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FRENCH VERB

s'éteindre

to go out, to die away

  • Irregular -re verb
  • Past participle: éteint
  • Present participle: s’éteignant

Conjugation

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Present

Présent · now, habits and facts

  1. je I go out
  2. tu you go out
  3. il, elle, on he/she goes out
  4. nous we go out
  5. vous you go out
  6. ils, elles they go out

Past

Passé composé · finished actions

  1. je I went out
  2. tu you went out
  3. il, elle, on he/she went out
  4. nous we went out
  5. vous you went out
  6. ils, elles they went out

Imperfect

Imparfait · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. je I used to go out
  2. tu you used to go out
  3. il, elle, on he/she used to go out
  4. nous we used to go out
  5. vous you used to go out
  6. ils, elles they used to go out

Future

Futur simple · plans; in speech, “je vais parler” is just as common

  1. je I will go out
  2. tu you will go out
  3. il, elle, on he/she will go out
  4. nous we will go out
  5. vous you will go out
  6. ils, elles they will go out

Conditional

Conditionnel · “would”, polite requests

  1. je I would go out
  2. tu you would go out
  3. il, elle, on he/she would go out
  4. nous we would go out
  5. vous you would go out
  6. ils, elles they would go out

Present subjunctive

Subjonctif présent · wishes, doubts, “il faut que …”

  1. je (that) I go out
  2. tu (that) you go out
  3. il, elle, on (that) he/she go out
  4. nous (that) we go out
  5. vous (that) you go out
  6. ils, elles (that) they go out

Imperative

Impératif · requests and orders

  1. tu go out!
  2. nous go out! (let’s)
  3. vous go out! (plural, or formal)

How to use s'éteindre

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Mon téléphone s'éteint tout seul depuis hier.

    My phone has been switching itself off since yesterday.

  2. Past

    Les lumières se sont éteintes d'un coup.

    The lights went out all at once.

  3. Imperfect

    Le feu s'éteignait doucement dans la cheminée.

    The fire was dying down slowly in the fireplace.

  4. Future

    L'écran s'éteindra après deux minutes sans rien faire.

    The screen will go off after two minutes of nothing.

  5. Conditional

    Sans bois, le feu s'éteindrait en une heure.

    Without wood, the fire would go out in an hour.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Souffle avant que la bougie s'éteigne toute seule.

    Blow before the candle goes out by itself.

  7. Imperative

    Éteins-toi, saleté d'alarme !

    Switch yourself off, you wretched alarm!

Good to know

  • La lumière s'éteint, le feu s'éteint; a phone qui s'éteint tout seul switches itself off; s'éteindre is also a gentle word for dying.

Where you hear s'éteindre

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

French · Fluency Level 2

  • Une école qui ferme, c'est un village qui s'éteint. A school that closes is a village that goes out.
  • Les lumières se sont éteintes à minuit. The lights went out at midnight.
  • Le village ne s'éteindra pas cette année. The village won't go out this year.
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