tarder
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verb
- to tarry
- to be slow to do somethingtarder à faire quelque chose
- Used as an impersonal verb with de or que to express impatience.
Forms
Present
| I | tarde |
|---|---|
| you | tardes |
| he, she, it | tarde |
| we | tardons |
| you (plural) | tardez |
| they | tardent |
Imperfect
| I | tardais |
|---|---|
| you | tardais |
| he, she, it | tardait |
| we | tardions |
| you (plural) | tardiez |
| they | tardaient |
Past historic
| I | tardai |
|---|---|
| you | tardas |
| he, she, it | tarda |
| we | tardâmes |
| you (plural) | tardâtes |
| they | tardèrent |
Future
| I | tarderai |
|---|---|
| you | tarderas |
| he, she, it | tardera |
| we | tarderons |
| you (plural) | tarderez |
| they | tarderont |
Conditional
| I | tarderais |
|---|---|
| you | tarderais |
| he, she, it | tarderait |
| we | tarderions |
| you (plural) | tarderiez |
| they | tarderaient |
Subjunctive
| I | tarde |
|---|---|
| you | tardes |
| he, she, it | tarde |
| we | tardions |
| you (plural) | tardiez |
| they | tardent |
Imperfect subjunctive
| I | tardasse |
|---|---|
| you | tardasses |
| he, she, it | tardât |
| we | tardassions |
| you (plural) | tardassiez |
| they | tardassent |
Imperative
| you | tarde |
|---|---|
| we | tardons |
| you (plural) | tardez |
Other forms
| infinitive | tarder |
|---|---|
| past participle | tardé |
| gerund | tardant |
More forms are in the app.
Used in the library
- Ils s'y mirent en effet sans tarder, avec l'aide d'Edwige Légaré, leur homme engagé.With the help of Edwige Légaré, their hired man, they began to do so without delay.B1Maria Chapdelaine
- Sans plus tarder j'agirai ce soir même.Without further delay, I will act tonight.B2Le Chevalier de Mornac
- Je m’étonne qu’ils tardent: ce n’est pas leur habitude.I'm surprised they're late: it's not their habit.B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
- Les dissensions ne tardèrent pas à éclater en Acadie.Dissensions soon broke out in Acadia.C1Histoire du Canada, tome I