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succomber
succomber
French
Verb
succomber
- (intransitive) to succumb
- Il succomba à une surdose. - He succumbed to an overdose.
Conjugation
Conjugation of succomber (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | succomber | avoir succombé | |||||
| gerund | en succombant | en ayant succombé | |||||
| present participle | succombant /sy.kɔ̃.bɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | succombé /sy.kɔ̃.be/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | succombe /sy.kɔ̃b/ |
succombes /sy.kɔ̃b/ |
succombe /sy.kɔ̃b/ |
succombons /sy.kɔ̃.bɔ̃/ |
succombez /sy.kɔ̃.be/ |
succombent /sy.kɔ̃b/ |
| imperfect | succombais /sy.kɔ̃.bɛ/ |
succombais /sy.kɔ̃.bɛ/ |
succombait /sy.kɔ̃.bɛ/ |
succombions /sy.kɔ̃.bjɔ̃/ |
succombiez /sy.kɔ̃.bje/ |
succombaient /sy.kɔ̃.bɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | succombai /sy.kɔ̃.be/ |
succombas /sy.kɔ̃.ba/ |
succomba /sy.kɔ̃.ba/ |
succombâmes /sy.kɔ̃.bam/ |
succombâtes /sy.kɔ̃.bat/ |
succombèrent /sy.kɔ̃.bɛʁ/ |
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| future | succomberai /sy.kɔ̃.bʁe/ |
succomberas /sy.kɔ̃.bʁa/ |
succombera /sy.kɔ̃.bʁa/ |
succomberons /sy.kɔ̃.bʁɔ̃/ |
succomberez /sy.kɔ̃.bʁe/ |
succomberont /sy.kɔ̃.bʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | succomberais /sy.kɔ̃.bʁɛ/ |
succomberais /sy.kɔ̃.bʁɛ/ |
succomberait /sy.kɔ̃.bʁɛ/ |
succomberions /sy.kɔ̃.bə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
succomberiez /sy.kɔ̃.bə.ʁje/ |
succomberaient /sy.kɔ̃.bʁɛ/ |
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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 | succombe /sy.kɔ̃b/ |
succombes /sy.kɔ̃b/ |
succombe /sy.kɔ̃b/ |
succombions /sy.kɔ̃.bjɔ̃/ |
succombiez /sy.kɔ̃.bje/ |
succombent /sy.kɔ̃b/ |
| imperfect1 |
succombasse /sy.kɔ̃.bas/ |
succombasses /sy.kɔ̃.bas/ |
succombât /sy.kɔ̃.ba/ |
succombassions /sy.kɔ̃.ba.sjɔ̃/ |
succombassiez /sy.kɔ̃.ba.sje/ |
succombassent /sy.kɔ̃.bas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | succombe /sy.kɔ̃b/ |
— | succombons /sy.kɔ̃.bɔ̃/ |
succombez /sy.kɔ̃.be/ |
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