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surpasser
surpasser
French
Verb
surpasser
Conjugation
Conjugation of surpasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | surpasser | avoir surpassé | |||||
| gerund | en surpassant | en ayant surpassé | |||||
| present participle | surpassant /syʁ.pa.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | surpassé /syʁ.pa.se/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | surpasse /syʁ.pas/ |
surpasses /syʁ.pas/ |
surpasse /syʁ.pas/ |
surpassons /syʁ.pa.sɔ̃/ |
surpassez /syʁ.pa.se/ |
surpassent /syʁ.pas/ |
| imperfect | surpassais /syʁ.pa.sɛ/ |
surpassais /syʁ.pa.sɛ/ |
surpassait /syʁ.pa.sɛ/ |
surpassions /syʁ.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
surpassiez /syʁ.pa.sje/ |
surpassaient /syʁ.pa.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | surpassai /syʁ.pa.se/ |
surpassas /syʁ.pa.sa/ |
surpassa /syʁ.pa.sa/ |
surpassâmes /syʁ.pa.sam/ |
surpassâtes /syʁ.pa.sat/ |
surpassèrent /syʁ.pa.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | surpasserai /syʁ.pa.sʁe/ |
surpasseras /syʁ.pa.sʁa/ |
surpassera /syʁ.pa.sʁa/ |
surpasserons /syʁ.pa.sʁɔ̃/ |
surpasserez /syʁ.pa.sʁe/ |
surpasseront /syʁ.pa.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | surpasserais /syʁ.pa.sʁɛ/ |
surpasserais /syʁ.pa.sʁɛ/ |
surpasserait /syʁ.pa.sʁɛ/ |
surpasserions /syʁ.pa.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
surpasseriez /syʁ.pa.sə.ʁje/ |
surpasseraient /syʁ.pa.sʁɛ/ |
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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 | surpasse /syʁ.pas/ |
surpasses /syʁ.pas/ |
surpasse /syʁ.pas/ |
surpassions /syʁ.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
surpassiez /syʁ.pa.sje/ |
surpassent /syʁ.pas/ |
| imperfect1 |
surpassasse /syʁ.pa.sas/ |
surpassasses /syʁ.pa.sas/ |
surpassât /syʁ.pa.sa/ |
surpassassions /syʁ.pa.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
surpassassiez /syʁ.pa.sa.sje/ |
surpassassent /syʁ.pa.sas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | surpasse /syʁ.pas/ |
— | surpassons /syʁ.pa.sɔ̃/ |
surpassez /syʁ.pa.se/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Synonyms
Related terms
- surpassement