Inherited from Middle French seoir, from Old French seoir, from earlier sedeir, from Latin sedēre, from Proto-Italic *sedēō, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-.
seoir (defective)
This is a defective verb, only conjugated in the third person.
| infinitive | simple | seoir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | — | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | séant or seyant /se.ɑ̃/ or /sɛ.jɑ̃/ or /se.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | — | ||||||
| past participle | — | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | — | — | sied /sje/ |
— | — | siéent /sje/ |
| imperfect | — | — | seyait /sɛ.jɛ/ or /se.jɛ/ |
— | — | seyaient /sɛ.jɛ/ or /se.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| future | — | — | siéra /sje.ʁa/ |
— | — | siéront /sje.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | — | — | siérait /sje.ʁɛ/ |
— | — | siéraient /sje.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | — | |||||
| pluperfect | — | ||||||
| past anterior2 | — | ||||||
| future perfect | — | ||||||
| conditional perfect | — | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | — | — | siée /sje/ |
— | — | siéent /sje/ |
| imperfect2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | — | |||||
| pluperfect2 | — | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| compound | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
From Old French seoir, from earlier sedeir, from Latin sedēre, present active infinitive of sedeō.
seoir
From an earlier sedeir, from Latin sedēre.
seoir
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem sie distinct from the unstressed stem se, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | seoir | avoir sis | |||||
| gerund | en seant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | seant | ||||||
| past participle | sis | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | sié | siez | siet | seons | seez | sieent |
| imperfect | seoie, seeie | seoies, seeies | seoit, seeit | seïiens, seïens | seïiez, seïez | seoient, seeient | |
| preterite | sis | seṣis | sist | seṣimes | seṣistes | sisdrent | |
| future | serrai | serras | serra | serrons | serroiz, serreiz, serrez | serront | |
| conditional | serroie, serreie | serroies, serreies | serroit, serreit | serriiens, serriens | serriiez, serriez | serroient, serreient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | siee, sië | siees, siës | siee, sië | seons, seiiens, seions | seez, seiiez | sieent, siënt |
| imperfect | seṣisse | seṣisses | seṣist | seṣissons, seṣissiens | seṣissoiz, seṣissez, seṣissiez | seṣissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | sie | — | seons | seez | — | ||