ensuivre
French
Etymology
From Latin insequor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.sɥivʁ/
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Verb
ensuivre
- (archaic or literary) to follow (to come after)
- (reflexive) to follow, to come next
- (reflexive) to result, to come as a result
- jusqu'à ce que mort s'ensuive ― till death do us part
Conjugation
This verb is defective, and is only used in the infinitive and the third-person singular and plural forms.This verb is impersonal and is conjugated only in the third-person singular.
Conjugation of s'ensuivre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | s'ensuivre | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | s'ensuivant /sɑ̃.sɥi.vɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | ensuivi /ɑ̃.sɥi.vi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | — | — | s'ensuit /sɑ̃.sɥi/ | — | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | s'ensuivait /sɑ̃.sɥi.vɛ/ | — | — | — | |
| past historic2 | — | — | s'ensuivit /sɑ̃.sɥi.vi/ | — | — | — | |
| future | — | — | s'ensuivra /sɑ̃.sɥi.vʁa/ | — | — | — | |
| conditional | — | — | s'ensuivrait /sɑ̃.sɥi.vʁɛ/ | — | — | — | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | — | — | s'ensuive /sɑ̃.sɥiv/ | — | — | — |
| imperfect2 | — | — | s'ensuivît /sɑ̃.sɥi.vi/ | — | — | — | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + 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
- “ensuivre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.