paresser
French
Etymology
From earlier perecer, from Old French peresce (“laziness”).
Pronunciation
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Verb
paresser
- (intransitive) to laze about; loaf
Conjugation
Conjugation of paresser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | paresser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | paressant /pa.ʁɛ.sɑ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | paressé /pa.ʁɛ.se/ or /pa.ʁe.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | paresse /pa.ʁɛs/ |
paresses /pa.ʁɛs/ |
paresse /pa.ʁɛs/ |
paressons /pa.ʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.sɔ̃/ |
paressez /pa.ʁɛ.se/ or /pa.ʁe.se/ |
paressent /pa.ʁɛs/ |
| imperfect | paressais /pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.sɛ/ |
paressais /pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.sɛ/ |
paressait /pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.sɛ/ |
paressions /pa.ʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.sjɔ̃/ |
paressiez /pa.ʁɛ.sje/ or /pa.ʁe.sje/ |
paressaient /pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | paressai /pa.ʁɛ.se/ or /pa.ʁe.se/ |
paressas /pa.ʁɛ.sa/ or /pa.ʁe.sa/ |
paressa /pa.ʁɛ.sa/ or /pa.ʁe.sa/ |
paressâmes /pa.ʁɛ.sam/ or /pa.ʁe.sam/ |
paressâtes /pa.ʁɛ.sat/ or /pa.ʁe.sat/ |
paressèrent /pa.ʁɛ.sɛʁ/ or /pa.ʁe.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | paresserai /pa.ʁɛ.sʁe/ or /pa.ʁe.sʁe/ |
paresseras /pa.ʁɛ.sʁa/ or /pa.ʁe.sʁa/ |
paressera /pa.ʁɛ.sʁa/ or /pa.ʁe.sʁa/ |
paresserons /pa.ʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.sʁɔ̃/ |
paresserez /pa.ʁɛ.sʁe/ or /pa.ʁe.sʁe/ |
paresseront /pa.ʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | paresserais /pa.ʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.sʁɛ/ |
paresserais /pa.ʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.sʁɛ/ |
paresserait /pa.ʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.sʁɛ/ |
paresserions /pa.ʁɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
paresseriez /pa.ʁɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /pa.ʁe.sə.ʁje/ |
paresseraient /pa.ʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.sʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | paresse /pa.ʁɛs/ |
paresses /pa.ʁɛs/ |
paresse /pa.ʁɛs/ |
paressions /pa.ʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.sjɔ̃/ |
paressiez /pa.ʁɛ.sje/ or /pa.ʁe.sje/ |
paressent /pa.ʁɛs/ |
| imperfect2 | paressasse /pa.ʁɛ.sas/ or /pa.ʁe.sas/ |
paressasses /pa.ʁɛ.sas/ or /pa.ʁe.sas/ |
paressât /pa.ʁɛ.sa/ or /pa.ʁe.sa/ |
paressassions /pa.ʁɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
paressassiez /pa.ʁɛ.sa.sje/ or /pa.ʁe.sa.sje/ |
paressassent /pa.ʁɛ.sas/ or /pa.ʁe.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | paresse /pa.ʁɛs/ |
— | paressons /pa.ʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.sɔ̃/ |
paressez /pa.ʁɛ.se/ or /pa.ʁe.se/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “paresser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.