sergenter

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.te/

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Verb

sergenter

1. (transitive) "to send bailiffs after one; importune or press upon one"

Conjugation

Conjugation of sergenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	sergenter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	sergentant /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		sergenté /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	sergente /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃t/	sergentes /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃t/	sergente /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃t/	sergentons /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tɔ̃/	sergentez /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.te/	sergentent /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃t/
	imperfect	sergentais /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tɛ/	sergentais /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tɛ/	sergentait /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tɛ/	sergentions /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tjɔ̃/	sergentiez /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tje/	sergentaient /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tɛ/
	past historic2	sergentai /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.te/	sergentas /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.ta/	sergenta /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.ta/	sergentâmes /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tam/	sergentâtes /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tat/	sergentèrent /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tɛʁ/
	future	sergenterai /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tʁe/	sergenteras /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tʁa/	sergentera /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tʁa/	sergenterons /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/	sergenterez /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tʁe/	sergenteront /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	sergenterais /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tʁɛ/	sergenterais /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tʁɛ/	sergenterait /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tʁɛ/	sergenterions /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	sergenteriez /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tə.ʁje/	sergenteraient /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tʁɛ/
(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	sergente /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃t/	sergentes /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃t/	sergente /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃t/	sergentions /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tjɔ̃/	sergentiez /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tje/	sergentent /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃t/
	imperfect2	sergentasse /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tas/	sergentasses /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tas/	sergentât /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.ta/	sergentassions /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/	sergentassiez /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.ta.sje/	sergentassent /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	sergente /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃t/	—	sergentons /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.tɔ̃/	sergentez /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃.te/	—
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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).