poser
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verb
- to stop carrying, to put downsomething or somebody
- to ask or posea question
- to landa plane
- to lay, place
- to install, fit
Forms
Present
| I | pose |
|---|---|
| you | poses |
| he, she, it | pose |
| we | posons |
| you (plural) | posez |
| they | posent |
Imperfect
| I | posais |
|---|---|
| you | posais |
| he, she, it | posait |
| we | posions |
| you (plural) | posiez |
| they | posaient |
Past historic
| I | posai |
|---|---|
| you | posas |
| he, she, it | posa |
| we | posâmes |
| you (plural) | posâtes |
| they | posèrent |
Future
| I | poserai |
|---|---|
| you | poseras |
| he, she, it | posera |
| we | poserons |
| you (plural) | poserez |
| they | poseront |
Conditional
| I | poserais |
|---|---|
| you | poserais |
| he, she, it | poserait |
| we | poserions |
| you (plural) | poseriez |
| they | poseraient |
Subjunctive
| I | pose |
|---|---|
| you | poses |
| he, she, it | pose |
| we | posions |
| you (plural) | posiez |
| they | posent |
Imperfect subjunctive
| I | posasse |
|---|---|
| you | posasses |
| he, she, it | posât |
| we | posassions |
| you (plural) | posassiez |
| they | posassent |
Imperative
| you | pose |
|---|---|
| we | posons |
| you (plural) | posez |
Other forms
| infinitive | poser |
|---|---|
| past participle | posé |
| gerund | posant |
More forms are in the app.
Used in the library
- Les acériculteurs percent les arbres et posent un petit tube.The maple farmers drill the trees and fit a small tube.A2La cabane à sucre — The sugar shack
- Le dernier maringouin vint se poser sur la figure de la petite Alma-Rose.The last sailor came to land on the figure of little Alma-Rose.B1Maria Chapdelaine
- Cela posé, passons à notre histoire.That's it, let's go to our story.B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
- – Oh! m. de Mornac, on voit bien que vous êtes arrivé d'hier au pays pour me poser pareille question.- Oh! m. We can see that you came from yesterday to the country to ask me such a question.B2Le Chevalier de Mornac
Other ways to say it
Idioms you will actually hear
- poser un lapinto stand somebody upLiterally to put down a rabbit. Nobody can explain the rabbit.