Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb scier
Introduction to the verb scier
The English translation of the French verb scier is “to saw.” It is pronounced as “see-ay.”
Scier comes from the Old French word “sierr,” which is derived from the Latin word “secare,” meaning “to cut.” In everyday French, scier is most often used to describe the action of sawing or cutting something with a saw.
Examples:
- Je vais scier du bois pour faire une étagère. (I am going to saw wood to make a shelf.)
- Tu peux m’aider à scier cette branche d’arbre? (Can you help me saw this tree branch?)
- Il a utilisé une scie électrique pour scier les planches en deux. (He used an electric saw to cut the planks in half.)
Scier – About the French Present Tense
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Common Everyday Usage Patterns For Le Present
Interactions with Other Tenses
Table of the Present Tense Conjugation of scier
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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Je | scie | Je scie du bois. | I saw some wood. |
Tu | scies | Tu scies les planches. | You saw the planks. |
Il | scie | Il scie avec précision. | He saw with precision. |
Elle | scie | Elle scie les branches. | She sawed the branches. |
On | scie | On scie ensemble. | We saw together. |
Nous | scions | Nous scions du bois. | We are sawing some wood. |
Vous | sciez | Vous sciez les poutres. | You saw the beams. |
Ils | scient | Ils scient le tronc. | They saw the trunk. |
Elles | scient | Elles scient les branches. | They saw the branches. |
Other Conjugations for Scier.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb scier (this article)
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb scier
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb scier
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb scier
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb scier
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb scier
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb scier
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb scier
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb scier
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb scier
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb scier
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb scier
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb scier
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb scier
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb scier
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb scier
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb scier
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