séjourner
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French sojorner by vowel dissimilation (first ‘o’ → ‘é’), inherited from Vulgar Latin *subdiurnāre, from Latin sub- (“under, a little over”) + Late Latin diurnus (“lasting for a day”). Cognate to English sojourn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /se.ʒuʁ.ne/
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Verb
séjourner
Conjugation
Conjugation of séjourner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | séjourner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | séjournant /se.ʒuʁ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | séjourné /se.ʒuʁ.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | séjourne /se.ʒuʁn/ |
séjournes /se.ʒuʁn/ |
séjourne /se.ʒuʁn/ |
séjournons /se.ʒuʁ.nɔ̃/ |
séjournez /se.ʒuʁ.ne/ |
séjournent /se.ʒuʁn/ |
| imperfect | séjournais /se.ʒuʁ.nɛ/ |
séjournais /se.ʒuʁ.nɛ/ |
séjournait /se.ʒuʁ.nɛ/ |
séjournions /se.ʒuʁ.njɔ̃/ |
séjourniez /se.ʒuʁ.nje/ |
séjournaient /se.ʒuʁ.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | séjournai /se.ʒuʁ.ne/ |
séjournas /se.ʒuʁ.na/ |
séjourna /se.ʒuʁ.na/ |
séjournâmes /se.ʒuʁ.nam/ |
séjournâtes /se.ʒuʁ.nat/ |
séjournèrent /se.ʒuʁ.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | séjournerai /se.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁe/ |
séjourneras /se.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁa/ |
séjournera /se.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁa/ |
séjournerons /se.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/ |
séjournerez /se.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁe/ |
séjourneront /se.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | séjournerais /se.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
séjournerais /se.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
séjournerait /se.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
séjournerions /se.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
séjourneriez /se.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁje/ |
séjourneraient /se.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | séjourne /se.ʒuʁn/ |
séjournes /se.ʒuʁn/ |
séjourne /se.ʒuʁn/ |
séjournions /se.ʒuʁ.njɔ̃/ |
séjourniez /se.ʒuʁ.nje/ |
séjournent /se.ʒuʁn/ |
| imperfect2 | séjournasse /se.ʒuʁ.nas/ |
séjournasses /se.ʒuʁ.nas/ |
séjournât /se.ʒuʁ.na/ |
séjournassions /se.ʒuʁ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
séjournassiez /se.ʒuʁ.na.sje/ |
séjournassent /se.ʒuʁ.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | séjourne /se.ʒuʁn/ |
— | séjournons /se.ʒuʁ.nɔ̃/ |
séjournez /se.ʒuʁ.ne/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + 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
- “séjourner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.