/sɔʁtiʁ/
Translation
to go out, to leave
Word origin
Of debated origin. It is most often traced to Latin sortiri ('to draw lots, obtain by lot'), but some accounts derive it from a Vulgar Latin surrectus, from surgere ('to rise').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- sortiri
Other proposed origins
- Most often traced to Latin sortiri ('to draw lots, obtain'). (sortiri)
- Some accounts derive it from Vulgar Latin surctus, from surgere ('to rise'). (surgere)
Grammar
Conjugation
Regular -ir (finir-style) conjugation. Pronouns: je, tu, il/elle, nous, vous, ils/elles.
Indicative
| Person | Present | Imperfect | Past historic | Future | Conditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| je | sortis | sortissais | sortis | sortirai | sortirais |
| tu | sortis | sortissais | sortis | sortiras | sortirais |
| il/elle | sortit | sortissait | sortit | sortira | sortirait |
| nous | sortissons | sortissions | sortîmes | sortirons | sortirions |
| vous | sortissez | sortissiez | sortîtes | sortirez | sortiriez |
| ils/elles | sortissent | sortissaient | sortirent | sortiront | sortiraient |
Subjunctive
| Person | Present | Imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| je | sortisse | sortisse |
| tu | sortisses | sortisses |
| il/elle | sortisse | sortît |
| nous | sortissions | sortissions |
| vous | sortissiez | sortissiez |
| ils/elles | sortissent | sortissent |
Imperative
| Person | Affirmative |
|---|---|
| tu | sortis |
| nous | sortissons |
| vous | sortissez |
Non-finite
- Gerund / present participle
- sortissant
- Past participle
- sorti · sortie · sortis · sorties
Examples
tous .
She goes out with her friends every Friday evening in town.
.
These boxes need to be taken out of the office before the end of the day.
cet .
This author's new novel came out last week.
' , pleut .
I don't feel like going out tonight, it's raining too much.
.
She left the room without saying a word.
a deux conjugaisons : intransitif (avec être aux temps composés : il est sorti) et transitif (avec avoir : il a sorti son téléphone). La distinction est importante pour l'accord du participe passé. Sortir intransitif signifie quitter un lieu ou aller dehors ; transitif signifie sortir quelque chose de quelque part.
S'en sortir (to manage, to cope, to get through it) est une expression très fréquente : tu t'en sors ? (are you coping?, do you manage?). Sortir de (to come from, to emerge from, to graduate from) : il sort de Sciences Po. Faire sortir (to take out, to produce) est la causative. En sortir (to get out of a difficult situation) : comment s'en sortir ?
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Stories
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Le bus manqué
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Le jour du travail
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Le nouveau docteur
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Le nouveau voisin
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Le premier jour de travail
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Un matin au marché
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Une rencontre au marché
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Dubois fait tout refaire
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Elle commence à comprendre
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En rentrant chez elle
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French Verb Conjugation: The Complete Rules with Examples
French Demonstrative Pronouns: celui, celle, ceux, celles
Faire causatif: Having Things Done in French
Infinitive or Subjunctive: The French Same-Subject Rule
French Intermediate Grammar (B1-B2): The Things That Stop You at the Plateau
French Irregular Verbs: The Core Set, the -ir Split and the Patterns That Repeat
French Passé Composé: avoir or être + Past Participle and the MRS VANDERTRAMP Set
Sequencing French Past Tenses: Passé Composé, Imparfait and Plus-que-parfait Together
The French Pluperfect (le plus-que-parfait): The Past Before the Past
j'aurais dû, tu aurais pu: French Regrets and Reproaches
French si Clauses: The Three Types of Conditional Sentence
The French Subjunctive After Conjunctions
French Verbs with à, de or Nothing Before an Infinitive
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