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seoir
seoir
French
Verb
seoir (defective)
Conjugation
This is a defective verb, only conjugated in the third person.
Conjugation of seoir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | seoir | — | |||||
| gerund | en séant or seyant | — | |||||
| present participle | séant or seyant /se.ɑ̃/ or /sɛ.jɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | — | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | — | — | sied /sje/ |
— | — | siéent /sje/ |
| imperfect | — | — | seyait /sɛ.jɛ/ |
— | — | seyaient /sɛ.jɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| future | — | — | siéra /sje.ʁa/ |
— | — | siéront /sje.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | — | — | siérait /sje.ʁɛ/ |
— | — | siéraient /sje.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | — | |||||
| pluperfect | — | ||||||
| past anterior1 | — | ||||||
| future perfect | — | ||||||
| conditional perfect | — | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | — | — | siée /sje/ |
— | — | siéent /sje/ |
| imperfect1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| compound tenses |
past | — | |||||
| pluperfect1 | — | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
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Middle French
Etymology
From Old French seoir, from earlier sedeir, from Latin sedēre, present active infinitive of sedeō.
Verb
seoir
- to be; to be situated
- circa 1369, Jean Froissart, Chroniques:
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Vous devés savoir que assés près de la ou ils estoient, siet la ville de Iuberot
- You should know that quite close to there where they were, is the city of Juberot
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Vous devés savoir que assés près de la ou ils estoient, siet la ville de Iuberot
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- (reflexive, se seoir) to sit down (be sitting)
Old French
Etymology
From an earlier sedeir, from Latin sedēre, present active infinitive of sedeō.
Verb
seoir
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem sié distinct from the unstressed stem se, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of seoir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | seoir | avoir sis | |||||
| gerund | en seant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | seant | ||||||
| past participle | sis | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | sié | siez | siet | seons | seez | siéent |
| imperfect | seoie, seeie | seoies, seeies | seoit, seeit | seïiens, seïens | seïiez, seïez | seoient, seeient | |
| preterite | sis | seṣis | sist | seṣimes | seṣistes | sisdrent | |
| future | serrai | serras | serra | serrons | serroiz, serreiz, serrez | serront | |
| conditional | serroie, serreie | serroies, serreies | serroit, serreit | serriiens, serriens | serriiez, serriez | serroient, serreient | |
| 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 | siée, sië | siées, siës | siée, sië | seons, seiiens, seions | seez, seiiez | siéent, siënt |
| imperfect | seṣisse | seṣisses | seṣist | seṣissons, seṣissiens | seṣissoiz, seṣissez, seṣissiez | seṣissent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | sié | — | seons | seez | — | ||