sentiez

Sentiez is a grammatical form in the French language. It is the present subjunctive second-person plural form of the verb sentir, which means to feel or to sense, including sensations such as touch or smell. As a component of a verb, sentiez does not stand alone as a word with independent lexical meaning; it functions to mark mood and subject in a clause.

In the present subjunctive paradigm for sentir, the forms are: je sente, tu sentes, il sente, nous sentions, vous sentiez, ils sentent. The form sentiez specifically appears in clauses that require the subjunctive and are introduced by conjunctions such as que or expressions that express doubt, desire, necessity, or emotion. For example: Il faut que vous sentiez la différence. Je doute que vous sentiez cela tout de suite.

Usage notes and style considerations: the present subjunctive is more common in formal writing and literary French than in everyday spoken language, where the indicative often replaces the subjunctive in casual speech. The form sentiez is primarily encountered in written texts, formal discourse, or literary dialogue, and it may appear after verbs and expressions of wish, necessity, or doubt, typically in subordinate clauses introduced by que.

Etymology and related forms: sentir derives from the Latin sentire, meaning to feel. The present subjunctive forms share a common stem with other forms of sentir, and sentiez is one of several mood-specific endings used in French verb conjugation.