Tuesday, October 22, 2019
How to Conjugate the French Verb Servir
How to Conjugate the French Verb Servir Servir (to serve, to be useful) is an irregular French -irà verb. Below are the simple conjugations of the verbà servir; they do not include the compound tenses, which consist ofà a form of the auxiliary verb with the past participle. 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. Servir is an Irregular -ir- Verb Servirà lies in the first group of irregularà -irà verbs that display a pattern. It includes dormir, mentir, partir, sentir, servir, sortir, and all of their derivatives, such as repartir. All of these verbs share this characteristic: They all drop the last letter of the stem in the singular conjugations. For instance, first person singular ofà servirà isà je sersà (no v) and first person plural isà nous servonsà (retains the và from the stem). The more you recognize these patterns, the easier it will be to remember conjugations. Servir is Conjugated Likeà French Verbs Ending in -mir, -tir, -virà Generally speaking, most French verbs ending inà -mir,à -tir, orà -virà are conjugated this way. Such verbs include: dormirà to sleependormirà à to put/send to sleepredormirà à to sleep some morerendormirà à to put back to sleepdà ©partirà à to accordpartirà à to leaverepartirà à to restart, set off againconsentirà to consentpressentirà à to have a premonitionressentirà à to feel, sensesentirà à to feel, to smellmentirà à to liese repentirà à to repentsortirà à to go outservirà à to serve, to be useful Expressions and Usage servir quelquun de / en quelque chose to serve somebody with something / to serve something to somebodyCest difficile de se faire servir ici. /à à Its difficult to get served here.Sers le cafà ©.à à Pour the coffee.Puis-je te servir du pouletà ?à à Can I serve you some chicken ?Le dà ®ner est servià !à à Dinnerà isà ready / served !Sers-moi boire. à Giveà / pour me a drink.Ils nous servent toujours les mà ªmes histoires aux informations. They always dish out the same old stories on the newsServir la patrie / une causeà to serve country/ a causeOn nest jamais si bien servi que par soi-mà ªme.à (proverb)à If you want something done right, do it yourself.Servir les intà ©rà ªts dune detteà à to service a debtservir la messe à to say / hold massIl a servi, ce manteau. à I got a lot of use out of this coat !Ãâ¡a na jamais servi. à Its never been used toi de servir.à (tennis) Your serve.servir to be used forÃâ¡a ne sert rien de lui en parler. Its useless to talk to him / Its no use talking to him about it. Crier ne sert rien. Theres no point in shouting.servir de to act as, to beJe lui ai servi dinterprà ¨te. à I acted as his interpreter.se servir [pronominal reflexive] to help oneselfServez-vous deà / en là ©gumes. Help yourself to vegetables.Je me suis servi un verre de lait. à I poured myself a glass of milk.se servir [pronominal passive] to be servedLe vin rouge se sert chambrà ©. Red wine should be served at room temperature.se servir de quelque chose to use somethingIl ne peut plus se servir de son bras droit. He cant use his right arm anymore.Cest une arme dont on ne se sert plus. à Its a weapon that is no longer usedà / in use.se servir de quelque chose commeà à to use something asse servir de quelquunà à to make use ofà / to use somebody Simple Conjugations of the Irregular French -ir Verb Servir Present Future Imperfect Present participle je sers servirai servais servant tu sers serviras servais il sert servira servait nous servons servirons servions vous servez servirez serviez ils servent serviront servaient Pass compos Auxiliary verb avoir Past participle servi à à SubjunctiveConditionalPassà © simpleImperfect subjunctivejeserveserviraisservisservissetuservesserviraisservisservissesilserveserviraitservitservà ®tnousservionsservirionsservà ®messervissionsvousserviezserviriezservà ®tesservissiezilsserventserviraientservirentservissent Imperative (tu) sers (nous) servons (vous) servez
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