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FRENCH VERB

s'organiser

to get organised

  • Regular -er verb
  • Past participle: organisé
  • Present participle: s’organisant

Conjugation

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Present

Présent · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passé composé · finished actions

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

Imperfect

Imparfait · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Conditionnel · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Impératif · requests and orders

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

How to use s'organiser

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

  1. Present

    On s'organise pour que quelqu'un garde les enfants.

    We're arranging for someone to look after the kids.

  2. Past

    Je me suis organisé pour finir à midi vendredi.

    I arranged things so I finish at noon on Friday.

  3. Imperfect

    Avant, elle s'organisait mieux, avec des listes.

    She used to be better organised, with lists.

  4. Future

    On s'organisera mieux pour le prochain déménagement.

    We'll get better organised for the next move.

  5. Conditional

    Avec un agenda, tu t'organiserais plus facilement.

    With a diary, you'd get organised more easily.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Il faut qu'on s'organise pour les courses de Noël.

    We need to get organised for the Christmas shopping.

  7. Imperative

    Organise-toi, l'examen est dans trois semaines.

    Get organised, the exam is in three weeks.

Good to know

  • S'organiser pour faire quelque chose is to arrange things so you can do it; organiser une fête is to organise one.

Where you hear s'organiser

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

French · Fluency Level 1

  • On s'organise, je le prends le matin. We get organised, I'll have him in the morning.
  • On s'est organisés pour la grève en dix minutes. We got organised for the strike in ten minutes.
  • On s'organisera mieux la prochaine fois. We'll get organised better next time.
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The Strike

Fluency Level 1 · On s'organise. Je le prends le matin, tu le prends l'après-midi.

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