disserter

French

Etymology

From Latin dissertāre. Cognate to Italian dissertare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /di.sɛʁ.te/
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Verb

disserter

  1. (intransitive) to discourse (on)

Conjugation

Conjugation of disserter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple disserter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple dissertant
/di.sɛʁ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle disserté
/di.sɛʁ.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present disserte
/di.sɛʁt/ 		dissertes
/di.sɛʁt/ 		disserte
/di.sɛʁt/ 		dissertons
/di.sɛʁ.tɔ̃/ 		dissertez
/di.sɛʁ.te/ 		dissertent
/di.sɛʁt/
imperfect dissertais
/di.sɛʁ.tɛ/ 		dissertais
/di.sɛʁ.tɛ/ 		dissertait
/di.sɛʁ.tɛ/ 		dissertions
/di.sɛʁ.tjɔ̃/ 		dissertiez
/di.sɛʁ.tje/ 		dissertaient
/di.sɛʁ.tɛ/
past historic2 dissertai
/di.sɛʁ.te/ 		dissertas
/di.sɛʁ.ta/ 		disserta
/di.sɛʁ.ta/ 		dissertâmes
/di.sɛʁ.tam/ 		dissertâtes
/di.sɛʁ.tat/ 		dissertèrent
/di.sɛʁ.tɛʁ/
future disserterai
/di.sɛʁ.tə.ʁe/ 		disserteras
/di.sɛʁ.tə.ʁa/ 		dissertera
/di.sɛʁ.tə.ʁa/ 		disserterons
/di.sɛʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/ 		disserterez
/di.sɛʁ.tə.ʁe/ 		disserteront
/di.sɛʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional disserterais
/di.sɛʁ.tə.ʁɛ/ 		disserterais
/di.sɛʁ.tə.ʁɛ/ 		disserterait
/di.sɛʁ.tə.ʁɛ/ 		disserterions
/di.sɛʁ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		disserteriez
/di.sɛʁ.tə.ʁje/ 		disserteraient
/di.sɛʁ.tə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present disserte
/di.sɛʁt/ 		dissertes
/di.sɛʁt/ 		disserte
/di.sɛʁt/ 		dissertions
/di.sɛʁ.tjɔ̃/ 		dissertiez
/di.sɛʁ.tje/ 		dissertent
/di.sɛʁt/
imperfect2 dissertasse
/di.sɛʁ.tas/ 		dissertasses
/di.sɛʁ.tas/ 		dissertât
/di.sɛʁ.ta/ 		dissertassions
/di.sɛʁ.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		dissertassiez
/di.sɛʁ.ta.sje/ 		dissertassent
/di.sɛʁ.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — disserte
/di.sɛʁt/ 		— dissertons
/di.sɛʁ.tɔ̃/ 		dissertez
/di.sɛʁ.te/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
past historic → present perfect
past anterior → pluperfect
imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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