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sentir: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je sens tu sens il/elle sent nous sentons vous sentez ils/elles sentent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai senti tu as senti il/elle a senti nous avons senti vous avez senti ils/elles ont senti Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je sentais tu sentais il/elle sentait nous sentions vous sentiez ils/elles sentaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais senti tu avais senti il/elle avait senti nous avions senti vous aviez senti ils/elles avaient senti Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je sentirai tu sentiras il/elle sentira nous sentirons vous sentirez ils/elles sentiront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai senti tu auras senti il/elle aura senti nous aurons senti vous aurez senti ils/elles auront senti Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je sentirais tu sentirais il/elle sentirait nous sentirions vous sentiriez ils/elles sentiraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais senti tu aurais senti il/elle aurait senti nous aurions senti vous auriez senti ils/elles auraient senti Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je sente tu sentes il/elle sente nous sentions vous sentiez ils/elles sentent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie senti tu aies senti il/elle ait senti nous ayons senti vous ayez senti ils/elles aient senti Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je sentis tu sentis il/elle sentit nous sentîmes vous sentîtes ils/elles sentirent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus senti tu eus senti il/elle eut senti nous eûmes senti vous eûtes senti ils/elles eurent senti 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.