S'entrebattre is a french third group verb. So, this verb is irregular and do not follow a regular conjugation pattern like first or second group verbs. Follow this link to see all the endings of the conjugation of most of the third group verbs :
conjugation rules and endings for the second group verbs.
For all purpose but spelling,
battre and its derived verbs are conjugated like
rendre. The only difference is in spelling, as native French words may not have
tt before a consonant, thus the indicative present singular of these verbs goes
bats, bats, bat.
Mettre and its family show the same changes, but additionally have a past participle, past historic, and subjunctive imperfect in
mi-.
The verb
s'entrebattre is a reflexive verb which is always reflexive. So it is always conjugated with a reflexive pronoun. Here is the list of the french reflexive pronouns:
« me »,
« te »,
« se »,
« nous »,
« vous »,
« se ».
S'entrebattre verb is conjugated in negative form. The placement of the negative adverb follow the following rules:
- the adverb
« ne » is placed after the pronoun and before the verb.
- in simple tenses, the adverbs (
« ne ...pas »,
« ne...plus »,
« ne...jamais », etc...) surround the verb
s'entrebattre.
- in compound tenses or in passive voice, the negative adverbs surround the auxiliary.
- With the reflexive verb
s'entrebattre in simple tenses, the negative adverbs surround the reflexive pronoun and the verb.
- With the reflexive verb
s'entrebattre in compound tenses, the negative adverbs surround the reflexive pronoun and the auxiliary.
