tiser
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *tītiāre, from Latin tītiāre (“firebrand”) (whence tison). Compare the related term attiser.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
tiser
- (transitive) to stoke (a furnace, etc.)
- (transitive, slang) to booze, hit the bottle
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of tiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | tiser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | tisant /ti.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | tisé /ti.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | tise /tiz/ |
tises /tiz/ |
tise /tiz/ |
tisons /ti.zɔ̃/ |
tisez /ti.ze/ |
tisent /tiz/ |
| imperfect | tisais /ti.zɛ/ |
tisais /ti.zɛ/ |
tisait /ti.zɛ/ |
tisions /ti.zjɔ̃/ |
tisiez /ti.zje/ |
tisaient /ti.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | tisai /ti.ze/ |
tisas /ti.za/ |
tisa /ti.za/ |
tisâmes /ti.zam/ |
tisâtes /ti.zat/ |
tisèrent /ti.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | tiserai /tiz.ʁe/ |
tiseras /tiz.ʁa/ |
tisera /tiz.ʁa/ |
tiserons /tiz.ʁɔ̃/ |
tiserez /tiz.ʁe/ |
tiseront /tiz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | tiserais /tiz.ʁɛ/ |
tiserais /tiz.ʁɛ/ |
tiserait /tiz.ʁɛ/ |
tiserions /ti.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
tiseriez /ti.zə.ʁje/ |
tiseraient /tiz.ʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | tise /tiz/ |
tises /tiz/ |
tise /tiz/ |
tisions /ti.zjɔ̃/ |
tisiez /ti.zje/ |
tisent /tiz/ |
| imperfect2 | tisasse /ti.zas/ |
tisasses /ti.zas/ |
tisât /ti.za/ |
tisassions /ti.za.sjɔ̃/ |
tisassiez /ti.za.sje/ |
tisassent /ti.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | tise /tiz/ |
— | tisons /ti.zɔ̃/ |
tisez /ti.ze/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||