Kilo Lingo

/sɔʁtiʁ/

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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

Verb type-ir regular (2nd group)

Conjugation

Regular -ir (finir-style) conjugation. Pronouns: je, tu, il/elle, nous, vous, ils/elles.

Indicative

Person PresentImperfectPast historicFutureConditional
jesortissortissaissortissortiraisortirais
tusortissortissaissortissortirassortirais
il/ellesortitsortissaitsortitsortirasortirait
noussortissonssortissionssortîmessortironssortirions
voussortissezsortissiezsortîtessortirezsortiriez
ils/ellessortissentsortissaientsortirentsortirontsortiraient

Subjunctive

Person PresentImperfect
jesortissesortisse
tusortissessortisses
il/ellesortissesortît
noussortissionssortissions
voussortissiezsortissiez
ils/ellessortissentsortissent

Imperative

Person Affirmative
tusortis
noussortissons
voussortissez

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.

cartons .

These boxes need to be taken out of the office before the end of the day.

auteur .

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.

Sortir 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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