girer
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin gȳrāre, cognate with Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish girar; and Galician xirar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒi.ʁe/
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Verb
girer
- (rare, dated, ambitransitive) to turn
Conjugation
Conjugation of girer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | girer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | girant /ʒi.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | giré /ʒi.ʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | gire /ʒiʁ/ |
gires /ʒiʁ/ |
gire /ʒiʁ/ |
girons /ʒi.ʁɔ̃/ |
girez /ʒi.ʁe/ |
girent /ʒiʁ/ |
| imperfect | girais /ʒi.ʁɛ/ |
girais /ʒi.ʁɛ/ |
girait /ʒi.ʁɛ/ |
girions /ʒi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
giriez /ʒi.ʁje/ |
giraient /ʒi.ʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | girai /ʒi.ʁe/ |
giras /ʒi.ʁa/ |
gira /ʒi.ʁa/ |
girâmes /ʒi.ʁam/ |
girâtes /ʒi.ʁat/ |
girèrent /ʒi.ʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | girerai /ʒi.ʁə.ʁe/ |
gireras /ʒi.ʁə.ʁa/ |
girera /ʒi.ʁə.ʁa/ |
girerons /ʒi.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
girerez /ʒi.ʁə.ʁe/ |
gireront /ʒi.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | girerais /ʒi.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
girerais /ʒi.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
girerait /ʒi.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
girerions /ʒi.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
gireriez /ʒi.ʁə.ʁje/ |
gireraient /ʒi.ʁə.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 | gire /ʒiʁ/ |
gires /ʒiʁ/ |
gire /ʒiʁ/ |
girions /ʒi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
giriez /ʒi.ʁje/ |
girent /ʒiʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | girasse /ʒi.ʁas/ |
girasses /ʒi.ʁas/ |
girât /ʒi.ʁa/ |
girassions /ʒi.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
girassiez /ʒi.ʁa.sje/ |
girassent /ʒi.ʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | gire /ʒiʁ/ |
— | girons /ʒi.ʁɔ̃/ |
girez /ʒi.ʁe/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
See also
Further reading
- “girer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.