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obséder
obséder
See also: obseder
French
Verb
obséder
- to obsess
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated like céder. It is a regular -er verb, except that its last stem vowel alternates between /e/ (written ‘é’) and /ɛ/ (written ‘è’), with the latter being used before mute ‘e’. One special case is the future stem, used in the future and the conditional. Before 1990, the future stem of such verbs was written obséder-, reflecting the historic pronunciation /e/. In 1990, the French Academy recommended that it be written obsèder-, reflecting the now common pronunciation /ɛ/, thereby making this distinction consistent throughout the conjugation (and also matching in this regard the conjugations of verbs like lever and jeter). Both spellings are in use today, and both are therefore given here.
Conjugation of obséder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | obséder | avoir obsédé | |||||
| gerund | en obsédant | en ayant obsédé | |||||
| present participle | obsédant /ɔp.se.dɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | obsédé /ɔp.se.de/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | obsède /ɔp.sɛd/ |
obsèdes /ɔp.sɛd/ |
obsède /ɔp.sɛd/ |
obsédons /ɔp.se.dɔ̃/ |
obsédez /ɔp.se.de/ |
obsèdent /ɔp.sɛd/ |
| imperfect | obsédais /ɔp.se.dɛ/ |
obsédais /ɔp.se.dɛ/ |
obsédait /ɔp.se.dɛ/ |
obsédions /ɔp.se.djɔ̃/ |
obsédiez /ɔp.se.dje/ |
obsédaient /ɔp.se.dɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | obsédai /ɔp.se.de/ |
obsédas /ɔp.se.da/ |
obséda /ɔp.se.da/ |
obsédâmes /ɔp.se.dam/ |
obsédâtes /ɔp.se.dat/ |
obsédèrent /ɔp.se.dɛʁ/ |
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| future | obsèderai or obséderai /ɔp.sɛ.dʁe/ |
obsèderas or obséderas /ɔp.sɛ.dʁa/ |
obsèdera or obsédera /ɔp.sɛ.dʁa/ |
obsèderons or obséderons /ɔp.sɛ.dʁɔ̃/ |
obsèderez or obséderez /ɔp.sɛ.dʁe/ |
obsèderont or obséderont /ɔp.sɛ.dʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | obsèderais or obséderais /ɔp.sɛ.dʁɛ/ |
obsèderais or obséderais /ɔp.sɛ.dʁɛ/ |
obsèderait or obséderait /ɔp.sɛ.dʁɛ/ |
obsèderions or obséderions /ɔp.sɛ.də.ʁjɔ̃/ |
obsèderiez or obséderiez /ɔp.sɛ.də.ʁje/ |
obsèderaient or obséderaient /ɔp.sɛ.dʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | obsède /ɔp.sɛd/ |
obsèdes /ɔp.sɛd/ |
obsède /ɔp.sɛd/ |
obsédions /ɔp.se.djɔ̃/ |
obsédiez /ɔp.se.dje/ |
obsèdent /ɔp.sɛd/ |
| imperfect1 |
obsédasse /ɔp.se.das/ |
obsédasses /ɔp.se.das/ |
obsédât /ɔp.se.da/ |
obsédassions /ɔp.se.da.sjɔ̃/ |
obsédassiez /ɔp.se.da.sje/ |
obsédassent /ɔp.se.das/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | obsède /ɔp.sɛd/ |
— | obsédons /ɔp.se.dɔ̃/ |
obsédez /ɔp.se.de/ |
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