chasser
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French chacier, from Vulgar Latin *captiāre, from Latin captus.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
chasser
- to hunt
- La lionne utilisera toutes ses forces, même pour chasser un lapin.[1] ― The lioness will use all her strength, even when hunting a rabbit.
- to chase
- to drive off
- (intransitive, dance) to chassé
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of chasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | chasser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | chassant /ʃa.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | chassé /ʃa.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | chasse /ʃas/ |
chasses /ʃas/ |
chasse /ʃas/ |
chassons /ʃa.sɔ̃/ |
chassez /ʃa.se/ |
chassent /ʃas/ |
| imperfect | chassais /ʃa.sɛ/ |
chassais /ʃa.sɛ/ |
chassait /ʃa.sɛ/ |
chassions /ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
chassiez /ʃa.sje/ |
chassaient /ʃa.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | chassai /ʃa.se/ |
chassas /ʃa.sa/ |
chassa /ʃa.sa/ |
chassâmes /ʃa.sam/ |
chassâtes /ʃa.sat/ |
chassèrent /ʃa.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | chasserai /ʃa.sʁe/ |
chasseras /ʃa.sʁa/ |
chassera /ʃa.sʁa/ |
chasserons /ʃa.sʁɔ̃/ |
chasserez /ʃa.sʁe/ |
chasseront /ʃa.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | chasserais /ʃa.sʁɛ/ |
chasserais /ʃa.sʁɛ/ |
chasserait /ʃa.sʁɛ/ |
chasserions /ʃa.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
chasseriez /ʃa.sə.ʁje/ |
chasseraient /ʃa.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 | chasse /ʃas/ |
chasses /ʃas/ |
chasse /ʃas/ |
chassions /ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
chassiez /ʃa.sje/ |
chassent /ʃas/ |
| imperfect2 | chassasse /ʃa.sas/ |
chassasses /ʃa.sas/ |
chassât /ʃa.sa/ |
chassassions /ʃa.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
chassassiez /ʃa.sa.sje/ |
chassassent /ʃa.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | chasse /ʃas/ |
— | chassons /ʃa.sɔ̃/ |
chassez /ʃa.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). | |||||||
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → German: schassen
References edit
Further reading edit
- “chasser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.