musarder

French

Etymology

From musard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /my.zaʁ.de/

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Verb

musarder

1. to dawdle

Conjugation

Conjugation of musarder (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	musarder
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	musardant /my.zaʁ.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		musardé /my.zaʁ.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	musarde /my.zaʁd/	musardes /my.zaʁd/	musarde /my.zaʁd/	musardons /my.zaʁ.dɔ̃/	musardez /my.zaʁ.de/	musardent /my.zaʁd/
	imperfect	musardais /my.zaʁ.dɛ/	musardais /my.zaʁ.dɛ/	musardait /my.zaʁ.dɛ/	musardions /my.zaʁ.djɔ̃/	musardiez /my.zaʁ.dje/	musardaient /my.zaʁ.dɛ/
	past historic2	musardai /my.zaʁ.de/	musardas /my.zaʁ.da/	musarda /my.zaʁ.da/	musardâmes /my.zaʁ.dam/	musardâtes /my.zaʁ.dat/	musardèrent /my.zaʁ.dɛʁ/
	future	musarderai /my.zaʁ.də.ʁe/	musarderas /my.zaʁ.də.ʁa/	musardera /my.zaʁ.də.ʁa/	musarderons /my.zaʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/	musarderez /my.zaʁ.də.ʁe/	musarderont /my.zaʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	musarderais /my.zaʁ.də.ʁɛ/	musarderais /my.zaʁ.də.ʁɛ/	musarderait /my.zaʁ.də.ʁɛ/	musarderions /my.zaʁ.də.ʁjɔ̃/	musarderiez /my.zaʁ.də.ʁje/	musarderaient /my.zaʁ.də.ʁɛ/
(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	musarde /my.zaʁd/	musardes /my.zaʁd/	musarde /my.zaʁd/	musardions /my.zaʁ.djɔ̃/	musardiez /my.zaʁ.dje/	musardent /my.zaʁd/
	imperfect2	musardasse /my.zaʁ.das/	musardasses /my.zaʁ.das/	musardât /my.zaʁ.da/	musardassions /my.zaʁ.da.sjɔ̃/	musardassiez /my.zaʁ.da.sje/	musardassent /my.zaʁ.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	musarde /my.zaʁd/	—	musardons /my.zaʁ.dɔ̃/	musardez /my.zaʁ.de/	—
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “musarder”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.