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cerner
cerner
French
Verb
cerner
- (transitive) To surround.
- (transitive) To figure out.
Related terms
Conjugation
Conjugation of cerner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | cerner | avoir cerné | |||||
| gerund | en cernant | en ayant cerné | |||||
| present participle | cernant /sɛʁ.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | cerné /sɛʁ.ne/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | cerne /sɛʁn/ |
cernes /sɛʁn/ |
cerne /sɛʁn/ |
cernons /sɛʁ.nɔ̃/ |
cernez /sɛʁ.ne/ |
cernent /sɛʁn/ |
| imperfect | cernais /sɛʁ.nɛ/ |
cernais /sɛʁ.nɛ/ |
cernait /sɛʁ.nɛ/ |
cernions /sɛʁ.njɔ̃/ |
cerniez /sɛʁ.nje/ |
cernaient /sɛʁ.nɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | cernai /sɛʁ.ne/ |
cernas /sɛʁ.na/ |
cerna /sɛʁ.na/ |
cernâmes /sɛʁ.nam/ |
cernâtes /sɛʁ.nat/ |
cernèrent /sɛʁ.nɛʁ/ |
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| future | cernerai /sɛʁ.nə.ʁe/ |
cerneras /sɛʁ.nə.ʁa/ |
cernera /sɛʁ.nə.ʁa/ |
cernerons /sɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/ |
cernerez /sɛʁ.nə.ʁe/ |
cerneront /sɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | cernerais /sɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
cernerais /sɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
cernerait /sɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
cernerions /sɛʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
cerneriez /sɛʁ.nə.ʁje/ |
cerneraient /sɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | cerne /sɛʁn/ |
cernes /sɛʁn/ |
cerne /sɛʁn/ |
cernions /sɛʁ.njɔ̃/ |
cerniez /sɛʁ.nje/ |
cernent /sɛʁn/ |
| imperfect1 |
cernasse /sɛʁ.nas/ |
cernasses /sɛʁ.nas/ |
cernât /sɛʁ.na/ |
cernassions /sɛʁ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
cernassiez /sɛʁ.na.sje/ |
cernassent /sɛʁ.nas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | cerne /sɛʁn/ |
— | cernons /sɛʁ.nɔ̃/ |
cernez /sɛʁ.ne/ |
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Alternative forms
Etymology
Verb
cerner (first-person singular present cierno, first-person singular preterite cerní, past participle cernido)
Synonyms
- (to sift): peñerar (Asturias)
Conjugation
- Rule: e becomes ie in stressed syllables.
| infinitive | cerner | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | cerniendo | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | cernido | cernida | |||||
| plural | cernidos | cernidas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes |
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| present | cierno | ciernestú cernésvos |
cierne | cernemos | cernéis | ciernen | |
| imperfect | cernía | cernías | cernía | cerníamos | cerníais | cernían | |
| preterite | cerní | cerniste | cernió | cernimos | cernisteis | cernieron | |
| future | cerneré | cernerás | cernerá | cerneremos | cerneréis | cernerán | |
| conditional | cernería | cernerías | cernería | cerneríamos | cerneríais | cernerían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes |
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| present | cierna | ciernas | cierna | cernamos | cernáis | ciernan | |
| imperfect (ra) |
cerniera | cernieras | cerniera | cerniéramos | cernierais | cernieran | |
| imperfect (se) |
cerniese | cernieses | cerniese | cerniésemos | cernieseis | cerniesen | |
| future | cerniere | cernieres | cerniere | cerniéremos | cerniereis | cernieren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | ciernetú cernévos |
cierna | cernamos | cerned | ciernan | ||
| negative | no ciernas | no cierna | no cernamos | no cernáis | no ciernan | ||
Other verbs with this conjugation:
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