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asservir
asservir
French
Verb
asservir
- to enslave
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 asservir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | asservir | avoir asservi | |||||
| gerund | en asservissant | en ayant asservi | |||||
| present participle | asservissant /a.sɛʁ.vi.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | asservi /a.sɛʁ.vi/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | asservis /a.sɛʁ.vi/ |
asservis /a.sɛʁ.vi/ |
asservit /a.sɛʁ.vi/ |
asservissons /a.sɛʁ.vi.sɔ̃/ |
asservissez /a.sɛʁ.vi.se/ |
asservissent /a.sɛʁ.vis/ |
| imperfect | asservissais /a.sɛʁ.vi.sɛ/ |
asservissais /a.sɛʁ.vi.sɛ/ |
asservissait /a.sɛʁ.vi.sɛ/ |
asservissions /a.sɛʁ.vi.sjɔ̃/ |
asservissiez /a.sɛʁ.vi.sje/ |
asservissaient /a.sɛʁ.vi.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | asservis /a.sɛʁ.vi/ |
asservis /a.sɛʁ.vi/ |
asservit /a.sɛʁ.vi/ |
asservîmes /a.sɛʁ.vim/ |
asservîtes /a.sɛʁ.vit/ |
asservirent /a.sɛʁ.viʁ/ |
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| future | asservirai /a.sɛʁ.vi.ʁe/ |
asserviras /a.sɛʁ.vi.ʁa/ |
asservira /a.sɛʁ.vi.ʁa/ |
asservirons /a.sɛʁ.vi.ʁɔ̃/ |
asservirez /a.sɛʁ.vi.ʁe/ |
asserviront /a.sɛʁ.vi.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | asservirais /a.sɛʁ.vi.ʁɛ/ |
asservirais /a.sɛʁ.vi.ʁɛ/ |
asservirait /a.sɛʁ.vi.ʁɛ/ |
asservirions /a.sɛʁ.vi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
asserviriez /a.sɛʁ.vi.ʁje/ |
asserviraient /a.sɛʁ.vi.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | asservisse /a.sɛʁ.vis/ |
asservisses /a.sɛʁ.vis/ |
asservisse /a.sɛʁ.vis/ |
asservissions /a.sɛʁ.vi.sjɔ̃/ |
asservissiez /a.sɛʁ.vi.sje/ |
asservissent /a.sɛʁ.vis/ |
| imperfect1 |
asservisse /a.sɛʁ.vis/ |
asservisses /a.sɛʁ.vis/ |
asservît /a.sɛʁ.vi/ |
asservissions /a.sɛʁ.vi.sjɔ̃/ |
asservissiez /a.sɛʁ.vi.sje/ |
asservissent /a.sɛʁ.vis/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | asservis /a.sɛʁ.vi/ |
— | asservissons /a.sɛʁ.vi.sɔ̃/ |
asservissez /a.sɛʁ.vi.se/ |
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