/muʁiʁ/to dieB1
- Family
- Family 5 — boot verbs
- Takes
- no object — No object; de for what of
Build map — what to memorise
These three pieces are learnt; every other tense is built from them.
Singular — the short stem
Boot verb — ils takes the singular stem back
mour-+-ons -ez -ent
- ils meurentthe rule said mourent
mour-+-ais -ais -ait -ions -iez -aient
mour-+-ant
Built on ils; nous and vous are the imparfait forms
meur-+-e -es -e -ent
mourr-+-ai -as -a -ons -ez -ont
Futur stem + imparfait endings
mourr-+-ais -ais -ait -ions -iez -aient
aller + infinitive
mourir
Takes être
être (present) + past participle, with agreement
mort
Auxiliary in the imparfait + past participle
mort
Conjugation
| I | je meurs/ʒə mœʁ/I die | /ʒə mœʁ/ | I die |
| you | tu meurs/ty mœʁ/you die | /ty mœʁ/ | you die |
| he/she | il meurt/il mœʁ/he dies | /il mœʁ/ | he dies |
| we | nous mourons/nu muʁɔ̃/we die | /nu muʁɔ̃/ | we die |
| you | vous mourez/vu muʁe/you die | /vu muʁe/ | you die |
| they | ils meurent/il mœʁ/they die | /il mœʁ/ | they die |
Examples
- /il ɛ mɔʁ ɑ̃ mil nœf.sɑ̃ ka.tʁə.vɛ̃.dis/
Il est mort en 1990.He died in 1990.
- /ʒə mœʁ də fɛ̃/
Je meurs de faim.I'm starving.
- /il nɛ pa mɔʁ/
Il n'est pas mort.He isn't dead.
Set phrases
mourir de faimto be starving
la mortdeath
Notes
mourir de faimis "to be starving" — hyperbole, exactly as in English. Alsomourir de fatigue,mourir de rire.Takes
être:Il est mort. And note thatmortis both the participle and the adjective. Seepasse-compose-etre.