentative ofLatinoblīvīscor (via its past participleoblītus).
oublier (gerundoubliêthie)
oublier
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in-er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | oublier | avoiroublïé | |||||
| gerund | enoubliant | gerund ofavoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | oubliant | ||||||
| past participle | oublïé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | oubli | oublïes | oublïe | oublions | oublïez | oublïent |
| imperfect | oublioie,oublïeie,oublioe,oublïeve | oublioies,oublïeies,oublioes,oublïeves | oublioit,oublïeit,oubliot,oublïeve | oubliiiens,oubliiens | oubliiiez,oubliiez | oublioient,oublïeient,oublioent,oublïevent | |
| preterite | oubliai | oublias | oublia | oubliames | oubliastes | oublïerent | |
| future | oublïerai | oublïeras | oublïera | oublïerons | oublïeroiz,oublïereiz,oublïerez | oublïeront | |
| conditional | oublïeroie,oublïereie | oublïeroies,oublïereies | oublïeroit,oublïereit | oublïeriiens,oublïeriens | oublïeriiez,oublïeriez | oublïeroient,oublïereient | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | present tense ofavoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses | present | oubli | oublis | oublit | oublions | oublïez | oublïent |
| imperfect | oubliasse | oubliasses | oubliast | oubliissons,oubliissiens | oubliissoiz,oubliissez,oubliissiez | oubliassent | |
| compound tenses | past | present subjunctive ofavoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | oublïe | — | oublions | oublïez | — | ||