Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Conjugating the French Verb Souffrir (to Suffer)
Conjugating the French Verb Souffrir (to Suffer) Souffrirà (to suffer, to endure, to tolerate, to be in pain) is anà irregular Frenchà -irà verb. Below are simpleà conjugationsà of the verbà souffrir; the conjugation table does not include compound tenses, which consist ofà a form of the auxiliary verbà avoirà with the past participleà souffert. Within irregularà -irà verb conjugations, there are someà patterns. Two groups exhibit similar characteristics and conjugation patterns. Then there is a final, large category of extremely irregularà -irà verbs that follow no pattern. Souffrir IS AN IRREGULAR -IR- VERB Soufrirà lies in the second group of irregularà -irà verbs that display a pattern. The second group of verbs includes verbs like souffrir that all end in -frirà orà -vrir. These verbs, surprisingly,à are allà conjugated likeà regularà -erà verbs. Souffrir IS CONJUGATED LIKE VERBS ENDING IN -FRIR AND -VRIR All French verbs that end inà -frirà orà -vrirà are conjugated this way. They include: couvrirà to covercueillir à to pickdà ©couvrir à to discoverentrouvrir to half-openouvrir à to openoffrir à to offerrecouvrirà to recover, concealà rouvrir à to reopen EXPRESSIONS AND USAGE souffrirà en silenceà to suffer in silenceSi tu avais souffert ce que jai souffertà !à If youd suffered as much as I have !,à if you had gone through what I have !Elle ne souffre pas dà ªtre critiquà ©eà /à quon la critique.à She cant standà /à take criticismTu souffresà ?à à Are you in pain ? Does it hurt ?souffrir deà to suffer fromsouffrir des dents à to have trouble with ones teethà souffrir le martyrà to suffer agoniesSon dos lui fait souffrir le martyre. He has terrible trouble with his back.faire souffrir quelquun à to make someoneà sufferà à ne pas pouvoir souffrir quelquun to not be able to bear someoneJe ne peux souffrir cette idà ©e.à à I cant bear the thoughtIl ne peut pas la souffrir.à à He cant bear her.à à souffrirà inutilementà to suffer needlesslyà souffrirà financià ¨rementà to suffer financially / to be in bad straits financiallyOà ¹ souffrez-vousà ?à Where is the pain ? / Where does it hurt ?Elle a beaucoup souffert lors de son accouchement. She had a very painful delivery. Il est mort sans souffrir.à He felt no pain when he died.souffrir de la faim / soifà à to suffer from hunger / thirstsouffrir de la chaleurà to suffer from the heatsouffrir deà (figurative):à Sa renommà ©e a souffert du scandale. His reputation suffered from the scandal.dà »t ton amour-propre en souffrirà à even though your pride may sufferLes rà ©coltes nont pas trop souffert. The crops didnt suffer too muchà /à werent too badly damaged.Cest le sud du pays qui a le plus souffert.à The southern part of the country was the hit the hardest.se souffrir (pronominal): Ils ne peuvent pas se souffrir. They cant standà / bear each other. Simple Conjugations of the Irregular French -ir Verb Soufrir Present Future Imperfect Present participle je souffre souffrirai souffrais souffrant tu souffres souffriras souffrais il souffre souffrira souffrait nous souffrons souffrirons souffrions vous souffrez souffrirez souffriez ils souffrent souffriront souffraient Pass compos Auxiliary verb avoir Past participle souffert Subjunctive Conditional Pass simple Imperfect subjunctive je souffre souffrirais souffris souffrisse tu souffres souffrirais souffris souffrisses il souffre souffrirait souffrit souffrt nous souffrions souffririons souffrmes souffrissions vous souffriez souffririez souffrtes souffrissiez ils souffrent souffriraient souffrirent souffrissent Imperative tu souffre nous souffrons vous souffrez
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