surbaisser
French
Etymology
From sur- + baisser.
Pronunciation
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Verb
surbaisser
- to lower, to surbase
- to undersling
Conjugation
Conjugation of surbaisser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | surbaisser | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | surbaissant /syʁ.bɛ.sɑ̃/ or /syʁ.be.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | surbaissé /syʁ.bɛ.se/ or /syʁ.be.se/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | surbaisse /syʁ.bɛs/ | surbaisses /syʁ.bɛs/ | surbaisse /syʁ.bɛs/ | surbaissons /syʁ.bɛ.sɔ̃/ or /syʁ.be.sɔ̃/ | surbaissez /syʁ.bɛ.se/ or /syʁ.be.se/ | surbaissent /syʁ.bɛs/ |
imperfect | surbaissais /syʁ.bɛ.sɛ/ or /syʁ.be.sɛ/ | surbaissais /syʁ.bɛ.sɛ/ or /syʁ.be.sɛ/ | surbaissait /syʁ.bɛ.sɛ/ or /syʁ.be.sɛ/ | surbaissions /syʁ.bɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /syʁ.be.sjɔ̃/ | surbaissiez /syʁ.bɛ.sje/ or /syʁ.be.sje/ | surbaissaient /syʁ.bɛ.sɛ/ or /syʁ.be.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | surbaissai /syʁ.bɛ.se/ or /syʁ.be.se/ | surbaissas /syʁ.bɛ.sa/ or /syʁ.be.sa/ | surbaissa /syʁ.bɛ.sa/ or /syʁ.be.sa/ | surbaissâmes /syʁ.bɛ.sam/ or /syʁ.be.sam/ | surbaissâtes /syʁ.bɛ.sat/ or /syʁ.be.sat/ | surbaissèrent /syʁ.bɛ.sɛʁ/ or /syʁ.be.sɛʁ/ | |
future | surbaisserai /syʁ.bɛ.sʁe/ or /syʁ.be.sʁe/ | surbaisseras /syʁ.bɛ.sʁa/ or /syʁ.be.sʁa/ | surbaissera /syʁ.bɛ.sʁa/ or /syʁ.be.sʁa/ | surbaisserons /syʁ.bɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /syʁ.be.sʁɔ̃/ | surbaisserez /syʁ.bɛ.sʁe/ or /syʁ.be.sʁe/ | surbaisseront /syʁ.bɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /syʁ.be.sʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | surbaisserais /syʁ.bɛ.sʁɛ/ or /syʁ.be.sʁɛ/ | surbaisserais /syʁ.bɛ.sʁɛ/ or /syʁ.be.sʁɛ/ | surbaisserait /syʁ.bɛ.sʁɛ/ or /syʁ.be.sʁɛ/ | surbaisserions /syʁ.bɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /syʁ.be.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | surbaisseriez /syʁ.bɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /syʁ.be.sə.ʁje/ | surbaisseraient /syʁ.bɛ.sʁɛ/ or /syʁ.be.sʁɛ/ | |
(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 | surbaisse /syʁ.bɛs/ | surbaisses /syʁ.bɛs/ | surbaisse /syʁ.bɛs/ | surbaissions /syʁ.bɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /syʁ.be.sjɔ̃/ | surbaissiez /syʁ.bɛ.sje/ or /syʁ.be.sje/ | surbaissent /syʁ.bɛs/ |
imperfect2 | surbaissasse /syʁ.bɛ.sas/ or /syʁ.be.sas/ | surbaissasses /syʁ.bɛ.sas/ or /syʁ.be.sas/ | surbaissât /syʁ.bɛ.sa/ or /syʁ.be.sa/ | surbaissassions /syʁ.bɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /syʁ.be.sa.sjɔ̃/ | surbaissassiez /syʁ.bɛ.sa.sje/ or /syʁ.be.sa.sje/ | surbaissassent /syʁ.bɛ.sas/ or /syʁ.be.sas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | surbaisse /syʁ.bɛs/ | — | surbaissons /syʁ.bɛ.sɔ̃/ or /syʁ.be.sɔ̃/ | surbaissez /syʁ.bɛ.se/ or /syʁ.be.se/ | — | |
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
- “surbaisser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.