Daily Verb Lesson: French for fuss over is s'empresser
The French for fuss over is the regular ER reflexive verb s'empresser.To remember this, imagine the whole town bustling about and fussing over the EMPRESS!
s'empresser can also mean; to bustle about. Related words include:
- s'empresser de faire quelque chose : to do something eagerly, to hurry to do.
- s'empresser autour/auprès de quelqu'un : to fuss over someone.
- empressement (à faire) (nm) : eagerness (to do), attentiveness, willingness.
- avec empressement : eagerly / empressé (adj) : prompt, attentive, eager.
The meaning of verbs can change when in the Reflexive. They often show action done to oneself or between each other, and use the Reflexive Pronoun (me, te, se, nous, vous, se). Reflexive verbs also take être in the compound tenses and the Past Participle agrees in number and gender with the subject.
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Imagine the whole town bustling about and
fussing over the EMPRESS!
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Présent fuss over |
empresse | empresses | empresse | empressons | empressez | empressent |
| Past Imperfect Imparfait fussed over |
empressais | empressais | empressait | empressions | empressiez | empressaient |
| Simple Past Passé Simple fussed over |
empressai | empressas | empressa | empressâmes | empressâtes | empressèrent |
| Future Futur will fuss over |
empresserai | empresseras | empressera | empresserons | empresserez | empresseront |
| Conditional Conditionnel would fuss over |
empresserais | empresserais | empresserait | empresserions | empresseriez | empresseraient |
| Subjunctive Subjonctif may fuss over |
empresse | empresses | empresse | empressions | empressiez | empressent |
| Present Perfect Passé Composé have fussed over |
me suis empressé(e) |
t'es empressé(e) |
s'est empressé(e) |
nous sommes empressé(e)s |
vous êtes empressé(e)s |
se sont empressé(e)s |
| Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had fussed over |
m'étais empressé(e) |
t'étais empressé(e) |
s'était empressé(e) |
nous étions empressé(e)s |
vour étiez empressé(e)s |
s'étaient empressé(e)s |
| Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have fussed over |
me serai empressé(e) |
te seras empressé(e) |
se sera empressé(e) |
nous serons empressé(e)s |
vous serez empressé(e)s |
se seront empressé(e)s |
| Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have fussed over |
me serais empressé(e) |
te serais empressé(e) |
se serait empressé(e) |
nous serions empressé(e)s |
vous seriez empressé(e)s | se seraient empressé(e)s |
| Imperative Imperatif fuss over! |
empresse-toi ! | empressons-nous ! | empressez-vous ! | |||
✔ Se empresser is a regular ER reflexive verb. There are over 5,000 ER verbs these being the most common verbs in French.
✔ Learn se empresser and it will reinforce the pattern for ALL those other ER verbs.
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