sit – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of sit

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to sit yourself down
Participle: sat yourself down
Gerund: sitting yourself down

Cognates

See the 10 cognates of sit

Indicative

Present

Isit yourself down
yousit yourself down
he;she;itsits yourself down
wesit yourself down
yousit yourself down
theysit yourself down

Perfect

Ihave sat yourself down
youhave sat yourself down
he;she;ithas sat yourself down
wehave sat yourself down
youhave sat yourself down
theyhave sat yourself down

Past

Isat yourself down
yousat yourself down
he;she;itsat yourself down
wesat yourself down
yousat yourself down
theysat yourself down

Pluperfect

Ihad sat yourself down
youhad sat yourself down
he;she;ithad sat yourself down
wehad sat yourself down
youhad sat yourself down
theyhad sat yourself down

Future

Iwill sit yourself down
youwill sit yourself down
he;she;itwill sit yourself down
wewill sit yourself down
youwill sit yourself down
theywill sit yourself down

Future Perfect

Iwill have sat yourself down
youwill have sat yourself down
he;she;itwill have sat yourself down
wewill have sat yourself down
youwill have sat yourself down
theywill have sat yourself down

Subjunctive

Present

Isit yourself down
yousit yourself down
he;she;itsit yourself down
wesit yourself down
yousit yourself down
theysit yourself down

Perfect

Ihave sat yourself down
youhave sat yourself down
he;she;ithave sat yourself down
wehave sat yourself down
youhave sat yourself down
theyhave sat yourself down

Imperfect

Isat yourself down
yousat yourself down
he;she;itsat yourself down
wesat yourself down
yousat yourself down
theysat yourself down

Pluperfect

Ihad sat yourself down
youhad sat yourself down
he;she;ithad sat yourself down
wehad sat yourself down
youhad sat yourself down
theyhad sat yourself down

Conditional

Present

Iwould sit yourself down
youwould sit yourself down
he;she;itwould sit yourself down
wewould sit yourself down
youwould sit yourself down
theywould sit yourself down

Perfect

Iwould have sat yourself down
youwould have sat yourself down
he;she;itwould have sat yourself down
wewould have sat yourself down
youwould have sat yourself down
theywould have sat yourself down

Imperative

yousit yourself down
weLet's sit yourself down
yousit yourself down

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam sitting yourself down
youare sitting yourself down
he;she;itis sitting yourself down
weare sitting yourself down
youare sitting yourself down
theyare sitting yourself down

Perfect

Ihave been sitting yourself down
youhave been sitting yourself down
he;she;ithas been sitting yourself down
wehave been sitting yourself down
youhave been sitting yourself down
theyhave been sitting yourself down

Past

Iwas sitting yourself down
youwere sitting yourself down
he;she;itwas sitting yourself down
wewere sitting yourself down
youwere sitting yourself down
theywere sitting yourself down

Pluperfect

Ihad been sitting yourself down
youhad been sitting yourself down
he;she;ithad been sitting yourself down
wehad been sitting yourself down
youhad been sitting yourself down
theyhad been sitting yourself down

Future

Iwill be sitting yourself down
youwill be sitting yourself down
he;she;itwill be sitting yourself down
wewill be sitting yourself down
youwill be sitting yourself down
theywill be sitting yourself down

Future Perfect

Iwill have been sitting yourself down
youwill have been sitting yourself down
he;she;itwill have been sitting yourself down
wewill have been sitting yourself down
youwill have been sitting yourself down
theywill have been sitting yourself down

Conditional

Present

Iwould be sitting yourself down
youwould be sitting yourself down
he;she;itwould be sitting yourself down
wewould be sitting yourself down
youwould be sitting yourself down
theywould be sitting yourself down

Perfect

Iwould have been sitting yourself down
youwould have been sitting yourself down
he;she;itwould have been sitting yourself down
wewould have been sitting yourself down
youwould have been sitting yourself down
theywould have been sitting yourself down

Other

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

fill in, complete
write
move oneself into such a position
sit up, take a seat
of an object: occupy a given position permanently
found, situate
be accepted
accept, receive, welcome, well
roost
perch, squat, hunker, seat
abide
occupy, dwell, stay, relax, lie, remain, repose, rest
meet
convene, assemble

