assujettir
French
Alternative forms
- assujétir
Etymology
From a- + sujet + -ir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.sy.ʒɛ.tiʁ/, /a.sy.ʒe.tiʁ/
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Verb
assujettir
- to subject
- to subjugate, to subdue
- to secure, make fast
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 assujettir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | assujettir | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | assujettissant /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.sɑ̃/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | assujetti /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | assujettis /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti/ | assujettis /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti/ | assujettit /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti/ | assujettissons /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.sɔ̃/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.sɔ̃/ | assujettissez /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.se/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.se/ | assujettissent /a.sy.ʒɛ.tis/ or /a.sy.ʒe.tis/ |
imperfect | assujettissais /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.sɛ/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.sɛ/ | assujettissais /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.sɛ/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.sɛ/ | assujettissait /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.sɛ/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.sɛ/ | assujettissions /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.sjɔ̃/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.sjɔ̃/ | assujettissiez /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.sje/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.sje/ | assujettissaient /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.sɛ/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | assujettis /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti/ | assujettis /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti/ | assujettit /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti/ | assujettîmes /a.sy.ʒɛ.tim/ or /a.sy.ʒe.tim/ | assujettîtes /a.sy.ʒɛ.tit/ or /a.sy.ʒe.tit/ | assujettirent /a.sy.ʒɛ.tiʁ/ or /a.sy.ʒe.tiʁ/ | |
future | assujettirai /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.ʁe/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.ʁe/ | assujettiras /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.ʁa/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.ʁa/ | assujettira /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.ʁa/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.ʁa/ | assujettirons /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.ʁɔ̃/ | assujettirez /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.ʁe/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.ʁe/ | assujettiront /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | assujettirais /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.ʁɛ/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.ʁɛ/ | assujettirais /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.ʁɛ/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.ʁɛ/ | assujettirait /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.ʁɛ/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.ʁɛ/ | assujettirions /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.ʁjɔ̃/ | assujettiriez /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.ʁje/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.ʁje/ | assujettiraient /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.ʁɛ/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.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 | assujettisse /a.sy.ʒɛ.tis/ or /a.sy.ʒe.tis/ | assujettisses /a.sy.ʒɛ.tis/ or /a.sy.ʒe.tis/ | assujettisse /a.sy.ʒɛ.tis/ or /a.sy.ʒe.tis/ | assujettissions /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.sjɔ̃/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.sjɔ̃/ | assujettissiez /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.sje/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.sje/ | assujettissent /a.sy.ʒɛ.tis/ or /a.sy.ʒe.tis/ |
imperfect2 | assujettisse /a.sy.ʒɛ.tis/ or /a.sy.ʒe.tis/ | assujettisses /a.sy.ʒɛ.tis/ or /a.sy.ʒe.tis/ | assujettît /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti/ | assujettissions /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.sjɔ̃/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.sjɔ̃/ | assujettissiez /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.sje/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.sje/ | assujettissent /a.sy.ʒɛ.tis/ or /a.sy.ʒe.tis/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | assujettis /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti/ | — | assujettissons /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.sɔ̃/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.sɔ̃/ | assujettissez /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.se/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.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
- assujettissement
Further reading
- “assujettir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.