Saturday, March 14, 2020
How to Conjugate the French Verb Servir
How to Conjugate the French Verb Servir Servir (to serve, to be useful) is an irregular French -ir verb. Below are the simple conjugations of the verb servir; they do not include the compound tenses, which consist of a form of the auxiliary verb with the past participle. Within irregular -ir verb conjugations, there are some patterns. Two groups exhibit similar characteristics and conjugation patterns. Then there is a final, large category of extremely irregular -ir verbs that follow no pattern. Servir is an Irregular -ir- Verb Servir lies in the first group of irregular -ir verbs that display a pattern. It includes dormir, mentir, partir, sentir, servir, sortir, and all of their derivatives, such as repartir. All of these verbs share this characteristic: They all drop the last letter of the stem in the singular conjugations. For instance, first person singular of servir is je sers (no v) and first person plural is nous servons (retains the v from the stem). The more you recognize these patterns, the easier it will be to remember conjugations. Servir is Conjugated Like French Verbs Ending in -mir, -tir, -vir Generally speaking, most French verbs ending in -mir, -tir, or -vir are conjugated this way. Such verbs include: dormir to sleependormir  to put/send to sleepredormir  to sleep some morerendormir  to put back to sleepdà ©partir  to accordpartir  to leaverepartir  to restart, set off againconsentir to consentpressentir  to have a premonitionressentir  to feel, sensesentir  to feel, to smellmentir  to liese repentir  to repentsortir  to go outservir  to serve, to be useful Expressions and Usage servir quelquun de / en quelque chose to serve somebody with something / to serve something to somebodyCest difficile de se faire servir ici. /  Its difficult to get served here.Sers le cafà ©.  Pour the coffee.Puis-je te servir du poulet ?  Can I serve you some chicken ?Le dà ®ner est servi !  Dinner is ready / served !Sers-moi boire.  Give / pour me a drink.Ils nous servent toujours les mà ªmes histoires aux informations. They always dish out the same old stories on the newsServir la patrie / une cause to serve country/ a causeOn nest jamais si bien servi que par soi-mà ªme. (proverb) If you want something done right, do it yourself.Servir les intà ©rà ªts dune dette  to service a debtservir la messe  to say / hold massIl a servi, ce manteau.  I got a lot of use out of this coat !Ça na jamais servi.  Its never been used toi de servir. (tennis) Your serve.servir to be used forÇa ne sert rien de lui en parler. Its useless to talk to him / Its no use talking to him about it. Crier ne sert rien. Theres no point in shouting.servir de to act as, to beJe lui ai servi dinterprà ¨te.  I acted as his interpreter.se servir [pronominal reflexive] to help oneselfServez-vous de / en là ©gumes. Help yourself to vegetables.Je me suis servi un verre de lait.  I poured myself a glass of milk.se servir [pronominal passive] to be servedLe vin rouge se sert chambrà ©. Red wine should be served at room temperature.se servir de quelque chose to use somethingIl ne peut plus se servir de son bras droit. He cant use his right arm anymore.Cest une arme dont on ne se sert plus.  Its a weapon that is no longer used / in use.se servir de quelque chose comme  to use something asse servir de quelquun  to make use of / to use somebody Simple Conjugations of the Irregular French -ir Verb Servir Present Future Imperfect Present participle je sers servirai servais servant tu sers serviras servais il sert servira servait nous servons servirons servions vous servez servirez serviez ils servent serviront servaient Pass compos Auxiliary verb avoir Past participle servi   SubjunctiveConditionalPassà © simpleImperfect subjunctivejeserveserviraisservisservissetuservesserviraisservisservissesilserveserviraitservitservà ®tnousservionsservirionsservà ®messervissionsvousserviezserviriezservà ®tesservissiezilsserventserviraientservirentservissent Imperative (tu) sers (nous) servons (vous) servez
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