Inherited fromOld Frenchsevrer, inherited fromVulgar Latin*sēperāre, apophonic form ofLatinsēparāre.Doublet ofséparer, a borrowing.
sevrer
This verb is conjugated likeparler, except the-e-/ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes-è-/ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa-e-, as in the third-person singular present indicativeil sèvre and the third-person singular future indicativeil sèvrera.
| infinitive | simple | sevrer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle orgerund1 | simple | sevrant /sə.vʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | sevré /sə.vʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | sèvre /sɛvʁ/ | sèvres /sɛvʁ/ | sèvre /sɛvʁ/ | sevrons /sə.vʁɔ̃/ | sevrez /sə.vʁe/ | sèvrent /sɛvʁ/ |
| imperfect | sevrais /sə.vʁɛ/ | sevrais /sə.vʁɛ/ | sevrait /sə.vʁɛ/ | sevrions /sə.vʁi.jɔ̃/ | sevriez /sə.vʁi.je/ | sevraient /sə.vʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | sevrai /sə.vʁe/ | sevras /sə.vʁa/ | sevra /sə.vʁa/ | sevrâmes /sə.vʁam/ | sevrâtes /sə.vʁat/ | sevrèrent /sə.vʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | sèvrerai /sɛ.vʁə.ʁe/ or/se.vʁə.ʁe/ | sèvreras /sɛ.vʁə.ʁa/ or/se.vʁə.ʁa/ | sèvrera /sɛ.vʁə.ʁa/ or/se.vʁə.ʁa/ | sèvrerons /sɛ.vʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or/se.vʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | sèvrerez /sɛ.vʁə.ʁe/ or/se.vʁə.ʁe/ | sèvreront /sɛ.vʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or/se.vʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | sèvrerais /sɛ.vʁə.ʁɛ/ or/se.vʁə.ʁɛ/ | sèvrerais /sɛ.vʁə.ʁɛ/ or/se.vʁə.ʁɛ/ | sèvrerait /sɛ.vʁə.ʁɛ/ or/se.vʁə.ʁɛ/ | sèvrerions /sɛ.vʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ or/se.vʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ | sèvreriez /sɛ.vʁə.ʁje/ or/se.vʁə.ʁje/ | sèvreraient /sɛ.vʁə.ʁɛ/ or/se.vʁə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative ofavoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | sèvre /sɛvʁ/ | sèvres /sɛvʁ/ | sèvre /sɛvʁ/ | sevrions /sə.vʁi.jɔ̃/ | sevriez /sə.vʁi.je/ | sèvrent /sɛvʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | sevrasse /sə.vʁas/ | sevrasses /sə.vʁas/ | sevrât /sə.vʁa/ | sevrassions /sə.vʁa.sjɔ̃/ | sevrassiez /sə.vʁa.sje/ | sevrassent /sə.vʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive ofavoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | sèvre /sɛvʁ/ | — | sevrons /sə.vʁɔ̃/ | sevrez /sə.vʁe/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative ofavoir + past participle | — | simple imperative ofavoir + past participle | simple imperative ofavoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the prepositionen. | |||||||
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). | |||||||
FromVulgar Latin*sēperāre, apophonic form ofLatinsēparāre.
sevrer
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in-er. In the present tense an extra supportinge is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending-t is lost. This verb has a stressed present stemsoivr distinct from the unstressed stemsevr. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | sevrer | avoirsevré | |||||
| gerund | ensevrant | gerund ofavoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | sevrant | ||||||
| past participle | sevré | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | soivre | soivres | soivre | sevrons | sevrez | soivrent |
| imperfect | sevroie,sevreie,sevroe,sevreve | sevroies,sevreies,sevroes,sevreves | sevroit,sevreit,sevrot,sevreve | sevriiens,sevriens | sevriiez,sevriez | sevroient,sevreient,sevroent,sevrevent | |
| preterite | sevrai | sevras | sevra | sevrames | sevrastes | sevrerent | |
| future | sevrerai | sevreras | sevrera | sevrerons | sevreroiz,sevrereiz,sevrerez | sevreront | |
| conditional | sevreroie,sevrereie | sevreroies,sevrereies | sevreroit,sevrereit | sevreriiens,sevreriens | sevreriiez,sevreriez | sevreroient,sevrereient | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | present tense ofavoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses | present | soivre | soivres | soivre | sevrons | sevrez | soivrent |
| imperfect | sevrasse | sevrasses | sevrast | sevrissons,sevrissiens | sevrissoiz,sevrissez,sevrissiez | sevrassent | |
| compound tenses | past | present subjunctive ofavoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | soivre | — | sevrons | sevrez | — | ||