This is one of a fairly large group of irregular -ir verbs that are all conjugated the same way. Other members of this group include partir and dormir. The most significant difference between these verbs' conjugation and that of the regular -ir verbs is that these verbs' conjugation does not use the infix -iss-. Further, this conjugation has the forms (je, tu) sors and (il) sort in the present indicative and imperative, whereas a regular -ir verb would have *sortis and *sortit (as in the past historic).
| infinitive | simple | s'en sortir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'en être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | s’en sortant /sɑ̃ sɔʁ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | s'en étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | sorti /sɔʁ.ti/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | m’en sors /mɑ̃ sɔʁ/ |
t’en sors /tɑ̃ sɔʁ/ |
s’en sort /sɑ̃ sɔʁ/ |
nous en sortons /nu.z‿ɑ̃ sɔʁ.tɔ̃/ |
vous en sortez /vu.z‿ɑ̃ sɔʁ.te/ |
s’en sortent /sɑ̃ sɔʁt/ |
| imperfect | m’en sortais /mɑ̃ sɔʁ.tɛ/ |
t’en sortais /tɑ̃ sɔʁ.tɛ/ |
s’en sortait /sɑ̃ sɔʁ.tɛ/ |
nous en sortions /nu.z‿ɑ̃ sɔʁ.tjɔ̃/ |
vous en sortiez /vu.z‿ɑ̃ sɔʁ.tje/ |
s’en sortaient /sɑ̃ sɔʁ.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | m’en sortis /mɑ̃ sɔʁ.ti/ |
t’en sortis /tɑ̃ sɔʁ.ti/ |
s’en sortit /sɑ̃ sɔʁ.ti/ |
nous en sortîmes /nu.z‿ɑ̃ sɔʁ.tim/ |
vous en sortîtes /vu.z‿ɑ̃ sɔʁ.tit/ |
s’en sortirent /sɑ̃ sɔʁ.tiʁ/ | |
| future | m’en sortirai /mɑ̃ sɔʁ.ti.ʁe/ |
t’en sortiras /tɑ̃ sɔʁ.ti.ʁa/ |
s’en sortira /sɑ̃ sɔʁ.ti.ʁa/ |
nous en sortirons /nu.z‿ɑ̃ sɔʁ.ti.ʁɔ̃/ |
vous en sortirez /vu.z‿ɑ̃ sɔʁ.ti.ʁe/ |
s’en sortiront /sɑ̃ sɔʁ.ti.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | m’en sortirais /mɑ̃ sɔʁ.ti.ʁɛ/ |
t’en sortirais /tɑ̃ sɔʁ.ti.ʁɛ/ |
s’en sortirait /sɑ̃ sɔʁ.ti.ʁɛ/ |
nous en sortirions /nu.z‿ɑ̃ sɔʁ.ti.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous en sortiriez /vu.z‿ɑ̃ sɔʁ.ti.ʁje/ |
s’en sortiraient /sɑ̃ sɔʁ.ti.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'en être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'en être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'en être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'en être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'en être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | m’en sorte /mɑ̃ sɔʁt/ |
t’en sortes /tɑ̃ sɔʁt/ |
s’en sorte /sɑ̃ sɔʁt/ |
nous en sortions /nu.z‿ɑ̃ sɔʁ.tjɔ̃/ |
vous en sortiez /vu.z‿ɑ̃ sɔʁ.tje/ |
s’en sortent /sɑ̃ sɔʁt/ |
| imperfect2 | m’en sortisse /mɑ̃ sɔʁ.tis/ |
t’en sortisses /tɑ̃ sɔʁ.tis/ |
s’en sortît /sɑ̃ sɔʁ.ti/ |
nous en sortissions /nu.z‿ɑ̃ sɔʁ.ti.sjɔ̃/ |
vous en sortissiez /vu.z‿ɑ̃ sɔʁ.ti.sje/ |
s’en sortissent /sɑ̃ sɔʁ.tis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'en être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'en être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | sors-t’en /sɔʁ.tɑ̃/ |
— | sortons-nous-en /sɔʁ.tɔ̃.nu.zɑ̃/ |
sortez-vous-en /sɔʁ.te.vu.zɑ̃/ |
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| compound | — | simple imperative of s'en être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'en être + past participle | simple imperative of s'en être + 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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||