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prosterner
prosterner
French
Verb
prosterner
Conjugation
Conjugation of se prosterner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | se prosterner | s'être prosterné | |||||
| gerund | en se prosternant | en s'étant prosterné | |||||
| present participle | se prosternant /sə‿.pʁɔs.tɛʁ.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | prosterné /pʁɔs.tɛʁ.ne/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | me prosterne /mə‿.pʁɔs.tɛʁn/ |
te prosternes /tə‿.pʁɔs.tɛʁn/ |
se prosterne /sə‿.pʁɔs.tɛʁn/ |
nous prosternons /nu‿.pʁɔs.tɛʁ.nɔ̃/ |
vous prosternez /vu‿.pʁɔs.tɛʁ.ne/ |
se prosternent /sə‿.pʁɔs.tɛʁn/ |
| imperfect | me prosternais /mə‿.pʁɔs.tɛʁ.nɛ/ |
te prosternais /tə‿.pʁɔs.tɛʁ.nɛ/ |
se prosternait /sə‿.pʁɔs.tɛʁ.nɛ/ |
nous prosternions /nu‿.pʁɔs.tɛʁ.njɔ̃/ |
vous prosterniez /vu‿.pʁɔs.tɛʁ.nje/ |
se prosternaient /sə‿.pʁɔs.tɛʁ.nɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | me prosternai /mə‿.pʁɔs.tɛʁ.ne/ |
te prosternas /tə‿.pʁɔs.tɛʁ.na/ |
se prosterna /sə‿.pʁɔs.tɛʁ.na/ |
nous prosternâmes /nu‿.pʁɔs.tɛʁ.nam/ |
vous prosternâtes /vu‿.pʁɔs.tɛʁ.nat/ |
se prosternèrent /sə‿.pʁɔs.tɛʁ.nɛʁ/ |
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| future | me prosternerai /mə‿.pʁɔs.tɛʁ.nə.ʁe/ |
te prosterneras /tə‿.pʁɔs.tɛʁ.nə.ʁa/ |
se prosternera /sə‿.pʁɔs.tɛʁ.nə.ʁa/ |
nous prosternerons /nu‿.pʁɔs.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/ |
vous prosternerez /vu‿.pʁɔs.tɛʁ.nə.ʁe/ |
se prosterneront /sə‿.pʁɔs.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | me prosternerais /mə‿.pʁɔs.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
te prosternerais /tə‿.pʁɔs.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
se prosternerait /sə‿.pʁɔs.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
nous prosternerions /nu‿.pʁɔs.tɛʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous prosterneriez /vu‿.pʁɔs.tɛʁ.nə.ʁje/ |
se prosterneraient /sə‿.pʁɔs.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of s'être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | me prosterne /mə‿.pʁɔs.tɛʁn/ |
te prosternes /tə‿.pʁɔs.tɛʁn/ |
se prosterne /sə‿.pʁɔs.tɛʁn/ |
nous prosternions /nu‿.pʁɔs.tɛʁ.njɔ̃/ |
vous prosterniez /vu‿.pʁɔs.tɛʁ.nje/ |
se prosternent /sə‿.pʁɔs.tɛʁn/ |
| imperfect1 |
me prosternasse /mə‿.pʁɔs.tɛʁ.nas/ |
te prosternasses /tə‿.pʁɔs.tɛʁ.nas/ |
se prosternât /sə‿.pʁɔs.tɛʁ.na/ |
nous prosternassions /nu‿.pʁɔs.tɛʁ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
vous prosternassiez /vu‿.pʁɔs.tɛʁ.na.sje/ |
se prosternassent /sə‿.pʁɔs.tɛʁ.nas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of s'être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | prosterne-toi /pʁɔs.tɛʁn.‿twa/ |
— | prosternons-nous /pʁɔs.tɛʁ.nɔ̃.‿nu/ |
prosternez-vous /pʁɔs.tɛʁ.ne.‿vu/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||