Daily Verb Lesson: French for possess is posséder
The French for possess is the regular ER verb posséder.To remember this, imagine the leader of the POSSE SAID he POSSESSES SEED!
posséder can also mean: to own; be possessed of. Related words include:
- se posséder (vr) : to control oneself.
- la posséssion (nf) : possession, ownership, holding; fluency , mastery.
- la possessivité : possessiveness.
About 250 French ER verbs end in é*er. The é in the ending changes to è if the final syllable is silent. Examples of this family of verb conjugations: célébrer, compléter, considérer, inquiéter, pécher, posséder, régner, répéter.
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Imagine the leader of the POSSE SAID
he POSSESSES SEED!
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Présent possess |
possède | possèdes | possède | possédons | possédez | possèdent |
| Past Imperfect Imparfait possessed |
possédais | possédais | possédait | possédions | possédiez | possédaient |
| Simple Past Passé Simple possessed |
possédai | possédas | posséda | possédâmes | possédâtes | possédèrent |
| Future Futur will possess |
posséderai | posséderas | possédera | posséderons | posséderez | posséderont |
| Conditional Conditionnel would possess |
posséderais | posséderais | posséderait | posséderions | posséderiez | posséderaient |
| Subjunctive Subjonctif may possess |
possède | possèdes | possède | possédrions | possédriez | possèdent |
| Present Perfect Passé Composé have possessed |
ai possédré | as possédré | a possédré | avons possédré | avez possédré | ont possédré |
| Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had possessed |
avais possédé | avais possédé | avait possédé | avions possédé | aviez possédé | avaient posséré |
| Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have possessed |
aurai possédé | auras possédé | aura possédé | aurons possédé | aurez possédé | auront possédé |
| Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have possessed |
aurais possédé | aurais possédé | aurait possédé | aurions possédé | auriez possédé | auraient possédé |
| Imperative Imperatif possess! |
possède! | possédrons! | possédrez! | |||
✔ Posséder is a regular ER verb. There are over 5,000 ER verbs these being the most common verbs in French.
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