prosterner
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin prōsternō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁɔs.tɛʁ.ne/
Audio (Paris): (file)
Verb
prosterner
- (reflexive) to bow down
Conjugation
Conjugation of se prosterner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | se prosterner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | se prosternant /sə pʁɔs.tɛʁ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | prosterné /pʁɔs.tɛʁ.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (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/ | |
| past historic2 | 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/ | |
| 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/ | |
| 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/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (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/ |
| imperfect2 | 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/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | prosterne-toi /pʁɔs.tɛʁn.twa/ |
— | prosternons-nous /pʁɔs.tɛʁ.nɔ̃.nu/ |
prosternez-vous /pʁɔs.tɛʁ.ne.vu/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “prosterner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.