Mettre - to put

Mettre [mEtR(^)]

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Meaning: to put, put in, put away, insert.
Origin: VL. mettere to put from L. mitto, misi, missus, mittere (3) to trow, send.
Cognate verbs: It. mettere to put, Occ. metre to put, Port. meter to put, Sp. meter to put.

Present Indicative	Future Indicative	Imperfect Indicative	Past Simple Indicative
je mets tu mets il met ns mettons vs mettez ils mettent	je mettrai tu mettras il mettra ns mettrons vs mettrez ils mettront	je mettais tu mettais il mettait ns mettions vs mettiez ils mettaient	je mis tu mis il mit ns mîmes vs mîtes ils mirent
Present Subjunctive	Imperfect Subjunctive	Present Imperative	Present Participle
que je mette que tu mettes qu'il mette que ns mettions que vs mettiez qu'ils mettent	que je misse que tu misses qu' il mît que ns missions que vs missiez qu' ils missent	-- mets! qu'il mette! mettons! mettez! qu'ils mettent!	mettant
			Past Participle
			mis, mise

Idiomatic expressions:

se mettre à to begin
se mettre en route to get started, to start on a trip
mettre quelque chose au point to perfect something
mettre au courant to inform, to bring up to date
mettre + length of time to take time to do something
mettre la table to set the table
se mettre à table to sit down to eat
mettre des vêtement to put on/try on clothes

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