sergenter
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.te/
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Verb
sergenter
- (transitive) "to send bailiffs after one; importune or press upon one"[1]
Conjugation
Conjugation of sergenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | sergenter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | sergentant /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | sergenté /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | sergente /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃t/ |
sergentes /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃t/ |
sergente /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃t/ |
sergentons /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
sergentez /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.te/ |
sergentent /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect | sergentais /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tɛ/ |
sergentais /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tɛ/ |
sergentait /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tɛ/ |
sergentions /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
sergentiez /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tje/ |
sergentaient /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | sergentai /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.te/ |
sergentas /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.ta/ |
sergenta /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.ta/ |
sergentâmes /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tam/ |
sergentâtes /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tat/ |
sergentèrent /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | sergenterai /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tʁe/ |
sergenteras /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tʁa/ |
sergentera /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tʁa/ |
sergenterons /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
sergenterez /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tʁe/ |
sergenteront /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | sergenterais /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
sergenterais /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
sergenterait /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
sergenterions /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
sergenteriez /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tə.ʁje/ |
sergenteraient /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | sergente /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃t/ |
sergentes /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃t/ |
sergente /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃t/ |
sergentions /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
sergentiez /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tje/ |
sergentent /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect2 | sergentasse /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tas/ |
sergentasses /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tas/ |
sergentât /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.ta/ |
sergentassions /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
sergentassiez /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.ta.sje/ |
sergentassent /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | sergente /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃t/ |
— | sergentons /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
sergentez /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.te/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||