Poursuivr

Poursuivr is not a standalone infinitive in modern French. It is the stem used to conjugate the verb poursui vre? No, the correct verb is pours uivre. The form pours uivr- appears in grammar as the stem for certain tenses, notably the simple future and the present conditional. In those tenses, the endings attach directly to the stem that ends with -r: je poursuivrai, tu poursuivras, il poursuivra, nous poursuivrons, vous poursuivrez, ils poursuivront; and je poursuivrais, tu poursuivrais, il poursuirait, nous poursuivrions, vous poursuivriez, ils poursuiraient. In other tenses the root appears as poursuiv-, such as dans le présent: je poursuis, il poursuit; or in the passé simple: je poursuivis, tu poursuivis, il poursuivit, etc. The variation between poursui vr- and poursui v- reflects the regular French pattern where the future/conditional use the -r- in the stem, while the present and other tenses use the -v- after the root.

Etymology and meaning: the verb is poursui vre? The modern verb pours uivre comes from Old French and ultimately from Latin prosequi, meaning to follow or accompany. In contemporary French, poursui vre retains the core sense of following or pursuing someone or something, including figurative uses such as pursuing a goal, a course of action, or legal proceedings.

Usage note: p oursuivre is a regular second-group verb in its conjugation pattern, with the stem variations described above. The stem shown as pours uivr- is primarily a grammatical descriptor found in conjugation tables and dictionaries, not a separate lexical entry.

See also: pours uivre; pursuit in legal or criminal contexts; related verbs with similar stem patterns.