ensuivre
French
Etymology
Verb
ensuivre
- (archaic or literary) to follow (to come after)
- (reflexive) to follow, to come next
- (reflexive) to result, to come as a result
Conjugation
This verb is defective, and is only used in the infinitive and the third-person singular and plural forms. This verb is impersonal and is conjugated only in the third-person singular.
Conjugation of s'ensuivre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | s'ensuivre | s'être ensuivi | |||||
| gerund | en s'ensuivant | en s'étant ensuivi | |||||
| present participle | s'ensuivant /s‿ɑ̃.sɥi.vɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | ensuivi /ɑ̃.sɥi.vi/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | — | — | s'ensuit /s‿ɑ̃.sɥi/ |
— | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | s'ensuivait /s‿ɑ̃.sɥi.vɛ/ |
— | — | — | |
| past historic1 | — | — | s'ensuivit /s‿ɑ̃.sɥi.vi/ |
— | — | — | |
| future | — | — | s'ensuivra /s‿ɑ̃.sɥi.vʁa/ |
— | — | — | |
| conditional | — | — | s'ensuivrait /s‿ɑ̃.sɥi.vʁɛ/ |
— | — | — | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of s'être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | — | — | s'ensuive /s‿ɑ̃.sɥiv/ |
— | — | — |
| imperfect1 | — | — | s'ensuivît /s‿ɑ̃.sɥi.vi/ |
— | — | — | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of s'être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Further reading
- “ensuivre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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