Se débattre 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
se débattre is the reflexive form of verb
débattre. In grammar, a reflexive verb is, loosely, a verb whose direct object is the same as its subject, for example, "I wash myself". More generally, a reflexive verb has the same semantic agent and patient (typically represented syntactically by the subject and the direct object) are the same. For example, the English verb to perjure is reflexive, since one can only perjure oneself. In a wider sense, the term refers to any verb form whose grammatical object is a reflexive pronoun, regardless of semantics; such verbs are also referred to as pronominal verbs, especially in grammars of the Romance languages. A reflexive verb is always conjugated with a reflexive pronoun. Here is the list of the french reflexive pronouns:
« me »,
« te »,
« se »,
« nous »,
« vous »,
« se ».
Se débattre 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
se débattre.
- in compound tenses or in passive voice, the negative adverbs surround the auxiliary.
- With the reflexive verb
se débattre in simple tenses, the negative adverbs surround the reflexive pronoun and the verb.
- With the reflexive verb
se débattre in compound tenses, the negative adverbs surround the reflexive pronoun and the auxiliary.
