surcouper
French
Etymology
sur- + couper
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /syʁ.ku.pe/
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Verb
surcouper
- (transitive) to overtrump
Conjugation
Conjugation of surcouper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | surcouper | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | surcoupant /syʁ.ku.pɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | surcoupé /syʁ.ku.pe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | surcoupe /syʁ.kup/ | surcoupes /syʁ.kup/ | surcoupe /syʁ.kup/ | surcoupons /syʁ.ku.pɔ̃/ | surcoupez /syʁ.ku.pe/ | surcoupent /syʁ.kup/ |
imperfect | surcoupais /syʁ.ku.pɛ/ | surcoupais /syʁ.ku.pɛ/ | surcoupait /syʁ.ku.pɛ/ | surcoupions /syʁ.ku.pjɔ̃/ | surcoupiez /syʁ.ku.pje/ | surcoupaient /syʁ.ku.pɛ/ | |
past historic2 | surcoupai /syʁ.ku.pe/ | surcoupas /syʁ.ku.pa/ | surcoupa /syʁ.ku.pa/ | surcoupâmes /syʁ.ku.pam/ | surcoupâtes /syʁ.ku.pat/ | surcoupèrent /syʁ.ku.pɛʁ/ | |
future | surcouperai /syʁ.ku.pʁe/ | surcouperas /syʁ.ku.pʁa/ | surcoupera /syʁ.ku.pʁa/ | surcouperons /syʁ.ku.pʁɔ̃/ | surcouperez /syʁ.ku.pʁe/ | surcouperont /syʁ.ku.pʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | surcouperais /syʁ.ku.pʁɛ/ | surcouperais /syʁ.ku.pʁɛ/ | surcouperait /syʁ.ku.pʁɛ/ | surcouperions /syʁ.ku.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ | surcouperiez /syʁ.ku.pə.ʁje/ | surcouperaient /syʁ.ku.pʁɛ/ | |
(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 | surcoupe /syʁ.kup/ | surcoupes /syʁ.kup/ | surcoupe /syʁ.kup/ | surcoupions /syʁ.ku.pjɔ̃/ | surcoupiez /syʁ.ku.pje/ | surcoupent /syʁ.kup/ |
imperfect2 | surcoupasse /syʁ.ku.pas/ | surcoupasses /syʁ.ku.pas/ | surcoupât /syʁ.ku.pa/ | surcoupassions /syʁ.ku.pa.sjɔ̃/ | surcoupassiez /syʁ.ku.pa.sje/ | surcoupassent /syʁ.ku.pas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | surcoupe /syʁ.kup/ | — | surcoupons /syʁ.ku.pɔ̃/ | surcoupez /syʁ.ku.pe/ | — | |
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
- “surcouper”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.