sommeiller
French
Etymology
From sommeil + -er. Cf. also Vulgar Latin *somniculāre, whence also Italian sonnecchiare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɔ.mɛ.je/ ~ /sɔ.me.je/
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Verb
sommeiller
Conjugation
Conjugation of sommeiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | sommeiller | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | sommeillant /sɔ.mɛ.jɑ̃/ or /sɔ.me.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | sommeillé /sɔ.mɛ.je/ or /sɔ.me.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | sommeille /sɔ.mɛj/ |
sommeilles /sɔ.mɛj/ |
sommeille /sɔ.mɛj/ |
sommeillons /sɔ.mɛ.jɔ̃/ or /sɔ.me.jɔ̃/ |
sommeillez /sɔ.mɛ.je/ or /sɔ.me.je/ |
sommeillent /sɔ.mɛj/ |
| imperfect | sommeillais /sɔ.mɛ.jɛ/ or /sɔ.me.jɛ/ |
sommeillais /sɔ.mɛ.jɛ/ or /sɔ.me.jɛ/ |
sommeillait /sɔ.mɛ.jɛ/ or /sɔ.me.jɛ/ |
sommeillions /sɔ.mɛj.jɔ̃/ |
sommeilliez /sɔ.mɛj.je/ |
sommeillaient /sɔ.mɛ.jɛ/ or /sɔ.me.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | sommeillai /sɔ.mɛ.je/ or /sɔ.me.je/ |
sommeillas /sɔ.mɛ.ja/ or /sɔ.me.ja/ |
sommeilla /sɔ.mɛ.ja/ or /sɔ.me.ja/ |
sommeillâmes /sɔ.mɛ.jam/ or /sɔ.me.jam/ |
sommeillâtes /sɔ.mɛ.jat/ or /sɔ.me.jat/ |
sommeillèrent /sɔ.mɛ.jɛʁ/ or /sɔ.me.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | sommeillerai /sɔ.mɛj.ʁe/ |
sommeilleras /sɔ.mɛj.ʁa/ |
sommeillera /sɔ.mɛj.ʁa/ |
sommeillerons /sɔ.mɛj.ʁɔ̃/ |
sommeillerez /sɔ.mɛj.ʁe/ |
sommeilleront /sɔ.mɛj.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | sommeillerais /sɔ.mɛj.ʁɛ/ |
sommeillerais /sɔ.mɛj.ʁɛ/ |
sommeillerait /sɔ.mɛj.ʁɛ/ |
sommeillerions /sɔ.mɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /sɔ.me.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
sommeilleriez /sɔ.mɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /sɔ.me.jə.ʁje/ |
sommeilleraient /sɔ.mɛj.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 | sommeille /sɔ.mɛj/ |
sommeilles /sɔ.mɛj/ |
sommeille /sɔ.mɛj/ |
sommeillions /sɔ.mɛj.jɔ̃/ |
sommeilliez /sɔ.mɛj.je/ |
sommeillent /sɔ.mɛj/ |
| imperfect2 | sommeillasse /sɔ.mɛ.jas/ or /sɔ.me.jas/ |
sommeillasses /sɔ.mɛ.jas/ or /sɔ.me.jas/ |
sommeillât /sɔ.mɛ.ja/ or /sɔ.me.ja/ |
sommeillassions /sɔ.mɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /sɔ.me.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
sommeillassiez /sɔ.mɛ.ja.sje/ or /sɔ.me.ja.sje/ |
sommeillassent /sɔ.mɛ.jas/ or /sɔ.me.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | sommeille /sɔ.mɛj/ |
— | sommeillons /sɔ.mɛ.jɔ̃/ or /sɔ.me.jɔ̃/ |
sommeillez /sɔ.mɛ.je/ or /sɔ.me.je/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “sommeiller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.