jaser
See also: jàser and jäser
French
Etymology
Probably ultimately onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒa.ze/, /ʒɑ.ze/
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Verb
jaser
- to chat, to gossip
Conjugation
Conjugation of jaser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | jaser | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | jasant /ʒa.zɑ̃/ or /ʒɑ.zɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | jasé /ʒa.ze/ or /ʒɑ.ze/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | jase /ʒaz/ or /ʒɑz/ | jases /ʒaz/ or /ʒɑz/ | jase /ʒaz/ or /ʒɑz/ | jasons /ʒa.zɔ̃/ or /ʒɑ.zɔ̃/ | jasez /ʒa.ze/ or /ʒɑ.ze/ | jasent /ʒaz/ or /ʒɑz/ |
imperfect | jasais /ʒa.zɛ/ or /ʒɑ.zɛ/ | jasais /ʒa.zɛ/ or /ʒɑ.zɛ/ | jasait /ʒa.zɛ/ or /ʒɑ.zɛ/ | jasions /ʒa.zjɔ̃/ or /ʒɑ.zjɔ̃/ | jasiez /ʒa.zje/ or /ʒɑ.zje/ | jasaient /ʒa.zɛ/ or /ʒɑ.zɛ/ | |
past historic2 | jasai /ʒa.ze/ or /ʒɑ.ze/ | jasas /ʒa.za/ or /ʒɑ.za/ | jasa /ʒa.za/ or /ʒɑ.za/ | jasâmes /ʒa.zam/ or /ʒɑ.zam/ | jasâtes /ʒa.zat/ or /ʒɑ.zat/ | jasèrent /ʒa.zɛʁ/ or /ʒɑ.zɛʁ/ | |
future | jaserai /ʒaz.ʁe/ or /ʒɑz.ʁe/ | jaseras /ʒaz.ʁa/ or /ʒɑz.ʁa/ | jasera /ʒaz.ʁa/ or /ʒɑz.ʁa/ | jaserons /ʒaz.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʒɑz.ʁɔ̃/ | jaserez /ʒaz.ʁe/ or /ʒɑz.ʁe/ | jaseront /ʒaz.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʒɑz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | jaserais /ʒaz.ʁɛ/ or /ʒɑz.ʁɛ/ | jaserais /ʒaz.ʁɛ/ or /ʒɑz.ʁɛ/ | jaserait /ʒaz.ʁɛ/ or /ʒɑz.ʁɛ/ | jaserions /ʒa.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʒɑ.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ | jaseriez /ʒa.zə.ʁje/ or /ʒɑ.zə.ʁje/ | jaseraient /ʒaz.ʁɛ/ or /ʒɑz.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 | jase /ʒaz/ or /ʒɑz/ | jases /ʒaz/ or /ʒɑz/ | jase /ʒaz/ or /ʒɑz/ | jasions /ʒa.zjɔ̃/ or /ʒɑ.zjɔ̃/ | jasiez /ʒa.zje/ or /ʒɑ.zje/ | jasent /ʒaz/ or /ʒɑz/ |
imperfect2 | jasasse /ʒa.zas/ or /ʒɑ.zas/ | jasasses /ʒa.zas/ or /ʒɑ.zas/ | jasât /ʒa.za/ or /ʒɑ.za/ | jasassions /ʒa.za.sjɔ̃/ or /ʒɑ.za.sjɔ̃/ | jasassiez /ʒa.za.sje/ or /ʒɑ.za.sje/ | jasassent /ʒa.zas/ or /ʒɑ.zas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | jase /ʒaz/ or /ʒɑz/ | — | jasons /ʒa.zɔ̃/ or /ʒɑ.zɔ̃/ | jasez /ʒa.ze/ or /ʒɑ.ze/ | — | |
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). |
Related terms
- jaseur, jaseuse
Further reading
- “jaser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.