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Conjugation of the French verb saisir

A list of the common conjugations for the French verb saisir, along with their English translations.

saisir is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
saisir	to understand

Present		Scored
je saisis	I understand
tu saisis	you understand
il saisit	he understands
elle saisit	she understands
nous saisissons	we understand
vous saisissez	you understand
ils saisissent	they understand
elles saisissent	they understand

Imperfect		Scored
je saisissais	I was understanding
tu saisissais	you were understanding
il saisissait	he was understanding
elle saisissait	she was understanding
nous saisissions	we were understanding
vous saisissiez	you were understanding
ils saisissaient	they were understanding
elles saisissaient	they were understanding

Past Historic / Passé Simple This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passé Composé is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
je saisis	I understood
tu saisis	you understood
il saisit	he understood
elle saisit	she understood
nous saisîmes	we understood
vous saisîtes	you understood
ils saisirent	they understood
elles saisirent	they understood

Passé Composé		Scored
j'ai saisi	I have understood
tu as saisi	you have understood
il a saisi	he has understood
elle a saisi	she has understood
nous avons saisi	we have understood
vous avez saisi	you have understood
ils ont saisi	they have understood
elles ont saisi	they have understood

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfait		Scored
j'avais saisi	I had understood
tu avais saisi	you had understood
il avait saisi	he had understood
elle avait saisi	she had understood
nous avions saisi	we had understood
vous aviez saisi	you had understood
ils avaient saisi	they had understood
elles avaient saisi	they had understood

Future		Scored
je saisirai	I will understand
tu saisiras	you will understand
il saisira	he will understand
elle saisira	she will understand
nous saisirons	we will understand
vous saisirez	you will understand
ils saisiront	they will understand
elles saisiront	they will understand

Future Perfect / Futur antérieur The French Future Perfect or Futur antérieur is made with the future tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurai saisi	I will have understood
tu auras saisi	you will have understood
il aura saisi	he will have understood
elle aura saisi	she will have understood
nous aurons saisi	we will have understood
vous aurez saisi	you will have understood
ils auront saisi	they will have understood
elles auront saisi	they will have understood

Conditional		Scored
je saisirais	I would understand
tu saisirais	you would understand
il saisirait	he would understand
elle saisirait	she would understand
nous saisirions	we would understand
vous saisiriez	you would understand
ils saisiraient	they would understand
elles saisiraient	they would understand

Conditional Perfect / Conditionnel passé The French Conditional Perfect (the past conditional) or Conditionnel passé is made with the conditional tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurais saisi	I would have understood
tu aurais saisi	you would have understood
il aurait saisi	he would have understood
elle aurait saisi	she would have understood
nous aurions saisi	we would have understood
vous auriez saisi	you would have understood
ils auraient saisi	they would have understood
elles auraient saisi	they would have understood

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je saisisse	(... that) I understand
(... que) tu saisisses	(... that) you understand
(... que) il saisisse	(... that) he understands
(... que) elle saisisse	(... that) she understands
(... que) nous saisissions	(... that) we understand
(... que) vous saisissiez	(... that) you understand
(... que) ils saisissent	(... that) they understand
(... que) elles saisissent	(... that) they understand

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je saisisse	(... that) I was understanding
(... que) tu saisisses	(... that) you were understanding
(... que) il saisît	(... that) he was understanding
(... que) elle saisît	(... that) she was understanding
(... que) nous saisissions	(... that) we were understanding
(... que) vous saisissiez	(... that) you were understanding
(... que) ils saisissent	(... that) they were understanding
(... que) elles saisissent	(... that) they were understanding

Imperative		Scored
saisis	Understand
saisissons	Let's understand
saisissez	Understand

Present Participle		Scored
saisissant	understanding

Past Participle		Scored
saisi	understood

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