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do

/də/ verbe A1

En français : faire, aller, se débrouiller, se faire

  1. A syntactic marker in a question whose main verb is not another auxiliary verb or be. · Do you go there often?
  2. A syntactic marker in negations with the indicative and imperative moods. · I do not go there often.· Do not listen to him.
  3. A syntactic marker for emphasis with the indicative, imperative, and subjunctive moods. · But I do go sometimes.· Do tell us.
  4. A syntactic marker that refers back to an earlier verb and allows the speaker to avoid repeating the verb; in most dialects, not used with auxiliaries such as be, though it can be in AAVE. · I play tennis; she does too.· Likes her cappuccino, Mary does. (UK, colloquial)
  5. Should; ought to (especially in respect of a task to be repeated). (informal) · Do I just call every number on the list each time?
  6. To perform; to execute. (transitive) · If you want something done, do it yourself.· All you ever do is surf the Internet. What will you do this afternoon?
  7. To suffice. · make it do or do without· it’s not the best broom, but it will have to do; this will do me, thanks.
  8. To be reasonable or acceptable. (intransitive) · It simply will not do to have dozens of children running around such a quiet event.

Pluriel do · He/she/it does · Prétérit did · Participe passé done · Forme en -ing doing

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Formes du verbe

Forme de base
do
He/she/it
does
Prétérit
did
Participe passé
done
Forme en -ing
doing

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Dans la bibliothèque

“No, no, my dear Edmond—my boy—my son!—no; but I did not expect you; and joy, the surprise of seeing you so suddenly—Ah, I feel as if I were going to die.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 12 · C1
Come now, do smile, instead of looking at me so solemnly.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 12 · C1
People are always telling me I do.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 19 · C1
“If I were sole owner we’d shake hands on it now, my dear Dantès, and call it settled; but I have a partner, and you know the Italian proverb—Chi ha compagno ha padrone—‘He who has a partner has a master.’ But the thing is at least half done, as you have one out of two votes.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 10 · C1

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