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.

PresentPerfect

jesors
tusors
il/ellesort
noussortons
voussortez
ils/ellessortent
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jesuis sorti(e)
tues sorti(e)
il/elleest sorti(e)
noussommes sorti(e)s
vousêtes sorti(e)(s)
ils/ellessont sorti(e)s
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ImperfectPluperfect

jesortais
tusortais
il/ellesortait
noussortions
voussortiez
ils/ellessortaient
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j'étais sorti(e)
tuétais sorti(e)
il/elleétait sorti(e)
nousétions sorti(e)s
vousétiez sorti(e)(s)
ils/ellesétaient sorti(e)s
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FutureFuture-perfect

jesortirai
tusortiras
il/ellesortira
noussortirons
voussortirez
ils/ellessortiront
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jeserai sorti(e)
tuseras sorti(e)
il/ellesera sorti(e)
nousserons sorti(e)s
vousserez sorti(e)(s)
ils/ellesseront sorti(e)s
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ConditionalConditional perfect

jesortirais
tusortirais
il/ellesortirait
noussortirions
voussortiriez
ils/ellessortiraient
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jeserais sorti(e)
tuserais sorti(e)
il/elleserait sorti(e)
nousserions sorti(e)s
vousseriez sorti(e)(s)
ils/ellesseraient sorti(e)s
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Present subjunctivePerfect subjunctive

jesorte
tusortes
il/ellesorte
noussortions
voussortiez
ils/ellessortent
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jesois sorti(e)
tusois sorti(e)
il/ellesoit sorti(e)
noussoyons sorti(e)s
voussoyez sorti(e)(s)
ils/ellessoient sorti(e)s
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Past historicPast anterior

jesortis
tusortis
il/ellesortit
noussortîmes
voussortîtes
ils/ellessortirent
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jefus sorti(e)
tufus sorti(e)
il/ellefut sorti(e)
nousfûmes sorti(e)s
vousfûtes sorti(e)(s)
ils/ellesfurent sorti(e)s
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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.