surfaire
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /syʁ.fɛʁ/
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Verb
surfaire
- to overmake
- to oversell (someone)
Conjugation
Conjugation of surfaire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | surfaire | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | surfaisant /syʁ.fə.zɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | surfait /syʁ.fɛ/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | surfais /syʁ.fɛ/ | surfais /syʁ.fɛ/ | surfait /syʁ.fɛ/ | surfaisons /syʁ.fə.zɔ̃/ | surfaites /syʁ.fɛt/ | surfont /syʁ.fɔ̃/ |
imperfect | surfaisais /syʁ.fə.zɛ/ | surfaisais /syʁ.fə.zɛ/ | surfaisait /syʁ.fə.zɛ/ | surfaisions /syʁ.fə.zjɔ̃/ | surfaisiez /syʁ.fə.zje/ | surfaisaient /syʁ.fə.zɛ/ | |
past historic2 | surfis /syʁ.fi/ | surfis /syʁ.fi/ | surfit /syʁ.fi/ | surfîmes /syʁ.fim/ | surfîtes /syʁ.fit/ | surfirent /syʁ.fiʁ/ | |
future | surferai /syʁ.fə.ʁe/ | surferas /syʁ.fə.ʁa/ | surfera /syʁ.fə.ʁa/ | surferons /syʁ.fə.ʁɔ̃/ | surferez /syʁ.fə.ʁe/ | surferont /syʁ.fə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | surferais /syʁ.fə.ʁɛ/ | surferais /syʁ.fə.ʁɛ/ | surferait /syʁ.fə.ʁɛ/ | surferions /syʁ.fə.ʁjɔ̃/ | surferiez /syʁ.fə.ʁje/ | surferaient /syʁ.fə.ʁɛ/ | |
(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 | surfasse /syʁ.fas/ | surfasses /syʁ.fas/ | surfasse /syʁ.fas/ | surfassions /syʁ.fa.sjɔ̃/ | surfassiez /syʁ.fa.sje/ | surfassent /syʁ.fas/ |
imperfect2 | surfisse /syʁ.fis/ | surfisses /syʁ.fis/ | surfît /syʁ.fi/ | surfissions /syʁ.fi.sjɔ̃/ | surfissiez /syʁ.fi.sje/ | surfissent /syʁ.fis/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | surfais /syʁ.fɛ/ | — | surfaisons /syʁ.fə.zɔ̃/ | surfaites /syʁ.fɛt/ | — | |
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
- “surfaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.