herser

French

Etymology

From herse +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /ɛʁ.se/

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Verb

herser

1. (transitive) to harrow (drag a harrow over)

Conjugation

Conjugation of herser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	herser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	hersant /ɛʁ.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		hersé /ɛʁ.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	herse /ɛʁs/	herses /ɛʁs/	herse /ɛʁs/	hersons /ɛʁ.sɔ̃/	hersez /ɛʁ.se/	hersent /ɛʁs/
	imperfect	hersais /ɛʁ.sɛ/	hersais /ɛʁ.sɛ/	hersait /ɛʁ.sɛ/	hersions /ɛʁ.sjɔ̃/	hersiez /ɛʁ.sje/	hersaient /ɛʁ.sɛ/
	past historic2	hersai /ɛʁ.se/	hersas /ɛʁ.sa/	hersa /ɛʁ.sa/	hersâmes /ɛʁ.sam/	hersâtes /ɛʁ.sat/	hersèrent /ɛʁ.sɛʁ/
	future	herserai /ɛʁ.sə.ʁe/	herseras /ɛʁ.sə.ʁa/	hersera /ɛʁ.sə.ʁa/	herserons /ɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/	herserez /ɛʁ.sə.ʁe/	herseront /ɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	herserais /ɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/	herserais /ɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/	herserait /ɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/	herserions /ɛʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	herseriez /ɛʁ.sə.ʁje/	herseraient /ɛʁ.sə.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	herse /ɛʁs/	herses /ɛʁs/	herse /ɛʁs/	hersions /ɛʁ.sjɔ̃/	hersiez /ɛʁ.sje/	hersent /ɛʁs/
	imperfect2	hersasse /ɛʁ.sas/	hersasses /ɛʁ.sas/	hersât /ɛʁ.sa/	hersassions /ɛʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/	hersassiez /ɛʁ.sa.sje/	hersassent /ɛʁ.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	herse /ɛʁs/	—	hersons /ɛʁ.sɔ̃/	hersez /ɛʁ.se/	—
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• harceler
• herse

Further reading

• “herser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.