assoupir
French
Etymology
Doublet of assouvir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.su.piʁ/
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Verb
assoupir
- to make drowsy
- to lull, soften
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 | |||||
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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
- assoupissement
Descendants
- → Italian: assopire
Further reading
- “assoupir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.