Comment conjuguer le verbe to do en anglais ? Quelles sont les diffĂ©rentes dĂ©finitions et traductions de ce verbe ? Comment lâemployer dans des phrasal verbs, dans des expressions idiomatiques, ou le remplacer par les bons synonymes ?
Tableaux de conjugaison de to do en anglais
Conjugaison du verbe do Ă l’indicatif
Le verbe do au present simple
- I do
- You do
- He/she/ it does
- We do
- You do
- They do
Le verbe do au present continuous
- I am doing
- You are doing
- He/she/it is doing
- We are doing
- You are doing
- They are doing
Le verbe do past simple
- I did
- You did
- He/she/it did
- We did
- You did
- They did
Le verbe do au past continuous
- I was doing
- You were doing
- He/she/it was doing
- We were doing
- You were doing
- They were doing
Le verbe do au present perfect
- I have done
- You have done
- He/she/it has done
- We have done
- You have done
- They have done
Le verbe do au present perfect continuous
- I have been doing
- You have been doing
- He/she/it has been doing
- We have been doing
- You have been doing
- They have been doing
Le verbe do au past perfect
- I had done
- You had done
- He/she/it had done
- We had done
- You had done
- They had done
Le verbe do au past perfect continuous
- I had been doing
- You had been doing
- He/she/it had been doing
- We had been doing
- You had been doing
- They had been doing
Le verbe do au future
- I will do
- You will do
- He/she/it will do
- We will do
- You will do
- They will do
Le verbe do au future continuous
- I will be doing
- You will be doing
- He/she/it will be doing
- We will be doing
- You will be doing
- They will be doing
Le verbe do au future perfect
- I will have done
- You will have done
- He/she/it will have done
- We will have done
- You will have done
- They will have done
Le verbe do au future perfect continuous
- I will have been doing
- You will have been doing
- He/she/it will have been doing
- We will have been doing
- You will have been doing
- They will have been doing
Conjugaison du verbe do au conditionnel
Le verbe do au conditional present
- I would do
- You would do
- He/she/it would do
- We would do
- You would do
- They would do
Le verbe do au conditional present continuous
- I would be doing
- You would be doing
- He/she/it would be doing
- We would be doing
- You would be doing
- They would be doing
Le verbe do au conditional perfect
- I would have done
- You would have done
- He/she/it would have done
- We would have done
- You would have done
- They would have done
Le verbe do au conditional perfect continuous
- I would have been doing
- You would have been doing
- He/she/it would have been doing
- We would have been doing
- You would have been doing
- They would have been doing
Les autres formes
L’infinitif de do
- to do
Participe présent de do
- doing
Participe passé de do
- done
L’impĂ©ratif de do
- do
- let’s do
Ă l’image de to cut, to bear, to sing, to lose et to go, to do est un verbe irrĂ©gulier. Vous devez donc faire spĂ©cialement attention aux terminaisons du passĂ©.
DĂ©finition de do en anglais
Que veut dire le verbe do en anglais ?
Le Cambridge Dictionary donne plusieurs définitions du verbe do.
Penchons-nous sur les principales :
1. To perform, take part in, or achieve something
What are they doing this afternoon?
â Que font-ils cet aprĂšs-midi ?
2. To act or take action
Stop complaining and do something!
â ArrĂȘte de te plaindre et fais quelque chose !
3. To deal with or be responsible for something
I’ll do the drinks before cooking the food.
â Je m’occuperai des boissons avant de faire le repas.
4. To study a subject
I think I will do sociology as a third choice.
â Je pense que j’Ă©tudierai la sociologie en troisiĂšme choix.
5. To make, produce, or create something
She’s a very gifted artist, she does amazing sculptures.
â C’est une artiste trĂšs talentueuse, elle fait des sculptures extraordinaires.
Pour accĂ©der Ă lâintĂ©gralitĂ© de la page du Cambridge Dictionary, cliquez ici !
Que veut dire l’auxiliaire do en anglais ?
Attention ! En anglais, do est aussi un auxiliaire. En tant que tel, il nâa pas de signification propre mais est utilisĂ© dans plusieurs constructions grammaticales. Il ne sâemploie alors que sous 3 formes :
- do
- does
- did
Lâauxiliaire do sâutilise pour construire diffĂ©rents types de phrases :
1. Phrases interrogatives
Exemple : Do you like basketball?
â Aimes-tu le basket-ball ?
2. Phrases négatives
Exemple : I donât like basketball.
â Je nâaime pas le basket-ball.
3. Phrases interro-négatives
Exemple : Donât you like basketball?
â Tu nâaimes pas le basket-ball ?
4. Phrases qui expriment une interdiction
Exemple : Donât play basketball at 2am!
â Ne joue pas au basket-ball Ă 2h du matin !
Lâauxiliaire do sâemploie aussi pour marquer l’emphase, l’insistance et pour dĂ©livrer une rĂ©ponse courte :
- I do like basketball! â Si, jâaime vraiment le basket-ball !
- Do you like basketball? Yes, I do! â Aimes-tu le basket-ball ? Oui !
Les phrasal verbs avec do en anglais
Rappel : les phrasal verbs (ou “verbes Ă particule”) sont des verbes qui, lorsquâils sont suivis dâun autre mot (la particule), vont voir leur sens initial complĂ©tĂ© ou modifiĂ©.
Voici les phrasal verbs formés sur le verbe do :
- Do (someone) good â Faire du bien Ă quelquâun
- Do (someone) in â Buter quelquâun, liquider quelquâun (familier)
- Do away with â Se dĂ©barrasser de quelquâun, Ă©liminer quelquâun (familier)
- Do up â Retaper, rĂ©nover
- Do well for (oneself) â Bien sâen sortir, bien se dĂ©brouiller
- Do without (something) â Se passer de quelque chose
Les synonymes de do en anglais
En fonction du contexte, vous pouvez remplacer le verbe to do par lâun des verbes suivants :
- accomplish â accomplir
- achieve â rĂ©aliser
- act â agir
- complete â achever
- create â crĂ©er
- execute â exĂ©cuter
- make â fabriquer
- produce â produire
Expressions avec do en anglais
Voici une liste non-exhaustive des expressions idiomatiques avec le verbe do :
- do a double take â marquer un temps dâarrĂȘt
- do a number on someone â jouer un sale tour Ă quelquâun
- do an about face â faire volte-face
- do justice to something â faire honneur Ă quelquâun
- do oneâs duty â faire son devoir
- do oneâs part â remplir son rĂŽle
- do or die â ça passe ou ça casse
- do the honors â faire le service
- do the trick â faire lâaffaire
En résumé
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