mériter

/me.ʁi.te/

verb #1265 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

to deserve

Grammar

Conjugation

Regular -er conjugation. Pronouns: je, tu, il/elle, nous, vous, ils/elles.

Indicative

Person PresentImperfectPast historicFutureConditional
jemériteméritaisméritaimériteraimériterais
tuméritesméritaisméritasmériterasmériterais
il/ellemériteméritaitméritamériteramériterait
nousméritonsméritionsméritâmesmériteronsmériterions
vousméritezméritiezméritâtesmériterezmériteriez
ils/ellesméritentméritaientméritèrentmériterontmériteraient

Subjunctive

Person PresentImperfect
jemériteméritasse
tuméritesméritasses
il/ellemériteméritât
nousméritionsméritassions
vousméritiezméritassiez
ils/ellesméritentméritassent

Imperative

Person Affirmative
tumérite
nousméritons
vousméritez

Non-finite

Gerund / present participle
méritant
Past participle
mérité, méritée, mérités, méritées

Examples

.

You deserve a holiday after all that work.

' etudiee detail.

This idea deserves to be studied in more detail.

punition.

He does not deserve such a punishment.

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