se casser
French
Pronunciation
Verb
- (informal, idiomatic) to get lost, go away, leave
- Synonyms: (informal) partir; (informal) s’en aller; (familiar) se barrer
- Je me casse.
- I'm leaving.
- Casse-toi !
- Get lost!
Conjugation
Conjugation of se casser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | se casser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | se cassant /sə ka.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | cassé /ka.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me casse /mə kas/ |
te casses /tə kas/ |
se casse /sə kas/ |
nous cassons /nu ka.sɔ̃/ |
vous cassez /vu ka.se/ |
se cassent /sə kas/ |
| imperfect | me cassais /mə ka.sɛ/ |
te cassais /tə ka.sɛ/ |
se cassait /sə ka.sɛ/ |
nous cassions /nu ka.sjɔ̃/ |
vous cassiez /vu ka.sje/ |
se cassaient /sə ka.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | me cassai /mə ka.se/ |
te cassas /tə ka.sa/ |
se cassa /sə ka.sa/ |
nous cassâmes /nu ka.sam/ |
vous cassâtes /vu ka.sat/ |
se cassèrent /sə ka.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | me casserai /mə ka.sʁe/ |
te casseras /tə ka.sʁa/ |
se cassera /sə ka.sʁa/ |
nous casserons /nu ka.sʁɔ̃/ |
vous casserez /vu ka.sʁe/ |
se casseront /sə ka.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | me casserais /mə ka.sʁɛ/ |
te casserais /tə ka.sʁɛ/ |
se casserait /sə ka.sʁɛ/ |
nous casserions /nu ka.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous casseriez /vu ka.sə.ʁje/ |
se casseraient /sə ka.sʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me casse /mə kas/ |
te casses /tə kas/ |
se casse /sə kas/ |
nous cassions /nu ka.sjɔ̃/ |
vous cassiez /vu ka.sje/ |
se cassent /sə kas/ |
| imperfect2 | me cassasse /mə ka.sas/ |
te cassasses /tə ka.sas/ |
se cassât /sə ka.sa/ |
nous cassassions /nu ka.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
vous cassassiez /vu ka.sa.sje/ |
se cassassent /sə ka.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | casse-toi /kas.twa/ |
— | cassons-nous /ka.sɔ̃.nu/ |
cassez-vous /ka.se.vu/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||