# respondre
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan respondre, from Late Latin respondere, from Latin respondēre. The modern Catalan conjugations reflect contamination from the unrelated pondre (“lay, set”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [rəsˈpɔn.dɾə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [resˈpɔn.dɾe]

### Verb

respondre (first-person singular present responc, first-person singular preterite responguí, past participle respost); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/
* to reply; to respond

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | respondre | respondre | respondre | respondre | respondre |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | responent | responent | responent | responent | responent |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | respost | respost | resposta | resposta |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | resposts, respostos | resposts, respostos | respostes | respostes |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| indicative | present | responc | respons | respon | responem | responeu | responen |
| indicative | imperfect | responia | responies | responia | responíem | responíeu | responien |
| indicative | future | respondré | respondràs | respondrà | respondrem | respondreu | respondran |
| indicative | preterite | responguí | respongueres | respongué | responguérem | responguéreu | respongueren |
| indicative | conditional | respondria | respondries | respondria | respondríem | respondríeu | respondrien |
| subjunctive | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| subjunctive | present | respongui | responguis | respongui | responguem | respongueu | responguin |
| subjunctive | imperfect | respongués | responguessis | respongués | responguéssim | responguéssiu | responguessin |
| imperative | | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès |
| imperative | affirmative | — | respon | respongui | responguem | responeu | responguin |
| imperative | negative (no) | — | no responguis | no respongui | no responguem | no respongueu | no responguin |

### References

* “respondre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Middle French
### Etymology

From Old French respondre.

### Verb

respondre
* to reply; to respond

#### Descendants

* French: répondre

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Old Occitan respondre, from Late Latin respondere, from Latin respondēre.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Languedoc):(file)

### Verb

respondre
* reply; respond

#### Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* respoundre, respundre (Anglo-Norman)

### Etymology

From Late Latin respondere, from Latin respondēre.

### Verb

respondre
* reply, respond

#### Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

#### Derived terms

* respondeor

#### Related terms

* response

#### Descendants

* Middle French: respondre
** French: répondre
* Norman: rêpondre (Jersey), répounre
* → Middle English: respounden
** English: respond