assavoir
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.sa.vwaʁ/
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Verb
assavoir (defective)
Conjugation
Conjugation of assavoir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | assavoir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | assachant /a.sa.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | assu /a.sy/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | assais /a.sɛ/ |
assais /a.sɛ/ |
assait /a.sɛ/ |
assavons /a.sa.vɔ̃/ |
assavez /a.sa.ve/ |
assavent /a.sav/ |
| imperfect | assavais /a.sa.vɛ/ |
assavais /a.sa.vɛ/ |
assavait /a.sa.vɛ/ |
assavions /a.sa.vjɔ̃/ |
assaviez /a.sa.vje/ |
assavaient /a.sa.vɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | assus /a.sy/ |
assus /a.sy/ |
assut /a.sy/ |
assûmes /a.sym/ |
assûtes /a.syt/ |
assurent /a.syʁ/ | |
| future | assaurai /a.sɔ.ʁe/ or /a.so.ʁe/ |
assauras /a.sɔ.ʁa/ or /a.so.ʁa/ |
assaura /a.sɔ.ʁa/ or /a.so.ʁa/ |
assaurons /a.sɔ.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.so.ʁɔ̃/ |
assaurez /a.sɔ.ʁe/ or /a.so.ʁe/ |
assauront /a.sɔ.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.so.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | assaurais /a.sɔ.ʁɛ/ or /a.so.ʁɛ/ |
assaurais /a.sɔ.ʁɛ/ or /a.so.ʁɛ/ |
assaurait /a.sɔ.ʁɛ/ or /a.so.ʁɛ/ |
assaurions /a.sɔ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.so.ʁjɔ̃/ |
assauriez /a.sɔ.ʁje/ or /a.so.ʁje/ |
assauraient /a.sɔ.ʁɛ/ or /a.so.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 | assache /a.saʃ/ |
assaches /a.saʃ/ |
assache /a.saʃ/ |
assachions /a.sa.ʃjɔ̃/ |
assachiez /a.sa.ʃje/ |
assachent /a.saʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | assusse /a.sys/ |
assusses /a.sys/ |
assût /a.sy/ |
assussions /a.sy.sjɔ̃/ |
assussiez /a.sy.sje/ |
assussent /a.sys/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | assache /a.saʃ/ |
— | assachons /a.sa.ʃɔ̃/ |
assachez /a.sa.ʃe/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “assavoir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Etymology
Verb
assavoir
- to know