séparer
See also: separer
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sēparāre. Doublet of sevrer, which was inherited.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /se.pa.ʁe/
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Verb
séparer
Conjugation
Conjugation of séparer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | séparer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | séparant /se.pa.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | séparé /se.pa.ʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | sépare /se.paʁ/ |
sépares /se.paʁ/ |
sépare /se.paʁ/ |
séparons /se.pa.ʁɔ̃/ |
séparez /se.pa.ʁe/ |
séparent /se.paʁ/ |
| imperfect | séparais /se.pa.ʁɛ/ |
séparais /se.pa.ʁɛ/ |
séparait /se.pa.ʁɛ/ |
séparions /se.pa.ʁjɔ̃/ |
sépariez /se.pa.ʁje/ |
séparaient /se.pa.ʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | séparai /se.pa.ʁe/ |
séparas /se.pa.ʁa/ |
sépara /se.pa.ʁa/ |
séparâmes /se.pa.ʁam/ |
séparâtes /se.pa.ʁat/ |
séparèrent /se.pa.ʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | séparerai /se.pa.ʁə.ʁe/ |
sépareras /se.pa.ʁə.ʁa/ |
séparera /se.pa.ʁə.ʁa/ |
séparerons /se.pa.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
séparerez /se.pa.ʁə.ʁe/ |
sépareront /se.pa.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | séparerais /se.pa.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
séparerais /se.pa.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
séparerait /se.pa.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
séparerions /se.pa.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
sépareriez /se.pa.ʁə.ʁje/ |
sépareraient /se.pa.ʁə.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 | sépare /se.paʁ/ |
sépares /se.paʁ/ |
sépare /se.paʁ/ |
séparions /se.pa.ʁjɔ̃/ |
sépariez /se.pa.ʁje/ |
séparent /se.paʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | séparasse /se.pa.ʁas/ |
séparasses /se.pa.ʁas/ |
séparât /se.pa.ʁa/ |
séparassions /se.pa.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
séparassiez /se.pa.ʁa.sje/ |
séparassent /se.pa.ʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | sépare /se.paʁ/ |
— | séparons /se.pa.ʁɔ̃/ |
séparez /se.pa.ʁe/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “séparer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.