ensuivre

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin īnsequor.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.sɥivʁ/
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Verb

ensuivre

  1. (archaic or literary) to follow (to come after)
  2. (reflexive) to follow, to come next
  3. (reflexive) to result, to come as a result
    jusqu’à ce que mort s’ensuive ― till death do us part

Conjugation

This verb is defective, and is only used in the infinitive and the third-person singular and plural forms. This verb is impersonal and is conjugated only in the third-person singular.

Conjugation of s'ensuivre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple s'ensuivre
compound s'être + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple s’ensuivant
/sɑ̃.sɥi.vɑ̃/
compound ayant or étant + past participle
past participle ensuivi
/ɑ̃.sɥi.vi/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present — — s’ensuit
/sɑ̃.sɥi/		 — — —
imperfect — — s’ensuivait
/sɑ̃.sɥi.vɛ/		 — — —
past historic2 — — s’ensuivit
/sɑ̃.sɥi.vi/		 — — —
future — — s’ensuivra
/sɑ̃.sɥi.vʁa/		 — — —
conditional — — s’ensuivrait
/sɑ̃.sɥi.vʁɛ/		 — — —
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of s'être + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of s'être + past participle
future perfect future of s'être + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present — — s’ensuive
/sɑ̃.sɥiv/		 — — —
imperfect2 — — s’ensuivît
/sɑ̃.sɥi.vi/		 — — —
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — — — — — —
compound — simple imperative of s'être + past participle — simple imperative of s'être + past participle simple imperative of s'être + 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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