Soustraire is a defective verb.
It can not be conjugated in all possible forms.
Verbes ending in
-raire are usually defectives.
Here are several examples of defectives verbs:
bruire,
distraire,
traire,
extraire,
soustraire,
paître.
Soustraire verb is conjugated in female form and in reflexive form. Be careful, the past participle of compound tenses must agree with the subject.
Soustraire 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
soustraire.
- in compound tenses or in passive voice, the negative adverbs surround the auxiliary.