Daily Verb Lesson: French for feel is sentir
The French for feel is the irregular IR verb sentir.To remember this, imagine you FEEL bad about being SENT 'ERE... and worse being down to your last CENT 'ERE.
Sentir can also mean: to sense, to smell, to taste; to be conscious of.
Related words include:
- se sentir (vr) : to feel; to get above oneself; to be felt.
- le sentiment (nm) : feeling, sentiment.
- Sentiments affectueux. (exp) : Best wishes.
- sentimental/e (adj m/f) : sentimental; romantic, emotional, lovey-dovey.
Verbs ending in -tir conjugated in this way include: sentir, consentir, mentir, partir, repartir, sortir and their compounds.
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Imagine you feel bad about being SENT 'ERE... and worse being down to your last CENT 'ERE!
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Présent feel |
sens | sens | sent | sentons | sentez | sentent |
| Past Imperfect Imparfait felt |
sentais | sentais | sentait | sentions | sentiez | sentaient |
| Simple Past Passé Simple felt |
sentis | sentis | sentit | sentîmes | sentîtes | sentirent |
| Future Futur will feel |
sentirai | sentiras | sentira | sentirons | sentirez | sentiront |
| Conditional Conditionnel would feel |
sentirais | sentirais | sentirait | sentirions | sentiriez | sentiraient |
| Present Subjunctive Subjonctif may feel |
sente | sentes | sente | sentions | sentiez | sentent |
| Present Perfect Passé Composé have felt |
ai senti | as senti | a senti | avons senti | avez senti | ont senti |
| Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had felt |
avais senti | avais senti | avait senti | avions senti | aviez senti | avaient senti |
| Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have felt |
aurai senti | auras senti | aura senti | aurons senti | aurez senti | auront senti |
| Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have felt |
aurais senti | aurais senti | aurait senti | aurions senti | auriez senti | auraient senti |
| Imperative Imperatif feel! |
sens ! | sentons ! | sentez ! | |||
✔ sentir is an irregular IR verb.
✔ Learn sentir and it will reinforce the pattern for ALL those other irregular IR verbs.
✔ Do these verbs every day for a month and you will have a solid knowledge of the IR verbs' conjugation patterns.
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