surfaire

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /syʁ.fɛʁ/
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Verb

surfaire

  1. to overmake
  2. to oversell (someone)

Conjugation
Conjugation of surfaire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple surfaire
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple surfaisant
/syʁ.fə.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle surfait
/syʁ.fɛ/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present surfais
/syʁ.fɛ/		 surfais
/syʁ.fɛ/		 surfait
/syʁ.fɛ/		 surfaisons
/syʁ.fə.zɔ̃/		 surfaites
/syʁ.fɛt/		 surfont
/syʁ.fɔ̃/
imperfect surfaisais
/syʁ.fə.zɛ/		 surfaisais
/syʁ.fə.zɛ/		 surfaisait
/syʁ.fə.zɛ/		 surfaisions
/syʁ.fə.zjɔ̃/		 surfaisiez
/syʁ.fə.zje/		 surfaisaient
/syʁ.fə.zɛ/
past historic2 surfis
/syʁ.fi/		 surfis
/syʁ.fi/		 surfit
/syʁ.fi/		 surfîmes
/syʁ.fim/		 surfîtes
/syʁ.fit/		 surfirent
/syʁ.fiʁ/
future surferai
/syʁ.fə.ʁe/		 surferas
/syʁ.fə.ʁa/		 surfera
/syʁ.fə.ʁa/		 surferons
/syʁ.fə.ʁɔ̃/		 surferez
/syʁ.fə.ʁe/		 surferont
/syʁ.fə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional surferais
/syʁ.fə.ʁɛ/		 surferais
/syʁ.fə.ʁɛ/		 surferait
/syʁ.fə.ʁɛ/		 surferions
/syʁ.fə.ʁjɔ̃/		 surferiez
/syʁ.fə.ʁje/		 surferaient
/syʁ.fə.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 surfasse
/syʁ.fas/		 surfasses
/syʁ.fas/		 surfasse
/syʁ.fas/		 surfassions
/syʁ.fa.sjɔ̃/		 surfassiez
/syʁ.fa.sje/		 surfassent
/syʁ.fas/
imperfect2 surfisse
/syʁ.fis/		 surfisses
/syʁ.fis/		 surfît
/syʁ.fi/		 surfissions
/syʁ.fi.sjɔ̃/		 surfissiez
/syʁ.fi.sje/		 surfissent
/syʁ.fis/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — surfais
/syʁ.fɛ/		 — surfaisons
/syʁ.fə.zɔ̃/		 surfaites
/syʁ.fɛt/		 —
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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