suiffer
French
Alternative forms
- suifer
Etymology
suif + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɥi.fe/
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Verb
suiffer
- to coat or wrap in suet or tallow
Conjugation
Conjugation of suiffer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | suiffer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | suiffant /sɥi.fɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | suiffé /sɥi.fe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | suiffe /sɥif/ | suiffes /sɥif/ | suiffe /sɥif/ | suiffons /sɥi.fɔ̃/ | suiffez /sɥi.fe/ | suiffent /sɥif/ |
imperfect | suiffais /sɥi.fɛ/ | suiffais /sɥi.fɛ/ | suiffait /sɥi.fɛ/ | suiffions /sɥi.fjɔ̃/ | suiffiez /sɥi.fje/ | suiffaient /sɥi.fɛ/ | |
past historic2 | suiffai /sɥi.fe/ | suiffas /sɥi.fa/ | suiffa /sɥi.fa/ | suiffâmes /sɥi.fam/ | suiffâtes /sɥi.fat/ | suiffèrent /sɥi.fɛʁ/ | |
future | suifferai /sɥi.fʁe/ | suifferas /sɥi.fʁa/ | suiffera /sɥi.fʁa/ | suifferons /sɥi.fʁɔ̃/ | suifferez /sɥi.fʁe/ | suifferont /sɥi.fʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | suifferais /sɥi.fʁɛ/ | suifferais /sɥi.fʁɛ/ | suifferait /sɥi.fʁɛ/ | suifferions /sɥi.fə.ʁjɔ̃/ | suifferiez /sɥi.fə.ʁje/ | suifferaient /sɥi.fʁɛ/ | |
(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 | suiffe /sɥif/ | suiffes /sɥif/ | suiffe /sɥif/ | suiffions /sɥi.fjɔ̃/ | suiffiez /sɥi.fje/ | suiffent /sɥif/ |
imperfect2 | suiffasse /sɥi.fas/ | suiffasses /sɥi.fas/ | suiffât /sɥi.fa/ | suiffassions /sɥi.fa.sjɔ̃/ | suiffassiez /sɥi.fa.sje/ | suiffassent /sɥi.fas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | suiffe /sɥif/ | — | suiffons /sɥi.fɔ̃/ | suiffez /sɥi.fe/ | — | |
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). |
Further reading
- “suiffer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.