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semer
semer
French
Verb
semer
Related terms
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated mostly like the regular -er verbs (parler and chanter and so on), but the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-. For example, in the third-person singular present indicative, we have il sème rather than *il seme. Other verbs conjugated this way include lever and mener. Related but distinct conjugations include those of appeler and préférer.
Conjugation of semer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | semer | avoir semé | |||||
| gerund | en semant | en ayant semé | |||||
| present participle | semant /sə.mɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | semé /sə.me/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | sème /sɛm/ |
sèmes /sɛm/ |
sème /sɛm/ |
semons /sə.mɔ̃/ |
semez /sə.me/ |
sèment /sɛm/ |
| imperfect | semais /sə.mɛ/ |
semais /sə.mɛ/ |
semait /sə.mɛ/ |
semions /sə.mjɔ̃/ |
semiez /sə.mje/ |
semaient /sə.mɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | semai /sə.me/ |
semas /sə.ma/ |
sema /sə.ma/ |
semâmes /sə.mam/ |
semâtes /sə.mat/ |
semèrent /sə.mɛʁ/ |
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| future | sèmerai /sɛm.ʁe/ |
sèmeras /sɛm.ʁa/ |
sèmera /sɛm.ʁa/ |
sèmerons /sɛm.ʁɔ̃/ |
sèmerez /sɛm.ʁe/ |
sèmeront /sɛm.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | sèmerais /sɛm.ʁɛ/ |
sèmerais /sɛm.ʁɛ/ |
sèmerait /sɛm.ʁɛ/ |
sèmerions /sɛ.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
sèmeriez /sɛ.mə.ʁje/ |
sèmeraient /sɛm.ʁɛ/ |
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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 | sème /sɛm/ |
sèmes /sɛm/ |
sème /sɛm/ |
semions /sə.mjɔ̃/ |
semiez /sə.mje/ |
sèment /sɛm/ |
| imperfect1 |
semasse /sə.mas/ |
semasses /sə.mas/ |
semât /sə.ma/ |
semassions /sə.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
semassiez /sə.ma.sje/ |
semassent /sə.mas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | sème /sɛm/ |
— | semons /sə.mɔ̃/ |
semez /sə.me/ |
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Anagrams
Old French
Etymology
From Latin sēmināre, present active infinitive of sēminō.
Verb
semer
- to sow (scatter seed, etc.)
Related terms
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ms, *-mt are modified to ns, nt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of semer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | semer | avoir semé | |||||
| gerund | en semant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | semant | ||||||
| past participle | semé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | sem | semes | seme | semons | semez | sement |
| imperfect | semoie, semeie, semoe, semeve | semoies, semeies, semoes, semeves | semoit, semeit, semot, semeve | semiiens, semiens | semiiez, semiez | semoient, semeient, semoent, semevent | |
| preterite | semai | semas | sema | semames | semastes | semerent | |
| future | semerai | semeras | semera | semerons | semeroiz, semereiz, semerez | semeront | |
| conditional | semeroie, semereie | semeroies, semereies | semeroit, semereit | semeriiens, semeriens | semeriiez, semeriez | semeroient, semereient | |
| 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 anterior | Use the preterite 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 jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | sem | sens | sent | semons | semez | sement |
| imperfect | semasse | semasses | semast | semissons, semissiens | semissoiz, semissez, semissiez | semassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | seme | — | semons | semez | — | ||
Descendants
Turkish
Etymology
From Greek σαμάρι (samári, “packsaddle”), diminutive of Ancient Greek σάγμα (ságma, “packsaddle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sɛmeɾ]
- Hyphenation: se‧mer
Noun
semer (definite accusative semeri, plural semerler)
Declension
declension of semer
possessive forms of semer
| benim (my) | singular (tekil) | plural (çoğul) |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (yalın) | semerim | semerlerim |
| definite accusative (belirtme) | semerimi | semerlerimi |
| dative (yönelme) | semerime | semerlerime |
| locative (bulunma) | semerimde | semerlerimde |
| ablative (çıkma) | semerimden | semerlerimden |
| genitive (tamlayan) | semerimin | semerlerimin |
| senin (your) | singular (tekil) | plural (çoğul) |
| nominative (yalın) | semerin | semerlerin |
| definite accusative (belirtme) | semerini | semerlerini |
| dative (yönelme) | semerine | semerlerine |
| locative (bulunma) | semerinde | semerlerinde |
| ablative (çıkma) | semerinden | semerlerinden |
| genitive (tamlayan) | semerinin | semerlerinin |
| onun (her/his/its) | singular (tekil) | plural (çoğul) |
| nominative (yalın) | semeri | semerleri |
| definite accusative (belirtme) | semerini | semerlerini |
| dative (yönelme) | semerine | semerlerine |
| locative (bulunma) | semerinde | semerlerinde |
| ablative (çıkma) | semerinden | semerlerinden |
| genitive (tamlayan) | semerinin | semerlerinin |
| bizim (our) | singular (tekil) | plural (çoğul) |
| nominative (yalın) | semerimiz | semerlerimiz |
| definite accusative (belirtme) | semerimizi | semerlerimizi |
| dative (yönelme) | semerimize | semerlerimize |
| locative (bulunma) | semerimizde | semerlerimizde |
| ablative (çıkma) | semerimizden | semerlerimizden |
| genitive (tamlayan) | semerimizin | semerlerimizin |
| sizin (your) | singular (tekil) | plural (çoğul) |
| nominative (yalın) | semeriniz | semerleriniz |
| definite accusative (belirtme) | semerinizi | semerlerinizi |
| dative (yönelme) | semerinize | semerlerinize |
| locative (bulunma) | semerinizde | semerlerinizde |
| ablative (çıkma) | semerinizden | semerlerinizden |
| genitive (tamlayan) | semerinizin | semerlerinizin |
| onların (their) | singular (tekil) | plural (çoğul) |
| nominative (yalın) | semerleri | semerleri |
| definite accusative (belirtme) | semerlerini | semerlerini |
| dative (yönelme) | semerlerine | semerlerine |
| locative (bulunma) | semerlerinde | semerlerinde |
| ablative (çıkma) | semerlerinden | semerlerinden |
| genitive (tamlayan) | semerlerinin | semerlerinin |
Derived terms
- semerci
- eşeğe altın semer vursalar yine eşektir