surfaire

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /syʁ.fɛʁ/
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Verb

surfaire

  1. to overmake
  2. to oversell (someone)

Conjugation

Conjugation of surfaire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple surfaire
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple surfaisant
/syʁ.fə.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle surfait
/syʁ.fɛ/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present surfais
/syʁ.fɛ/ 		surfais
/syʁ.fɛ/ 		surfait
/syʁ.fɛ/ 		surfaisons
/syʁ.fə.zɔ̃/ 		surfaites
/syʁ.fɛt/ 		surfont
/syʁ.fɔ̃/
imperfect surfaisais
/syʁ.fə.zɛ/ 		surfaisais
/syʁ.fə.zɛ/ 		surfaisait
/syʁ.fə.zɛ/ 		surfaisions
/syʁ.fə.zjɔ̃/ 		surfaisiez
/syʁ.fə.zje/ 		surfaisaient
/syʁ.fə.zɛ/
past historic2 surfis
/syʁ.fi/ 		surfis
/syʁ.fi/ 		surfit
/syʁ.fi/ 		surfîmes
/syʁ.fim/ 		surfîtes
/syʁ.fit/ 		surfirent
/syʁ.fiʁ/
future surferai
/syʁ.fə.ʁe/ 		surferas
/syʁ.fə.ʁa/ 		surfera
/syʁ.fə.ʁa/ 		surferons
/syʁ.fə.ʁɔ̃/ 		surferez
/syʁ.fə.ʁe/ 		surferont
/syʁ.fə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional surferais
/syʁ.fə.ʁɛ/ 		surferais
/syʁ.fə.ʁɛ/ 		surferait
/syʁ.fə.ʁɛ/ 		surferions
/syʁ.fə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		surferiez
/syʁ.fə.ʁje/ 		surferaient
/syʁ.fə.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 surfasse
/syʁ.fas/ 		surfasses
/syʁ.fas/ 		surfasse
/syʁ.fas/ 		surfassions
/syʁ.fa.sjɔ̃/ 		surfassiez
/syʁ.fa.sje/ 		surfassent
/syʁ.fas/
imperfect2 surfisse
/syʁ.fis/ 		surfisses
/syʁ.fis/ 		surfît
/syʁ.fi/ 		surfissions
/syʁ.fi.sjɔ̃/ 		surfissiez
/syʁ.fi.sje/ 		surfissent
/syʁ.fis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — surfais
/syʁ.fɛ/ 		— surfaisons
/syʁ.fə.zɔ̃/ 		surfaites
/syʁ.fɛt/ 		—
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:
past historic → present perfect
past anterior → pluperfect
imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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