Antonyms

abide
resist, reject, shun, avoid
meet
depart, separate, diverge, scatter

Additional Information

Etymology

1. O.E. sittan "to be seated, to seat oneself" (class V strong verb; past tense sæt, pp. seten), from P.Gmc. *setjanan (cf. O.S. sittian, O.N. sitja, O.Fris. sitta, M.Du. sitten, Du. zitten, O.H.G. sizzan, Ger. sitzen, Goth. sitan), from PIE base *sed- "to sit" (see sedentary). In ref. to a legislative assembly, from 1518. Meaning "to baby-sit" is recorded from 1966. Sitting room first recorded 1771. Slang sitting duck "easy target" first recorded 1944; lit. sense is from 1867 (it is considered not sporting to shoot at one). Sitting pretty is from 1921. To sit on one's hands was originally "to withhold applause" (1926); later, "to do nothing" (1959). To sit around "be idle, do nothing" is 1915, Amer.Eng. To sit out "not take part" is from 1626.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *sed-
4. Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
5. Proto-Indo-European *sédyeti
6. Proto-Germanic *sitjaną
7. Proto-West Germanic *sittjan
8. Old English sittan
9. Middle English sitten
10. English sit
11. From Middle English sitten, from Old English sittan, from Proto-West Germanic *sittjan, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“sit”).
12. Cognates
13. Cognate with West Frisian sitte, Low German sitten, Dutch zitten, German sitzen, Swedish sitta, Norwegian Bokmål sitte, Norwegian Nynorsk sitja, Danish sidde, Faroese sita, Icelandic sitja; and with Irish suigh, Latin sedeo, Russian сиде́ть (sidétʹ). See: Old English 'sittan', Proto-Germanic '*sitjaną', Low Saxon 'sitten', Dutch 'zitten', German, old spelling 'sitzen', Swedish 'sitta', Norwegian 'sitte', Norwegian, nynorsk 'sitja', Danish 'sidde', Faroese 'sita', Icelandic 'sitja', Irish 'suigh', Latin 'sedeo', Russian 'сиде́ть'.

Verbs referencing "sit"

Latin sedeo, German, old spelling sitzen, Esperanto sidi, Norwegian, nynorsk sitja, Low Saxon sitten, Norwegian sitte, Lithuanian sėdėti, Sanskrit सीदति, Danish sidde, Ido sidar, Luxembourgish sëtzen.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] the better relish and enjoyment of the real state-room presently to be disclosed:—these were truths which I really could not, for the moment, bring my mind at all to bear upon or comprehend. And I sat down upon a kind of horsehair slab, or perch, of which there were two within; and looked, without any expression of countenance whatever, at some friends who had come on board with us, and who were [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • Having settled this point to the perfect satisfaction of all parties, concerned and unconcerned, we sat down round the fire in the ladies ’ cabin—just to try the effect. It was rather dark, certainly; but somebody said, ‘of course it would be light, at sea, ’ a proposition to which we all assented; [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] I remember, too, when we had discovered and exhausted another topic of consolation in the circumstance of this ladies ’ cabin adjoining our state-room, and the consequently immense feasibility of sitting there at all times and seasons, and had fallen into a momentary silence, leaning our faces on our hands and looking at the fire, one of our party said, with the solemn air of a man who had made a [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] another bell rings, and the stewardess reappears with another dish of potatoes—boiled this time—and store of hot meat of various kinds: not forgetting the roast pig, to be taken medicinally. We sit down at table again (rather more cheerfully than before ); prolong the meal with a rather mouldy dessert of apples, grapes, and oranges; and drink our wine and brandy-and-water. The bottles and [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • Eliza started. “ O, missis ! ” she said, raising her eyes; then, bursting into tears, she sat down in a chair, and began sobbing. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • I saw now that ‘Right away ’ and ‘Directly ’ were one and the same thing. So I reversed my previous answer, and sat down to dinner in ten minutes afterwards; and a capital dinner it was. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • Surprised and frightened, Eliza sat down, leaned her head on her husband's shoulder, and burst into tears. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] It was very sad to look upon and hear them, happy though their condition unquestionably was; and I saw that one blind girl, who (being for the time deprived of the use of her limbs, by illness ) sat close beside me with her face towards them, wept silently the while she listened. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • The thought occurred to me as I sat down in another room, before a girl, blind, deaf, and dumb; destitute of smell; and nearly so of taste: before a fair young creature with every human faculty, and hope, and power of goodness and [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • She was seated in a little enclosure, made by school-desks and forms, writing her daily journal. But soon finishing this pursuit, she engaged in an animated conversation with a teacher who sat beside her. This was a favourite mistress with the poor pupil. If she could see the face of her fair instructress, she would not love her less, I am sure. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • all by himself. And he's just sitting there having a drink, (A Gunfighter's Deal)
  • sitting at home, and I was playing around with, (The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist)
  • - Inspector Shahane! - Big deal. - This is how you sit before the police. - Is it ? (Hoy Maharaja)