Present
Présent · now, habits and facts
- it is about
FRENCH VERB
s'agir
to be about
- #271 most used
- Regular -ir verb
- Past participle: agi
- Present participle: s’agissant
Conjugation
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Past
Passé composé · finished actions
- it was about
Imperfect
Imparfait · “used to” and “was …ing”
- it used to be about
Future
Futur simple · plans; in speech, “je vais parler” is just as common
- it will be about
Conditional
Conditionnel · “would”, polite requests
- it would be about
Present subjunctive
Subjonctif présent · wishes, doubts, “il faut que …”
- (that) it be about
How to use s'agir
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
Il s'agit d'un film sur la guerre.
It's a film about the war.
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Past
Il s'est agi d'une simple erreur de calcul.
It was simply a calculation error.
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Imperfect
Il s'agissait de ma voisine, pas de ma sœur.
It was about my neighbour, not my sister.
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Future
Demain, il s'agira de convaincre le patron.
Tomorrow it'll be a matter of convincing the boss.
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Conditional
Il s'agirait d'un nouveau virus, d'après la radio.
It's apparently a new virus, according to the radio.
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Present subjunctive
Je doute qu'il s'agisse de la même personne.
I doubt it's the same person.
Good to know
- Only with il : il s'agit de + noun or infinitive is it's about, it's a matter of. De quoi s'agit-il ? is what is it about?
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ir verb.