sevrai

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Old French sevrer, inherited from Vulgar Latin *sēperāre, apophonic form of Latin sēparāre.

Verb

sevrai

1. (transitive) to separate

   Ai faut sevrai les bounes chozes des maules.

   You have to separate the good things from the bad ones.

2. (transitive) to wean

Conjugation

      Conjugation in Bourguignon

infinitive			sevrai
gerund			sevrant
auxiliary			aivoi
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		sevrai		sevrie
		plural		sevrais		sevries
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		je (j’) / i*	tu (t')	ai (el), ale	je (j’) / i*	vos	ai (el), ales
	present	seuvre	seuvres	seuvre	sevrons	sevrez	sevrant
	imperfect	sevroos	sevroos	sevroot	sevreins	sevreins	sevreint
	preterite	sevris	sevris	sevrit	sevrirens	sevrirens	sevrirent
	future	sevreré	sevrerés	sevreré	sevrerons	sevrerez	sevreront
	conditional	sevreroos	sevreroos	sevreroot	sevrereins	sevrereins	sevrereint
subjunctive		que je (j’) / qu'i*	que tu (t')	qu'ai (el), qu'ale	que je (j’) / qu'i*	que vos	qu'ai (el), qu'ales
	present	seuvre	seuvres	seuvre	sevreins	sevreins	sevreint
	imperfect	sevrisse	sevrisses	sevrisse	sevrisseins	sevrisseins	sevrisseint
imperative		—	tu	—	je (j’) / i*	vos	—
	present		seuvre		sevrons	sevrez
* je is found in Central and Eastern Burgundy, i is found in the Morvan and partially throughout the whole region

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: sevré, sevrée, sevrées, sevrer, sevrés, sevrez

Verb

sevrai

1. first-person singular past historic of sevrer