asseoir

/a.swaʁ/

verb #1236 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

to sit down

Grammar

Conjugation

Regular french-irregular conjugation. Pronouns: je, tu, il/elle, nous, vous, ils/elles.

Indicative

Person PresentImperfectPast historicFutureConditional
jeassiedsasseyaisassisassiéraiassiérais
tuassiedsasseyaisassisassiérasassiérais
il/elleassiedasseyaitassitassiéraassiérait
nousasseyonsasseyionsassîmesassiéronsassiérions
vousasseyezasseyiezassîtesassiérezassiériez
ils/ellesasseyentasseyaientassirentassiérontassiéraient

Subjunctive

Person PresentImperfect
jeasseyeassisse
tuasseyesassisses
il/elleasseyeassît
nousasseyionsassissions
vousasseyiezassissiez
ils/ellesasseyentassissent

Imperative

Person Affirmative
tuassieds
nousasseyons
vousasseyez

Non-finite

Gerund / present participle
asseyant
Past participle
assis, assise, assis, assises

Examples

-, .

Please, take a seat.

' .

He sat down next to me on the train.

' terrasse .

We are going to sit on the cafe terrace.

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