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sertir
sertir
French
Verb
sertir
Conjugation
This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.
Conjugation of sertir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | sertir | avoir serti | |||||
| gerund | en sertissant | en ayant serti | |||||
| present participle | sertissant /sɛʁ.ti.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | serti /sɛʁ.ti/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | sertis /sɛʁ.ti/ |
sertis /sɛʁ.ti/ |
sertit /sɛʁ.ti/ |
sertissons /sɛʁ.ti.sɔ̃/ |
sertissez /sɛʁ.ti.se/ |
sertissent /sɛʁ.tis/ |
| imperfect | sertissais /sɛʁ.ti.sɛ/ |
sertissais /sɛʁ.ti.sɛ/ |
sertissait /sɛʁ.ti.sɛ/ |
sertissions /sɛʁ.ti.sjɔ̃/ |
sertissiez /sɛʁ.ti.sje/ |
sertissaient /sɛʁ.ti.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | sertis /sɛʁ.ti/ |
sertis /sɛʁ.ti/ |
sertit /sɛʁ.ti/ |
sertîmes /sɛʁ.tim/ |
sertîtes /sɛʁ.tit/ |
sertirent /sɛʁ.tiʁ/ |
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| future | sertirai /sɛʁ.ti.ʁe/ |
sertiras /sɛʁ.ti.ʁa/ |
sertira /sɛʁ.ti.ʁa/ |
sertirons /sɛʁ.ti.ʁɔ̃/ |
sertirez /sɛʁ.ti.ʁe/ |
sertiront /sɛʁ.ti.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | sertirais /sɛʁ.ti.ʁɛ/ |
sertirais /sɛʁ.ti.ʁɛ/ |
sertirait /sɛʁ.ti.ʁɛ/ |
sertirions /sɛʁ.ti.ʁjɔ̃/ |
sertiriez /sɛʁ.ti.ʁje/ |
sertiraient /sɛʁ.ti.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 | sertisse /sɛʁ.tis/ |
sertisses /sɛʁ.tis/ |
sertisse /sɛʁ.tis/ |
sertissions /sɛʁ.ti.sjɔ̃/ |
sertissiez /sɛʁ.ti.sje/ |
sertissent /sɛʁ.tis/ |
| imperfect1 |
sertisse /sɛʁ.tis/ |
sertisses /sɛʁ.tis/ |
sertît /sɛʁ.ti/ |
sertissions /sɛʁ.ti.sjɔ̃/ |
sertissiez /sɛʁ.ti.sje/ |
sertissent /sɛʁ.tis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | sertis /sɛʁ.ti/ |
— | sertissons /sɛʁ.ti.sɔ̃/ |
sertissez /sɛʁ.ti.se/ |
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Derived terms
- sertissage
- sertissure
- dessertir