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pressentir: Conjugation

The pressentir conjugation tables below show how to form the French verb pressentir according to tense and person. To listen to the pronunciation of a given tense of pressentir, click on the loudspeaker icon at the bottom of the table. See the notes on the conjugation of pressentir at the end of this page.

Present	Perfect
je pressens tu pressens il/elle pressent nous pressentons vous pressentez ils/elles pressentent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai pressenti tu as pressenti il/elle a pressenti nous avons pressenti vous avez pressenti ils/elles ont pressenti Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je pressentais tu pressentais il/elle pressentait nous pressentions vous pressentiez ils/elles pressentaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais pressenti tu avais pressenti il/elle avait pressenti nous avions pressenti vous aviez pressenti ils/elles avaient pressenti Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je pressentirai tu pressentiras il/elle pressentira nous pressentirons vous pressentirez ils/elles pressentiront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai pressenti tu auras pressenti il/elle aura pressenti nous aurons pressenti vous aurez pressenti ils/elles auront pressenti Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je pressentirais tu pressentirais il/elle pressentirait nous pressentirions vous pressentiriez ils/elles pressentiraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais pressenti tu aurais pressenti il/elle aurait pressenti nous aurions pressenti vous auriez pressenti ils/elles auraient pressenti Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je pressente tu pressentes il/elle pressente nous pressentions vous pressentiez ils/elles pressentent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie pressenti tu aies pressenti il/elle ait pressenti nous ayons pressenti vous ayez pressenti ils/elles aient pressenti Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je pressentis tu pressentis il/elle pressentit nous pressentîmes vous pressentîtes ils/elles pressentirent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus pressenti tu eus pressenti il/elle eut pressenti nous eûmes pressenti vous eûtes pressenti ils/elles eurent pressenti Pronounce these verb forms

This verb belongs to a pattern in which there is a 'characteristic consonant' immediately before the -ir of the infinitive. This consonant is absent in the singular present tense forms, but appears in other forms. These verbs also characteristically have a past participle ending in -i.

Apart from the behaviour of the characteristic consonant, this verb pattern is very similar to the regular -ir pattern, but without -ss- before its endings. It is also similar to the regular -er pattern but with -i in the past participle, and present tense singular endings -s/-t.

Common verbs following this pattern include: dormir (to sleep), mentir (to lie, not tell the truth), partir (to leave), sentir (to feel, smell), servir (to serve), sortir (to go/come out). Compounds such as endormir to put to sleep naturally follow the same pattern.