assir
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assir
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This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.
Conjugation of assir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | assir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | assissant /a.si.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | assi /a.si/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | assis /a.si/ |
assis /a.si/ |
assit /a.si/ |
assissons /a.si.sɔ̃/ |
assissez /a.si.se/ |
assissent /a.sis/ |
| imperfect | assissais /a.si.sɛ/ |
assissais /a.si.sɛ/ |
assissait /a.si.sɛ/ |
assissions /a.si.sjɔ̃/ |
assissiez /a.si.sje/ |
assissaient /a.si.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | assis /a.si/ |
assis /a.si/ |
assit /a.si/ |
assîmes /a.sim/ |
assîtes /a.sit/ |
assirent /a.siʁ/ | |
| future | assirai /a.si.ʁe/ |
assiras /a.si.ʁa/ |
assira /a.si.ʁa/ |
assirons /a.si.ʁɔ̃/ |
assirez /a.si.ʁe/ |
assiront /a.si.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | assirais /a.si.ʁɛ/ |
assirais /a.si.ʁɛ/ |
assirait /a.si.ʁɛ/ |
assirions /a.si.ʁjɔ̃/ |
assiriez /a.si.ʁje/ |
assiraient /a.si.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 | assisse /a.sis/ |
assisses /a.sis/ |
assisse /a.sis/ |
assissions /a.si.sjɔ̃/ |
assissiez /a.si.sje/ |
assissent /a.sis/ |
| imperfect2 | assisse /a.sis/ |
assisses /a.sis/ |
assît /a.si/ |
assissions /a.si.sjɔ̃/ |
assissiez /a.si.sje/ |
assissent /a.sis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | assis /a.si/ |
— | assissons /a.si.sɔ̃/ |
assissez /a.si.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||