Skip to content
EveryLingua
EN

Conjugation of servir

  • Meaning to serve
  • Level B1
  • Pattern irregular
  • Auxiliary avoir

Bold and underlined: the ending. ◆ marks a form that breaks the rule.

Indicative

Présentpresent

je (j’)sers
tusers
il/​elle/​onsert
nousservons
vousservez
ils/​ellesservent

More on this: Present tense: -ir verbs

Imparfaitongoing or habitual past

je (j’)servais
tuservais
il/​elle/​onservait
nousservions
vousserviez
ils/​ellesservaient

More on this: Imperfect (imparfait)

Futur simplefuture

je (j’)servirai
tuserviras
il/​elle/​onservira
nousservirons
vousservirez
ils/​ellesserviront

More on this: Simple future (futur simple)

Plus-que-parfaitpast perfect

je (j’)avais servi
tuavais servi
il/​elle/​onavait servi
nousavions servi
vousaviez servi
ils/​ellesavaient servi

More on this: Pluperfect (plus-que-parfait)

Futur antérieurfuture perfect

je (j’)aurai servi
tuauras servi
il/​elle/​onaura servi
nousaurons servi
vousaurez servi
ils/​ellesauront servi

More on this: Future perfect (futur antérieur)

Conditional

Conditionnel présentconditional

je (j’)servirais
tuservirais
il/​elle/​onservirait
nousservirions
vousserviriez
ils/​ellesserviraient

More on this: The conditional

Conditionnel passéconditional perfect

je (j’)aurais servi
tuaurais servi
il/​elle/​onaurait servi
nousaurions servi
vousauriez servi
ils/​ellesauraient servi

More on this: The conditional

Subjunctive

Subjonctif présentpresent subjunctive

je (j’)serve
tuserves
il/​elle/​onserve
nousservions
vousserviez
ils/​ellesservent

More on this: Subjunctive: the forms

Subjonctif passéperfect subjunctive

je (j’)aie servi
tuaies servi
il/​elle/​onait servi
nousayons servi
vousayez servi
ils/​ellesaient servi

More on this: The subjunctive in the past

Imperative

Non-finite forms

Example sentences from the course

Every sentence comes from this course’s word lists or grammar topics. The verb form is highlighted, and the line below says which tense and person it is.

  • Goûtez avant de servir.Taste it before you serve it.

    servir — infinitif

  • Le canard se sert rosé.Duck is served pink in the middle.

    sert — Présent · il/elle/on

  • Les pâtes se servent al dente.Pasta is served firm to the bite.

    servent — Présent · ils/elles; Subjonctif présent · ils/elles

  • Le plat de résistance est servi bien chaud.The main course is served piping hot.

    servi — participe passé

  • L’ostracon servait de brouillon bon marché.The ostracon served as cheap scrap paper.

    servait — Imparfait · il/elle/on

  • On sert le plat très chaud.We serve the dish very hot.

    sert — Présent · il/elle/on

Quick practice

5 gaps, first from the example sentences above, then from the table. Every answer counts towards your reviews.

Keep going

Verbs with the same pattern

Related grammar topics

The forms are calculated from the rules of the language — twice, in two independent ways — and checked against every hand-written form in this course. The example sentences are the course’s own.