séjourner

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French sojorner by vowel dissimilation (first ‘o’ → ‘é’), inherited from Vulgar Latin *subdiurnāre, from Latin sub- (“under, a little over”) + Late Latin diurnus (“lasting for a day”). Cognate to English sojourn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /se.ʒuʁ.ne/
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Verb

séjourner

  1. (intransitive) to stay, to sojourn

Conjugation

Conjugation of séjourner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple séjourner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple séjournant
/se.ʒuʁ.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle séjourné
/se.ʒuʁ.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present séjourne
/se.ʒuʁn/ 		séjournes
/se.ʒuʁn/ 		séjourne
/se.ʒuʁn/ 		séjournons
/se.ʒuʁ.nɔ̃/ 		séjournez
/se.ʒuʁ.ne/ 		séjournent
/se.ʒuʁn/
imperfect séjournais
/se.ʒuʁ.nɛ/ 		séjournais
/se.ʒuʁ.nɛ/ 		séjournait
/se.ʒuʁ.nɛ/ 		séjournions
/se.ʒuʁ.njɔ̃/ 		séjourniez
/se.ʒuʁ.nje/ 		séjournaient
/se.ʒuʁ.nɛ/
past historic2 séjournai
/se.ʒuʁ.ne/ 		séjournas
/se.ʒuʁ.na/ 		séjourna
/se.ʒuʁ.na/ 		séjournâmes
/se.ʒuʁ.nam/ 		séjournâtes
/se.ʒuʁ.nat/ 		séjournèrent
/se.ʒuʁ.nɛʁ/
future séjournerai
/se.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁe/ 		séjourneras
/se.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁa/ 		séjournera
/se.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁa/ 		séjournerons
/se.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/ 		séjournerez
/se.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁe/ 		séjourneront
/se.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional séjournerais
/se.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ 		séjournerais
/se.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ 		séjournerait
/se.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ 		séjournerions
/se.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		séjourneriez
/se.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁje/ 		séjourneraient
/se.ʒuʁ.nə.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 séjourne
/se.ʒuʁn/ 		séjournes
/se.ʒuʁn/ 		séjourne
/se.ʒuʁn/ 		séjournions
/se.ʒuʁ.njɔ̃/ 		séjourniez
/se.ʒuʁ.nje/ 		séjournent
/se.ʒuʁn/
imperfect2 séjournasse
/se.ʒuʁ.nas/ 		séjournasses
/se.ʒuʁ.nas/ 		séjournât
/se.ʒuʁ.na/ 		séjournassions
/se.ʒuʁ.na.sjɔ̃/ 		séjournassiez
/se.ʒuʁ.na.sje/ 		séjournassent
/se.ʒuʁ.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — séjourne
/se.ʒuʁn/ 		— séjournons
/se.ʒuʁ.nɔ̃/ 		séjournez
/se.ʒuʁ.ne/ 		—
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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