tardejar
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
tardejar (first-person singular present tardejo, first-person singular preterite tardegí, past participle tardejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- to be or become somewhat late or delayed
- La llum del dia semblava que mes que mai tardejava en visitar-nos.
- The daylight seems more than ever to be late in visiting us.
Conjugation
Conjugation of tardejar (first conjugation, j-g alternation)
| infinitive | tardejar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | tardejant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | tardejat | tardejada | |||||
| plural | tardejats | tardejades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | tardejo | tardeges | tardeja | tardegem | tardegeu | tardegen | |
| imperfect | tardejava | tardejaves | tardejava | tardejàvem | tardejàveu | tardejaven | |
| future | tardejaré | tardejaràs | tardejarà | tardejarem | tardejareu | tardejaran | |
| preterite | tardegí | tardejares | tardejà | tardejàrem | tardejàreu | tardejaren | |
| conditional | tardejaria | tardejaries | tardejaria | tardejaríem | tardejaríeu | tardejarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | tardegi | tardegis | tardegi | tardegem | tardegeu | tardegin | |
| imperfect | tardegés | tardegessis | tardegés | tardegéssim | tardegéssiu | tardegessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| affirmative | — | tardeja | tardegi | tardegem | tardegeu | tardegin | |
| negative (no) | — | no tardegis | no tardegi | no tardegem | no tardegeu | no tardegin | |
Further reading
- “tardejar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007