/paʁ.ku.ʁiʁ/
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to travel through, to cover, to skim
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Word origin
From Old French parcorre, from Latin percurrere ('to run through'), from per- ('through') and currere ('to run').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- percurrere
- English cognates
- course, current
Grammar
Conjugation
Regular french-irregular conjugation. Pronouns: je, tu, il/elle, nous, vous, ils/elles.
Indicative
| Person | Present | Imperfect | Past historic | Future | Conditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| je | parcours | parcourais | parcourus | parcourrai | parcourrais |
| tu | parcours | parcourais | parcourus | parcourras | parcourrais |
| il/elle | parcourt | parcourait | parcourut | parcourra | parcourrait |
| nous | parcourons | parcourions | parcourûmes | parcourrons | parcourrions |
| vous | parcourez | parcouriez | parcourûtes | parcourrez | parcourriez |
| ils/elles | parcourent | parcouraient | parcoururent | parcourront | parcourraient |
Subjunctive
| Person | Present | Imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| je | parcoure | parcourusse |
| tu | parcoures | parcourusses |
| il/elle | parcoure | parcourût |
| nous | parcourions | parcourussions |
| vous | parcouriez | parcourussiez |
| ils/elles | parcourent | parcourussent |
Imperative
| Person | Affirmative |
|---|---|
| tu | parcours |
| nous | parcourons |
| vous | parcourez |
Non-finite
- Gerund / present participle
- parcourant
- Past participle
- parcouru · parcourue · parcourus · parcourues
Examples
.
We travelled right across the region by bike.
.
He covers twenty kilometres every morning.
diagonale.
I only skimmed the article.
.
A shiver ran down her back.
.
The train covers that distance in under two hours.
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