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sortir: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je sors tu sors il/elle sort nous sortons vous sortez ils/elles sortent Pronounce these verb forms	je suis sorti(e) tu es sorti(e) il/elle est sorti(e) nous sommes sorti(e)s vous êtes sorti(e)(s) ils/elles sont sorti(e)s Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je sortais tu sortais il/elle sortait nous sortions vous sortiez ils/elles sortaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' étais sorti(e) tu étais sorti(e) il/elle était sorti(e) nous étions sorti(e)s vous étiez sorti(e)(s) ils/elles étaient sorti(e)s Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je sortirai tu sortiras il/elle sortira nous sortirons vous sortirez ils/elles sortiront Pronounce these verb forms	je serai sorti(e) tu seras sorti(e) il/elle sera sorti(e) nous serons sorti(e)s vous serez sorti(e)(s) ils/elles seront sorti(e)s Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je sortirais tu sortirais il/elle sortirait nous sortirions vous sortiriez ils/elles sortiraient Pronounce these verb forms	je serais sorti(e) tu serais sorti(e) il/elle serait sorti(e) nous serions sorti(e)s vous seriez sorti(e)(s) ils/elles seraient sorti(e)s Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je sorte tu sortes il/elle sorte nous sortions vous sortiez ils/elles sortent Pronounce these verb forms	je sois sorti(e) tu sois sorti(e) il/elle soit sorti(e) nous soyons sorti(e)s vous soyez sorti(e)(s) ils/elles soient sorti(e)s Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je sortis tu sortis il/elle sortit nous sortîmes vous sortîtes ils/elles sortirent Pronounce these verb forms	je fus sorti(e) tu fus sorti(e) il/elle fut sorti(e) nous fûmes sorti(e)s vous fûtes sorti(e)(s) ils/elles furent sorti(e)s 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.