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surveiller
surveiller
French
Verb
surveiller
Conjugation
Conjugation of surveiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | surveiller | avoir surveillé | |||||
| gerund | en surveillant | en ayant surveillé | |||||
| present participle | surveillant /syʁ.vɛ.jɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | surveillé /syʁ.vɛ.je/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | surveille /syʁ.vɛj/ |
surveilles /syʁ.vɛj/ |
surveille /syʁ.vɛj/ |
surveillons /syʁ.vɛ.jɔ̃/ |
surveillez /syʁ.vɛ.je/ |
surveillent /syʁ.vɛj/ |
| imperfect | surveillais /syʁ.vɛ.jɛ/ |
surveillais /syʁ.vɛ.jɛ/ |
surveillait /syʁ.vɛ.jɛ/ |
surveillions /syʁ.vɛj.jɔ̃/ |
surveilliez /syʁ.vɛj.je/ |
surveillaient /syʁ.vɛ.jɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | surveillai /syʁ.vɛ.je/ |
surveillas /syʁ.vɛ.ja/ |
surveilla /syʁ.vɛ.ja/ |
surveillâmes /syʁ.vɛ.jam/ |
surveillâtes /syʁ.vɛ.jat/ |
surveillèrent /syʁ.vɛ.jɛʁ/ |
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| future | surveillerai /syʁ.vɛj.ʁe/ |
surveilleras /syʁ.vɛj.ʁa/ |
surveillera /syʁ.vɛj.ʁa/ |
surveillerons /syʁ.vɛj.ʁɔ̃/ |
surveillerez /syʁ.vɛj.ʁe/ |
surveilleront /syʁ.vɛj.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | surveillerais /syʁ.vɛj.ʁɛ/ |
surveillerais /syʁ.vɛj.ʁɛ/ |
surveillerait /syʁ.vɛj.ʁɛ/ |
surveillerions /syʁ.vɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
surveilleriez /syʁ.vɛ.jə.ʁje/ |
surveilleraient /syʁ.vɛj.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 | surveille /syʁ.vɛj/ |
surveilles /syʁ.vɛj/ |
surveille /syʁ.vɛj/ |
surveillions /syʁ.vɛj.jɔ̃/ |
surveilliez /syʁ.vɛj.je/ |
surveillent /syʁ.vɛj/ |
| imperfect1 |
surveillasse /syʁ.vɛ.jas/ |
surveillasses /syʁ.vɛ.jas/ |
surveillât /syʁ.vɛ.ja/ |
surveillassions /syʁ.vɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
surveillassiez /syʁ.vɛ.ja.sje/ |
surveillassent /syʁ.vɛ.jas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | surveille /syʁ.vɛj/ |
— | surveillons /syʁ.vɛ.jɔ̃/ |
surveillez /syʁ.vɛ.je/ |
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Related terms
Old French
Verb
surveiller
- Alternative form of surveillier
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-eill, *-eills, *-eillt are modified to eil, euz, eut. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of surveiller (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | surveiller | avoir surveillé | |||||
| gerund | en surveillant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | surveillant | ||||||
| past participle | surveillé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | surveil | surveilles | surveille | surveillons | surveillez | surveillent |
| imperfect | surveilloie, surveilleie, surveilloe, surveilleve | surveilloies, surveilleies, surveilloes, surveilleves | surveilloit, surveilleit, surveillot, surveilleve | surveilliiens, surveilliens | surveilliiez, surveilliez | surveilloient, surveilleient, surveilloent, surveillevent | |
| preterite | surveillai | surveillas | surveilla | surveillames | surveillastes | surveillerent | |
| future | surveillerai | surveilleras | surveillera | surveillerons | surveilleroiz, surveillereiz, surveillerez | surveilleront | |
| conditional | surveilleroie, surveillereie | surveilleroies, surveillereies | surveilleroit, surveillereit | surveilleriiens, surveilleriens | surveilleriiez, surveilleriez | surveilleroient, surveillereient | |
| 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 anterior | Use the preterite 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 jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | surveil | surveuz | surveut | surveillons | surveillez | surveillent |
| imperfect | surveillasse | surveillasses | surveillast | surveillissons, surveillissiens | surveillissoiz, surveillissez, surveillissiez | surveillassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | surveille | — | surveillons | surveillez | — | ||