Definify.com
Definition 2024
siéger
siéger
See also: Sieger
French
Verb
siéger
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated like protéger. It has both the spelling irregularities of other verbs in -ger (such as manger, where a silent ‘e’ is inserted before ‘a’ and ‘o’ endings (to indicate the /ʒ/ sound), and the spelling and pronunciation irregularities of other verbs in -é-er (such as céder), where the last stem vowel alternates between /e/ (written ‘é’) and /ɛ/ (written ‘è’).
Conjugation of siéger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | siéger | avoir siégé | |||||
| gerund | en siégeant | en ayant siégé | |||||
| present participle | siégeant /sje.ʒɑ̃/ |
||||||
| past participle | siégé /sje.ʒe/ |
||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | siège /sjɛʒ/ |
sièges /sjɛʒ/ |
siège /sjɛʒ/ |
siégeons /sje.ʒɔ̃/ |
siégez /sje.ʒe/ |
siègent /sjɛʒ/ |
| imperfect | siégeais /sje.ʒɛ/ |
siégeais /sje.ʒɛ/ |
siégeait /sje.ʒɛ/ |
siégions /sje.ʒjɔ̃/ |
siégiez /sje.ʒje/ |
siégeaient /sje.ʒɛ/ |
|
| past historic1 | siégeai /sje.ʒe/ |
siégeas /sje.ʒa/ |
siégea /sje.ʒa/ |
siégeâmes /sje.ʒam/ |
siégeâtes /sje.ʒat/ |
siégèrent /sje.ʒɛʁ/ |
|
| future | siégerai or siègerai /sjɛʒ.ʁe/ |
siégeras or siègeras /sjɛʒ.ʁa/ |
siégera or siègera /sjɛʒ.ʁa/ |
siégerons or siègerons /sjɛʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
siégerez or siègerez /sjɛʒ.ʁe/ |
siégeront or siègeront /sjɛʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
|
| conditional | siégerais or siègerais /sjɛʒ.ʁɛ/ |
siégerais or siègerais /sjɛʒ.ʁɛ/ |
siégerait or siègerait /sjɛʒ.ʁɛ/ |
siégerions or siègerions /sjɛ.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
siégeriez or siègeriez /sjɛ.ʒə.ʁje/ |
siégeraient or siègeraient /sjɛʒ.ʁɛ/ |
|
| 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 | siège /sjɛʒ/ |
sièges /sjɛʒ/ |
siège /sjɛʒ/ |
siégions /sje.ʒjɔ̃/ |
siégiez /sje.ʒje/ |
siègent /sjɛʒ/ |
| imperfect1 |
siégeasse /sje.ʒas/ |
siégeasses /sje.ʒas/ |
siégeât /sje.ʒa/ |
siégeassions /sje.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
siégeassiez /sje.ʒa.sje/ |
siégeassent /sje.ʒas/ |
|
| 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 | – | |
| — | siège /sjɛʒ/ |
— | siégeons /sje.ʒɔ̃/ |
siégez /sje.ʒe/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||