Friday, November 8, 2019
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  Ã  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  Ã  ne pas pouvoir souffrir quelquun  to not be able to bear someoneJe ne peux souffrir cette idà ©e.à  Ã  I cant bear the thoughtIl ne peut pas la souffrir.à  Ã  He cant bear her.à  Ã  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  Ã  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  Ã  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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