se sortir — French conjugation

to get oneself out

IrregularReflexivesortir → se sortirAuxiliaryêtre

Indicative

Present (Présent) Irregular

Use the présent for habits, what is true now, and what is about to happen soon. A single set of endings covers what English often splits into “I speak” and “I am speaking”.

Elle parle arabe et français.

PronounFrench
jeme sors
tute sors
il/ellese sort
nousnous sortons
vousvous sortez
ils/ellesse sortent

Simple past (Passé simple) Regular

The passé simple narrates completed past events in a literary or very formal style. In everyday conversation people use the passé composé instead, so you mostly meet this form in books and journalism.

Ils virent le roi s'approcher.

PronounFrench
jeme sortis
tute sortis
il/ellese sortit
nousnous sortîmes
vousvous sortîtes
ils/ellesse sortirent

Imperfect (Imparfait) Irregular

The imparfait describes ongoing or repeated past actions and sets the background — how things were, what used to happen, weather, feelings. The passé composé, by contrast, marks single completed events.

Quand j'étais petit, j'allais souvent à la piscine.

PronounFrench
jeme sortais
tute sortais
il/ellese sortait
nousnous sortions
vousvous sortiez
ils/ellesse sortaient

Conditional (Conditionnel) Regular

The conditionnel is for polite questions and requests, “would”-type hypotheticals, and what someone said would happen. It is also the usual consequent clause in si + imparfait → conditionnel patterns.

Pourriez-vous répéter, s'il vous plaît ?

PronounFrench
jeme sortirais
tute sortirais
il/ellese sortirait
nousnous sortirions
vousvous sortiriez
ils/ellesse sortiraient

Future (Futur) Regular

The futur is for future plans and objective predictions. In speech, aller + infinitive is often clearer for the immediate future, while the simple future is common for facts further ahead or in writing.

Demain, nous dînerons chez eux.

PronounFrench
jeme sortirai
tute sortiras
il/ellese sortira
nousnous sortirons
vousvous sortirez
ils/ellesse sortiront

Subjunctive

Present subjunctive (Subjonctif présent) Irregular

The present subjunctive appears in subordinate clauses after desire, doubt, fear, need, and many impersonals, usually when the subject of the subordinate is different. Learn common triggers: il faut que, je veux que, je doute que…

Il faut qu'il parte avant midi.

PronounFrench
jeme sorte
tute sortes
il/ellese sorte
nousnous sortions
vousvous sortiez
ils/ellesse sortent

Imperfect subjunctive (Subjonctif imparfait) Regular

The imparfait du subjonctif is a literary and formal past subjunctive. In modern speech, the present subjunctive usually replaces it for the same meaning.

Bien qu'il fût fatigué, il continua.

PronounFrench
jeme sortisse
tute sortisses
il/ellese sortît
nousnous sortissions
vousvous sortissiez
ils/ellesse sortissent