sasser

French

Etymology

From sas (“sieve”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.se/

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Verb

sasser

1. to sieve, to sift

Conjugation

Conjugation of sasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	sasser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	sassant /sa.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		sassé /sa.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	sasse /sas/	sasses /sas/	sasse /sas/	sassons /sa.sɔ̃/	sassez /sa.se/	sassent /sas/
	imperfect	sassais /sa.sɛ/	sassais /sa.sɛ/	sassait /sa.sɛ/	sassions /sa.sjɔ̃/	sassiez /sa.sje/	sassaient /sa.sɛ/
	past historic2	sassai /sa.se/	sassas /sa.sa/	sassa /sa.sa/	sassâmes /sa.sam/	sassâtes /sa.sat/	sassèrent /sa.sɛʁ/
	future	sasserai /sa.sʁe/	sasseras /sa.sʁa/	sassera /sa.sʁa/	sasserons /sa.sʁɔ̃/	sasserez /sa.sʁe/	sasseront /sa.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	sasserais /sa.sʁɛ/	sasserais /sa.sʁɛ/	sasserait /sa.sʁɛ/	sasserions /sa.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	sasseriez /sa.sə.ʁje/	sasseraient /sa.sʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	sasse /sas/	sasses /sas/	sasse /sas/	sassions /sa.sjɔ̃/	sassiez /sa.sje/	sassent /sas/
	imperfect2	sassasse /sa.sas/	sassasses /sa.sas/	sassât /sa.sa/	sassassions /sa.sa.sjɔ̃/	sassassiez /sa.sa.sje/	sassassent /sa.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	sasse /sas/	—	sassons /sa.sɔ̃/	sassez /sa.se/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Derived terms

• ressasser
• sassage
• sassement
• sasseur

Further reading

• “sasser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.