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FRENCH VERB

se marier

to get married

  • #190 most used
  • Regular -er verb
  • Past participle: marié
  • Present participle: se mariant

Conjugation

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Present

Présent · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passé composé · finished actions

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

Imperfect

Imparfait · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Conditionnel · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Impératif · requests and orders

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

How to use se marier

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

  1. Present

    Ma cousine se marie en juin à Annecy.

    My cousin's getting married in June in Annecy.

  2. Past

    Ils se sont mariés à la mairie, tout simplement.

    They got married at the town hall, very simply.

  3. Imperfect

    À l'époque, les gens se mariaient très jeunes.

    Back then, people got married very young.

  4. Future

    On se mariera au printemps prochain, c'est décidé.

    We'll get married next spring, it's decided.

  5. Conditional

    Tu te marierais à l'étranger, toi ?

    Would you get married abroad?

  6. Present subjunctive

    Ses parents veulent qu'elle se marie à l'église.

    Her parents want her to get married in church.

  7. Imperative

    Mariez-vous pour les bonnes raisons, pas pour les papiers.

    Get married for the right reasons, not for the papers.

Good to know

  • Se marier avec quelqu'un: elle s'est mariée avec Paul.

Where you hear se marier

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

French · Beginner Level 2

  • Ma cousine se marie en novembre. My cousin is getting married in November.
  • Patrick et moi, on s'est mariés à Lyon. Patrick and I got married in Lyon.
  • Un jour, je vais me marier. One day, I'm going to get married.
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