balader
French
Etymology
Verb formed from ballade (“lyric poem”), referring to the constant movement of troubadours, jugglers, etc.
Pronunciation
Verb
balader
- (intransitive) to stroll, walk around
- (transitive) to give someone the runaround
- (reflexive) to go for a walk, to trail
Conjugation
Conjugation of balader (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | balader | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | baladant /ba.la.dɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | baladé /ba.la.de/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | balade /ba.lad/ |
balades /ba.lad/ |
balade /ba.lad/ |
baladons /ba.la.dɔ̃/ |
baladez /ba.la.de/ |
baladent /ba.lad/ |
| imperfect | baladais /ba.la.dɛ/ |
baladais /ba.la.dɛ/ |
baladait /ba.la.dɛ/ |
baladions /ba.la.djɔ̃/ |
baladiez /ba.la.dje/ |
baladaient /ba.la.dɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | baladai /ba.la.de/ |
baladas /ba.la.da/ |
balada /ba.la.da/ |
baladâmes /ba.la.dam/ |
baladâtes /ba.la.dat/ |
baladèrent /ba.la.dɛʁ/ | |
| future | baladerai /ba.la.dʁe/ |
baladeras /ba.la.dʁa/ |
baladera /ba.la.dʁa/ |
baladerons /ba.la.dʁɔ̃/ |
baladerez /ba.la.dʁe/ |
baladeront /ba.la.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | baladerais /ba.la.dʁɛ/ |
baladerais /ba.la.dʁɛ/ |
baladerait /ba.la.dʁɛ/ |
baladerions /ba.la.də.ʁjɔ̃/ |
baladeriez /ba.la.də.ʁje/ |
baladeraient /ba.la.dʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | balade /ba.lad/ |
balades /ba.lad/ |
balade /ba.lad/ |
baladions /ba.la.djɔ̃/ |
baladiez /ba.la.dje/ |
baladent /ba.lad/ |
| imperfect2 | baladasse /ba.la.das/ |
baladasses /ba.la.das/ |
baladât /ba.la.da/ |
baladassions /ba.la.da.sjɔ̃/ |
baladassiez /ba.la.da.sje/ |
baladassent /ba.la.das/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | balade /ba.lad/ |
— | baladons /ba.la.dɔ̃/ |
baladez /ba.la.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “balader”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.