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Conjugation
Objective: Conjugate suivre across all six persons, apply the past participle suivi, and use the verb to describe educational, professional, and procedural trajectories.
| Pronoun | Form | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | suis | I follow |
| tu | suis | you follow |
| il / elle / on | suit | he follows |
| nous | suivons | we follow |
| vous | suivez | you follow |
| ils / elles | suivent | they follow |
The first-person and second-person singular of suivre are both suis, and the ending -t belongs only to the third-person singular il suit.
Suivre follows the pattern of regular -re verbs in the plural: nous suivons, vous suivez. The ending -ez belongs only to the vous form.
Suis here is the first-person singular of suivre, and the following direct object cours makes the meaning clear.
Suivre takes a direct object, so the noun cours follows the verb without a preposition.
The past participle of suivre is suivi, and the auxiliary avoir precedes it.
The third-person singular of suivre ends in -t, producing suit. The verb is transitive and takes a direct object.
The imperative suivez appears in the vous form and is standard in manuals and regulations.
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The past participle of suivre is suivi, never suivé. The participle ends in -i, like the participles of finir and partir.
Suivre takes a direct object and never a preposition. The sentence meaning to attend a meeting uses the separate verb assister à, as in il a assisté à la réunion.
The expression à la lettre means to the letter. The verb takes a direct object.
In the passive construction, the participle suivie agrees with the feminine subject procédure.
The noun suivi is derived from the verb and names the act of following up. It appears frequently in administrative writing.