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SE TAIRE CONJUGATION

to be silent, to keep quiet

PRESENT

PronounConjugationTranslationExampleEx.
je je me tais I am silent
tu tu te tais you are silent
il /elle /on il /elle /on se tait he/she/one is silent
nous nous nous taisons we are silent
vous vous vous taisez you are silent
ils /elles ils /elles se taisent they are silent

PASSÉ COMPOSÉ

PronounConjugationTranslationExampleEx.
je je me suis tu I was silent
tu tu t'es tu you were silent
il /on il /on s'est tu he/one was silent
elle elle s'est tue she was silent
nous nous nous sommes tus we were silent
vous vous vous êtes tus you were silent
ils ils se sont tus they were silent
elles elles se sont tues they were silent

IMPERFECT

PronounConjugationTranslationExampleEx.
je je me taisais I was being silent; I used to be silent
tu tu te taisais you were being silent; you used to be silent
il /elle /on il /elle /on se taisait he was being silent; he used to be silent
nous nous nous taisions we were being silent; we used to be silent
vous vous vous taisiez you were being silent; you used to be silent
ils /elles ils /elles se taisaient they were being silent; they used to be silent

SIMPLE FUTURE

PronounConjugationTranslationExampleEx.
je je me tairai I will be silent
tu tu te tairas you will be silent
il /elle /on il /elle /on se taira he/she/one will be silent
nous nous nous tairons we will be silent
vous vous vous tairez you will be silent
ils /elles ils /elles se tairont they will be silent

CONDITIONAL

PronounConjugationTranslationExampleEx.
je je me tairais I would be silent
tu tu te tairais you would be silent
il /elle /on il /elle /on se tairait he/she/one would be silent
nous nous nous tairions we would be silent
vous vous vous tairiez you would be silent
ils /elles ils /elles se tairaient they would be silent

PASSÉ SIMPLE

PronounConjugationTranslationExampleEx.
je je me tus I was silent
tu tu te tus you were silent
il /elle /on il /elle /on se tut he/she/one was silent
nous nous nous tûmes we were silent
vous vous vous tûtes you were silent
ils /elles ils /elles se turent they were silent

PRESENT SUBJUNCTIVE

PronounConjugationTranslationExampleEx.
je je me taise that I may be silent
tu tu te taises that you may be silent
il /elle /on il /elle /on se taise that he may be silent
nous nous nous taisions that we may be silent
vous vous vous taisiez that you may be silent
ils /elles ils /elles se taisent that they may be silent

AFFIRMATIVE IMPERATIVE

PronounConjugationTranslationExampleEx.
tu tu tais-toi be silent
nous nous taisons-nous let's be silent
vous vous taisez-vous be silent

NEGATIVE IMPERATIVE

PronounConjugationTranslationExampleEx.
tu tu ne te tais pas don't be silent
nous nous ne nous taisons pas let's not be silent
vous vous ne vous taisez pas don't be silent

PAST SUBJUNCTIVE

PronounConjugationTranslationExampleEx.
je je me sois tu that I may have been silent
tu tu te sois tu that you may have been silent
il /on il /on se soit tu that he may have been silent
elle elle se soit tue that she may have been silent
nous nous nous soyons tus that we may have been silent
vous vous vous soyez tus that you may have been silent
ils ils se soient tus that they may have been silent
elles elles se soient tues that they may have been silent

PLUPERFECT

PronounConjugationTranslationExampleEx.
je je m'étais tu I had been silent
tu tu t'étais tu you had been silent
il /on il /on s'était tu he/one had been silent
elle elle s'était tue she had been silent
nous nous nous étions tus we had been silent
vous vous vous étiez tus you had been silent
ils ils s'étaient tus they had been silent
elles elles s'étaient tues they had been silent

FUTURE PERFECT

PronounConjugationTranslationExampleEx.
je je me serai tu I will have been silent
tu tu te seras tu you will have been silent
il /on il /on se sera tu he/one will have been silent
elle elle se sera tue she will have been silent
nous nous nous serons tus we will have been silent
vous vous vous serez tus you will have been silent
ils ils se seront tus they will have been silent
elles elles se seront tues they will have been silent

CONDITIONAL PERFECT

PronounConjugationTranslationExampleEx.
je je me serais tu I would have been silent
tu tu te serais tu you would have been silent
il /on il /on se serait tu he/one would have been silent
elle elle se serait tue she would have been silent
nous nous nous serions tus we would have been silent
vous vous vous seriez tus you would have been silent
ils ils se seraient tus they would have been silent
elles elles se seraient tues they would have been silent

IMPERFECT SUBJUNCTIVE

PronounConjugationTranslationExampleEx.
je je me tusse that I might be silent
tu tu te tusses that you might be silent
il /elle /on il /elle /on se tût that he might be silent
nous nous nous tussions that we might be silent
vous vous vous tussiez that you might be silent
ils /elles ils /elles se tussent that they might be silent

PAST ANTERIOR

PronounConjugationTranslationExampleEx.
je je me fus tu I had been silent
tu tu te fus tu you had been silent
il /on il /on se fut tu he/one had been silent
elle elle se fut tue she had been silent
nous nous nous fûmes tus we had been silent
vous vous vous fûtes tus you had been silent
ils ils se furent tus they had been silent
elles elles se furent tues they had been silent

PLUPERFECT SUBJUNCTIVE

PronounConjugationTranslationExampleEx.
je je me fusse tu that I might have been silent
tu tu te fusses tu that you might have been silent
il /on il /on se fût tu that he might have been silent
elle elle se fût tue that she might have been silent
nous nous nous fussions tus that we might have been silent
vous vous vous fussiez tus that you might have been silent
ils ils se fussent tus that they might have been silent
elles elles se fussent tues that they might have been silent

PRESENT PARTICIPLE

PronounConjugationTranslationExampleEx.
se taisant being silent

PAST PARTICIPLE

PronounConjugationTranslationExampleEx.
tu been silent