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succéder
succéder
See also: succeder
French
Verb
succéder
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Conjugation
This verb is conjugated like céder. It is a regular -er verb, except that its last stem vowel alternates between /e/ (written ‘é’) and /ɛ/ (written ‘è’), with the latter being used before mute ‘e’. One special case is the future stem, used in the future and the conditional. Before 1990, the future stem of such verbs was written succéder-, reflecting the historic pronunciation /e/. In 1990, the French Academy recommended that it be written succèder-, reflecting the now common pronunciation /ɛ/, thereby making this distinction consistent throughout the conjugation (and also matching in this regard the conjugations of verbs like lever and jeter). Both spellings are in use today, and both are therefore given here.
Conjugation of succéder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | succéder | avoir succédé | |||||
| gerund | en succédant | en ayant succédé | |||||
| present participle | succédant /syk.se.dɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | succédé /syk.se.de/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | succède /syk.sɛd/ |
succèdes /syk.sɛd/ |
succède /syk.sɛd/ |
succédons /syk.se.dɔ̃/ |
succédez /syk.se.de/ |
succèdent /syk.sɛd/ |
| imperfect | succédais /syk.se.dɛ/ |
succédais /syk.se.dɛ/ |
succédait /syk.se.dɛ/ |
succédions /syk.se.djɔ̃/ |
succédiez /syk.se.dje/ |
succédaient /syk.se.dɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | succédai /syk.se.de/ |
succédas /syk.se.da/ |
succéda /syk.se.da/ |
succédâmes /syk.se.dam/ |
succédâtes /syk.se.dat/ |
succédèrent /syk.se.dɛʁ/ |
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| future | succèderai or succéderai /syk.sɛ.dʁe/ |
succèderas or succéderas /syk.sɛ.dʁa/ |
succèdera or succédera /syk.sɛ.dʁa/ |
succèderons or succéderons /syk.sɛ.dʁɔ̃/ |
succèderez or succéderez /syk.sɛ.dʁe/ |
succèderont or succéderont /syk.sɛ.dʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | succèderais or succéderais /syk.sɛ.dʁɛ/ |
succèderais or succéderais /syk.sɛ.dʁɛ/ |
succèderait or succéderait /syk.sɛ.dʁɛ/ |
succèderions or succéderions /syk.sɛ.də.ʁjɔ̃/ |
succèderiez or succéderiez /syk.sɛ.də.ʁje/ |
succèderaient or succéderaient /syk.sɛ.dʁɛ/ |
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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 | succède /syk.sɛd/ |
succèdes /syk.sɛd/ |
succède /syk.sɛd/ |
succédions /syk.se.djɔ̃/ |
succédiez /syk.se.dje/ |
succèdent /syk.sɛd/ |
| imperfect1 |
succédasse /syk.se.das/ |
succédasses /syk.se.das/ |
succédât /syk.se.da/ |
succédassions /syk.se.da.sjɔ̃/ |
succédassiez /syk.se.da.sje/ |
succédassent /syk.se.das/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | succède /syk.sɛd/ |
— | succédons /syk.se.dɔ̃/ |
succédez /syk.se.de/ |
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