assoupir
French
Etymology
Doublet of assouvir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.su.piʁ/
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Verb
assoupir
Conjugation
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 assoupir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | assoupir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | assoupissant /a.su.pi.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | assoupi /a.su.pi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | assoupis /a.su.pi/ |
assoupis /a.su.pi/ |
assoupit /a.su.pi/ |
assoupissons /a.su.pi.sɔ̃/ |
assoupissez /a.su.pi.se/ |
assoupissent /a.su.pis/ |
| imperfect | assoupissais /a.su.pi.sɛ/ |
assoupissais /a.su.pi.sɛ/ |
assoupissait /a.su.pi.sɛ/ |
assoupissions /a.su.pi.sjɔ̃/ |
assoupissiez /a.su.pi.sje/ |
assoupissaient /a.su.pi.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | assoupis /a.su.pi/ |
assoupis /a.su.pi/ |
assoupit /a.su.pi/ |
assoupîmes /a.su.pim/ |
assoupîtes /a.su.pit/ |
assoupirent /a.su.piʁ/ | |
| future | assoupirai /a.su.pi.ʁe/ |
assoupiras /a.su.pi.ʁa/ |
assoupira /a.su.pi.ʁa/ |
assoupirons /a.su.pi.ʁɔ̃/ |
assoupirez /a.su.pi.ʁe/ |
assoupiront /a.su.pi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | assoupirais /a.su.pi.ʁɛ/ |
assoupirais /a.su.pi.ʁɛ/ |
assoupirait /a.su.pi.ʁɛ/ |
assoupirions /a.su.pi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
assoupiriez /a.su.pi.ʁje/ |
assoupiraient /a.su.pi.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 | assoupisse /a.su.pis/ |
assoupisses /a.su.pis/ |
assoupisse /a.su.pis/ |
assoupissions /a.su.pi.sjɔ̃/ |
assoupissiez /a.su.pi.sje/ |
assoupissent /a.su.pis/ |
| imperfect2 | assoupisse /a.su.pis/ |
assoupisses /a.su.pis/ |
assoupît /a.su.pi/ |
assoupissions /a.su.pi.sjɔ̃/ |
assoupissiez /a.su.pi.sje/ |
assoupissent /a.su.pis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | assoupis /a.su.pi/ |
— | assoupissons /a.su.pi.sɔ̃/ |
assoupissez /a.su.pi.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
Descendants
- → Italian: assopire
Further reading
- “assoupir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.