suturer — French conjugation

to suture

Frequency#1270Regular

Indicative

Present (Présent) Regular

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.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jesutureI suture
tusuturesyou suture
il/ellesuturehe/she/it sutures
noussuturonswe suture
voussuturezyou (pl.) suture
ils/ellessuturentthey suture

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.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jesuturaiI sutured
tusuturasyou sutured
il/ellesuturahe/she/it sutured
noussuturâmeswe sutured
voussuturâtesyou (pl.) sutured
ils/ellessuturèrentthey sutured

Imperfect (Imparfait) Regular

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
jesuturais
tusuturais
il/ellesuturait
noussuturions
voussuturiez
ils/ellessuturaient

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 ?

PronounFrenchEnglish
jesutureraisI would suture
tusutureraisyou would suture
il/ellesutureraithe/she/it would suture
noussuturerionswe would suture
voussutureriezyou (pl.) would suture
ils/ellessutureraientthey would suture

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.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jesutureraiI will suture
tusuturerasyou will suture
il/ellesuturerahe/she/it will suture
noussutureronswe will suture
voussuturerezyou (pl.) will suture
ils/ellessuturerontthey will suture

Present perfect (Passé composé) Regular

The passé composé is the main spoken past for completed, bounded actions (often with a time adverb). Use avoir with most verbs; être is required for a fixed group of motion/inchange and all pronominal verbs, with participle agreement when necessary.

Elle est venue tôt, puis elle a téléphoné.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'ai suturéI have sutured
tutu as suturéyou have sutured
il/elleil/elle a suturéhe/she/it has sutured
nousnous avons suturéwe have sutured
vousvous avez suturéyou (pl.) have sutured
ils/ellesils/elles ont suturéthey have sutured

Pluperfect (Plus-que-parfait) Regular

The plus-que-parfait is the “earlier past”: one action was already over before another past moment. It answers “had already” when a story is anchored in a past time.

Déjà, il avait fini quand je suis arrivé.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'avais suturéI had sutured
tutu avais suturéyou had sutured
il/elleil/elle avait suturéhe/she/it had sutured
nousnous avions suturéwe had sutured
vousvous aviez suturéyou (pl.) had sutured
ils/ellesils/elles avaient suturéthey had sutured

Conditional perfect (Conditionnel passé) Regular

The conditionnel passé states what would have been true, plans that failed, and unreal past if-clauses (often with si + plus-que-parfait in the apodose).

J'aurais dit oui, mais c'était impossible.

PronounFrench
jej'aurais suturé
tutu aurais suturé
il/elleil/elle aurait suturé
nousnous aurions suturé
vousvous auriez suturé
ils/ellesils/elles auraient suturé

Future perfect (Futur antérieur) Regular

The futur antérieur marks an action that will be finished before a later future moment (by then I will have…). It can also suggest a conjecture about a recent past fact in formal or literary use.

D'ici samedi, j'aurai lu le rapport.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'aurai suturéI will have sutured
tutu auras suturéyou will have sutured
il/elleil/elle aura suturéhe/she/it will have sutured
nousnous aurons suturéwe will have sutured
vousvous aurez suturéyou (pl.) will have sutured
ils/ellesils/elles auront suturéthey will have sutured

Subjunctive

Present subjunctive (Subjonctif présent) Regular

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
jesuture
tusutures
il/ellesuture
noussuturions
voussuturiez
ils/ellessuturent

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
jesuturasse
tusuturasses
il/ellesuturât
noussuturassions
voussuturassiez
ils/ellessuturassent

Other forms

Imperative (Impératif) Regular

The imperative is for direct orders and advice to tu, nous, and vous. For many -er verbs, the tu form drops the final -s of the present (parle!); negatives use the subjunctive-like forms in practice.

Fermons la porte, s'il vous plaît !

PronounFrench
tusuture
noussuturons
voussuturez