Daily Verb Lesson: French for bribe is soudoyer
The French for bribe is the regular ER verb soudoyer.To remember this, imagine asking,"SUE, DO I BRIBE you, or the others?"
Related words include:
- le pot-de-vin (nm) : bribe, (lit. jug of wine).
Some ER verbs ending in YER change the letter y to an i before an e.
Note English verbs like pity do the same - (pities, pitied).
Examples of this family of verb conjugations: aboyer, apitoyer, noyer, flamboyer, dénoyer, soudoyer, ondoyer, tutoyer.
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Imagine asking, SUE, DO I bribe
you, or the others?
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Présent bribe |
soudoie | soudoies | soudoie | soudoyons | soudoyez | soudoient |
| Past Imperfect Imparfait bribed |
soudoyais | soudoyais | soudoyait | soudoyions | soudoyiez | soudoyaient |
| Simple Past Passé Simple bribed |
soudoyai | soudoyas | soudoya | soudoyâmes | soudoyâtes | soudoyèrent |
| Future Futur will bribe |
soudoierai | soudoieras | soudoiera | soudoierons | soudoierez | soudoieront |
| Conditional Conditionnel would bribe |
soudoierais | soudoierais | soudoierait | soudoierions | soudoieriez | soudoieraient |
| Present Subjunctive Subjonctif may bribe |
soudoie | soudoies | soudoie | soudoyions | soudoyiez | soudoient |
| Present Perfect Passé Composé have bribed |
ai soudoyé | as soudoyé | a soudoyé | avons soudoyé | avez soudoyé | ont soudoyé |
| Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had bribed |
avais soudoyé | avais soudoyé | avait soudoyé | avions soudoyé | aviez soudoyé | avaient soudoyé |
| Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have bribed |
aurai soudoyé | auras soudoyé | aura soudoyé | aurons soudoyé | aurez soudoyé | auront soudoyé |
| Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have bribed |
aurais soudoyé | aurais soudoyé | aurait soudoyé | aurions soudoyé | auriez soudoyé | auraient soudoyé |
| Imperative Imperatif bribe! |
soudoie ! | soudoyons ! | soudoyez ! | |||
✔ soudoyer is a regular ER verb. There are over 5,000 ER verbs these being the most common verbs in French.
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