sursauter

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /syʁ.so.te/
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Verb

sursauter

  1. (intransitive) to make a sudden movement by being surprised; to start, jump

Conjugation

Conjugation of sursauter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple sursauter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple sursautant
/syʁ.so.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle sursauté
/syʁ.so.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present sursaute
/syʁ.sot/ 		sursautes
/syʁ.sot/ 		sursaute
/syʁ.sot/ 		sursautons
/syʁ.so.tɔ̃/ 		sursautez
/syʁ.so.te/ 		sursautent
/syʁ.sot/
imperfect sursautais
/syʁ.so.tɛ/ 		sursautais
/syʁ.so.tɛ/ 		sursautait
/syʁ.so.tɛ/ 		sursautions
/syʁ.so.tjɔ̃/ 		sursautiez
/syʁ.so.tje/ 		sursautaient
/syʁ.so.tɛ/
past historic2 sursautai
/syʁ.so.te/ 		sursautas
/syʁ.so.ta/ 		sursauta
/syʁ.so.ta/ 		sursautâmes
/syʁ.so.tam/ 		sursautâtes
/syʁ.so.tat/ 		sursautèrent
/syʁ.so.tɛʁ/
future sursauterai
/syʁ.so.tʁe/ 		sursauteras
/syʁ.so.tʁa/ 		sursautera
/syʁ.so.tʁa/ 		sursauterons
/syʁ.so.tʁɔ̃/ 		sursauterez
/syʁ.so.tʁe/ 		sursauteront
/syʁ.so.tʁɔ̃/
conditional sursauterais
/syʁ.so.tʁɛ/ 		sursauterais
/syʁ.so.tʁɛ/ 		sursauterait
/syʁ.so.tʁɛ/ 		sursauterions
/syʁ.so.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		sursauteriez
/syʁ.so.tə.ʁje/ 		sursauteraient
/syʁ.so.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 sursaute
/syʁ.sot/ 		sursautes
/syʁ.sot/ 		sursaute
/syʁ.sot/ 		sursautions
/syʁ.so.tjɔ̃/ 		sursautiez
/syʁ.so.tje/ 		sursautent
/syʁ.sot/
imperfect2 sursautasse
/syʁ.so.tas/ 		sursautasses
/syʁ.so.tas/ 		sursautât
/syʁ.so.ta/ 		sursautassions
/syʁ.so.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		sursautassiez
/syʁ.so.ta.sje/ 		sursautassent
/syʁ.so.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — sursaute
/syʁ.sot/ 		— sursautons
/syʁ.so.tɔ̃/ 		sursautez
/syʁ.so.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:
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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