séparer
See also: separer
French
    
    
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /se.pa.ʁe/
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Conjugation
    
Conjugation of séparer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | séparer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | séparant /se.pa.ʁɑ̃/  | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | séparé /se.pa.ʁe/  | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses)  | 
present | sépare /se.paʁ/  | 
sépares /se.paʁ/  | 
sépare /se.paʁ/  | 
séparons /se.pa.ʁɔ̃/  | 
séparez /se.pa.ʁe/  | 
séparent /se.paʁ/  | 
| imperfect | séparais /se.pa.ʁɛ/  | 
séparais /se.pa.ʁɛ/  | 
séparait /se.pa.ʁɛ/  | 
séparions /se.pa.ʁjɔ̃/  | 
sépariez /se.pa.ʁje/  | 
séparaient /se.pa.ʁɛ/  | |
| past historic2 | séparai /se.pa.ʁe/  | 
séparas /se.pa.ʁa/  | 
sépara /se.pa.ʁa/  | 
séparâmes /se.pa.ʁam/  | 
séparâtes /se.pa.ʁat/  | 
séparèrent /se.pa.ʁɛʁ/  | |
| future | séparerai /se.pa.ʁə.ʁe/  | 
sépareras /se.pa.ʁə.ʁa/  | 
séparera /se.pa.ʁə.ʁa/  | 
séparerons /se.pa.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/  | 
séparerez /se.pa.ʁə.ʁe/  | 
sépareront /se.pa.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/  | |
| conditional | séparerais /se.pa.ʁə.ʁɛ/  | 
séparerais /se.pa.ʁə.ʁɛ/  | 
séparerait /se.pa.ʁə.ʁɛ/  | 
séparerions /se.pa.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/  | 
sépareriez /se.pa.ʁə.ʁje/  | 
sépareraient /se.pa.ʁə.ʁɛ/  | |
| (compound tenses)  | 
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses)  | 
present | sépare /se.paʁ/  | 
sépares /se.paʁ/  | 
sépare /se.paʁ/  | 
séparions /se.pa.ʁjɔ̃/  | 
sépariez /se.pa.ʁje/  | 
séparent /se.paʁ/  | 
| imperfect2 | séparasse /se.pa.ʁas/  | 
séparasses /se.pa.ʁas/  | 
séparât /se.pa.ʁa/  | 
séparassions /se.pa.ʁa.sjɔ̃/  | 
séparassiez /se.pa.ʁa.sje/  | 
séparassent /se.pa.ʁas/  | |
| (compound tenses)  | 
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | sépare /se.paʁ/  | 
— | séparons /se.pa.ʁɔ̃/  | 
séparez /se.pa.ʁe/  | 
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
 (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).  | |||||||
Derived terms
    
Further reading
    
- “séparer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
 
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