siéger

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See also: Sieger

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sje.ʒe/
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Verb

siéger

  1. (transitive, administration) to sit (hold a seat)
  2. (law, government) to sit
  3. to be located; lie

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like protéger. It has both the spelling irregularities of other verbs in -ger (such as manger, where a silent 'e' is inserted before 'a' and 'o' endings (to indicate the /ʒ/ sound), and the spelling and pronunciation irregularities of other verbs in -é-er (such as céder), where the last stem vowel alternates between /e/ (written 'é') and /ɛ/ (written 'è').

Conjugation of siéger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple siéger
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple siégeant
/sje.ʒɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle siégé
/sje.ʒe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present siège
/sjɛʒ/ 		sièges
/sjɛʒ/ 		siège
/sjɛʒ/ 		siégeons
/sje.ʒɔ̃/ 		siégez
/sje.ʒe/ 		siègent
/sjɛʒ/
imperfect siégeais
/sje.ʒɛ/ 		siégeais
/sje.ʒɛ/ 		siégeait
/sje.ʒɛ/ 		siégions
/sje.ʒjɔ̃/ 		siégiez
/sje.ʒje/ 		siégeaient
/sje.ʒɛ/
past historic2 siégeai
/sje.ʒe/ 		siégeas
/sje.ʒa/ 		siégea
/sje.ʒa/ 		siégeâmes
/sje.ʒam/ 		siégeâtes
/sje.ʒat/ 		siégèrent
/sje.ʒɛʁ/
future siégerai or siègerai
/sjɛʒ.ʁe/ 		siégeras or siègeras
/sjɛʒ.ʁa/ 		siégera or siègera
/sjɛʒ.ʁa/ 		siégerons or siègerons
/sjɛʒ.ʁɔ̃/ 		siégerez or siègerez
/sjɛʒ.ʁe/ 		siégeront or siègeront
/sjɛʒ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional siégerais or siègerais
/sjɛʒ.ʁɛ/ 		siégerais or siègerais
/sjɛʒ.ʁɛ/ 		siégerait or siègerait
/sjɛʒ.ʁɛ/ 		siégerions or siègerions
/sjɛ.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /sje.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		siégeriez or siègeriez
/sjɛ.ʒə.ʁje/ or /sje.ʒə.ʁje/ 		siégeraient or siègeraient
/sjɛʒ.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 siège
/sjɛʒ/ 		sièges
/sjɛʒ/ 		siège
/sjɛʒ/ 		siégions
/sje.ʒjɔ̃/ 		siégiez
/sje.ʒje/ 		siègent
/sjɛʒ/
imperfect2 siégeasse
/sje.ʒas/ 		siégeasses
/sje.ʒas/ 		siégeât
/sje.ʒa/ 		siégeassions
/sje.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ 		siégeassiez
/sje.ʒa.sje/ 		siégeassent
/sje.ʒas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — siège
/sjɛʒ/ 		— siégeons
/sje.ʒɔ̃/ 		siégez
/sje.ʒe/ 		—
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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