Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb survoler
Introduction to the verb survoler
The English translation of the French verb survoler is “to fly over.” The infinitive form, survivre, is pronounced as “sur-vo-lay.”
The language origin of survoler can be traced back to the Latin word “super” meaning “above” or “over.” In everyday French, it is most often used to describe the action of flying over something or someone.
Three simple examples of survoler in everyday French are:
- Les avions vont survoler la ville pendant l’événement. (The planes will fly over the city during the event.)
- Nous avons survolé la forêt en hélicoptère. (We flew over the forest in a helicopter.)
- Le drone survolait le parc pour prendre des photos aériennes. (The drone was flying over the park to take aerial photos.)
Translations:
- The planes will fly over the city during the event.
- We flew over the forest in a helicopter.
- The drone was flying over the park to take aerial photos.
Survoler – 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 survoler
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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Je | survole | Je survole la ville en hélicoptère. | I fly over the city in a helicopter. |
Tu | survoles | Tu survoles les montagnes en parapente. | You fly over the mountains in a paraglider. |
Il | survole | Il survole l’océan en avion. | He flies over the ocean in a plane. |
Elle | survole | Elle survole la forêt en montgolfière. | She flies over the forest in a hot air balloon. |
On | survole | On survole le désert en hélicoptère. | We fly over the desert in a helicopter. |
Nous | survolons | Nous survolons la campagne en montgolfière. | We fly over the countryside in a hot air balloon. |
Vous | survolez | Vous survolez la ville en avion. | You fly over the city in a plane. |
Ils | survolent | Ils survolent les montagnes en parapente. | They fly over the mountains in a paraglider. |
Elles | survolent | Elles survolent l’océan en hélicoptère. | They fly over the ocean in a helicopter. |
Other Conjugations for Survoler.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb survoler (this article)
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb survoler
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb survoler
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb survoler
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb survoler
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb survoler
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb survoler
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb survoler
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb survoler
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb survoler
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb survoler
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb survoler
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb survoler
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb survoler
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb survoler
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb survoler
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb survoler
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