Daily Verb Lesson: French for find oneself is se trouver
The French for find oneself is the regular ER reflexive verb se trouver. To remember this, imagine you find yourself on a TROVE of treasure!se trouver can also mean; to be (situated); to feel; to consider; to happen to be.
Related words include:
- se trouver à (Paris) (v) : to be (situated) in (Paris).
- se trouver bien/mal (v) : to feel well/bad.
- il se trouve que ... : it so happens that...
- la trouvaille (nf) : find, discovery; invention, brainwave, bright idea.
The meaning of verbs can change when in the Reflexive. They often show action done to oneself or between each other, and use the Reflexive Pronoun (me, te, se, nous, vous, se). Reflexive verbs also take être in the compound tenses and the Past Participle agrees in number and gender with the subject.
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Imagine you find yourself on a TROVE of treasure!
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Présent find oneself |
trouve | trouves | trouve | trouvons | trouvez | trouvent |
| Past Imperfect Imparfait found oneself |
trouvais | trouvais | trouvait | trouvions | trouviez | trouvaient |
| Simple Past Passé Simple found oneself |
trouvai | trouvas | trouva | trouvâmes | trouvâtes | trouvèrent |
| Future Futur will find oneself |
trouverai | trouveras | trouvera | trouverons | trouverez | trouveront |
| Conditional Conditionnel would find oneself |
trouverais | trouverais | trouverait | trouverions | trouveriez | trouveraient |
| Subjunctive Subjonctif may find oneself |
trouve | trouves | trouve | trouvions | trouviez | trouvent |
| Present Perfect Passé Composé have found oneself |
me suis trouvé(e) |
t'es trouvé(e) |
s'est trouvé(e) |
nous sommes trouvé(e)s |
vous êtes trouvé(e)s |
se sont trouvé(e)s |
| Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had found oneself |
m'étais trouvé(e) |
t'étais trouvé(e) |
s'était trouvé(e) |
nous étions trouvé(e)s |
vous étiez trouvé(e)s |
s'étaient trouvé(e)s |
| Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will've found oneself |
me serai trouvé(e) |
te seras trouvé(e) |
se sera trouvé(e) |
nous serons trouvé(e)s |
vous serez trouvé(e)s |
se seront trouvé(e)s |
| Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would've found oneself |
me serais trouvé(e) |
te serais trouvé(e) |
se serait trouvé(e) |
nous serions trouvé(e)s |
vous seriez trouvé(e)s | se seraient trouvé(e)s |
| Imperative Imperatif find oneself! |
trouve-toi ! | trouvons-nous ! | trouvez-vous ! | |||
✔ se trouver is a regular ER reflexive verb. There are over 5,000 ER verbs these being the most common verbs in French.
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