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souffrir
souffrir
French
Verb
souffrir
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated like ouvrir and offrir. It is conjugated like a regular -er verb in the present and imperfect indicative, present subjunctive, imperative, and present participle; it is conjugated like a regular -ir verb in the infinitive, future indicative, conditional, past historic, and imperfect subjunctive; and its past participle souffert is irregular.
Conjugation of souffrir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | souffrir | avoir souffert | |||||
| gerund | en souffrant | en ayant souffert | |||||
| present participle | souffrant /su.fʁɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | souffert /su.fɛʁ/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | souffre /sufʁ/ |
souffres /sufʁ/ |
souffre /sufʁ/ |
souffrons /su.fʁɔ̃/ |
souffrez /su.fʁe/ |
souffrent /sufʁ/ |
| imperfect | souffrais /su.fʁɛ/ |
souffrais /su.fʁɛ/ |
souffrait /su.fʁɛ/ |
souffrions /su.fʁi.jɔ̃/ |
souffriez /su.fʁi.je/ |
souffraient /su.fʁɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | souffris /su.fʁi/ |
souffris /su.fʁi/ |
souffrit /su.fʁi/ |
souffrîmes /su.fʁim/ |
souffrîtes /su.fʁit/ |
souffrirent /su.fʁiʁ/ |
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| future | souffrirai /su.fʁi.ʁe/ |
souffriras /su.fʁi.ʁa/ |
souffrira /su.fʁi.ʁa/ |
souffrirons /su.fʁi.ʁɔ̃/ |
souffrirez /su.fʁi.ʁe/ |
souffriront /su.fʁi.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | souffrirais /su.fʁi.ʁɛ/ |
souffrirais /su.fʁi.ʁɛ/ |
souffrirait /su.fʁi.ʁɛ/ |
souffririons /su.fʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
souffririez /su.fʁi.ʁje/ |
souffriraient /su.fʁi.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 | souffre /sufʁ/ |
souffres /sufʁ/ |
souffre /sufʁ/ |
souffrions /su.fʁi.jɔ̃/ |
souffriez /su.fʁi.je/ |
souffrent /sufʁ/ |
| imperfect1 |
souffrisse /su.fʁis/ |
souffrisses /su.fʁis/ |
souffrît /su.fʁi/ |
souffrissions /su.fʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
souffrissiez /su.fʁi.sje/ |
souffrissent /su.fʁis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | souffre /sufʁ/ |
— | souffrons /su.fʁɔ̃/ |
souffrez /su.fʁe/ |
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Derived terms
- souffrir le martyre