tasser
French
Etymology
tas + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta.se/, /tɑ.se/
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Verb
tasser
- to pile together, to put into a pile
- to compress or to pack vertically
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) (for a person) to shrink, e.g. with age
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) (for things) to sort itself out with time
Conjugation
Conjugation of tasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | tasser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | tassant /ta.sɑ̃/ or /tɑ.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | tassé /ta.se/ or /tɑ.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | tasse /tas/ or /tɑs/ | tasses /tas/ or /tɑs/ | tasse /tas/ or /tɑs/ | tassons /ta.sɔ̃/ or /tɑ.sɔ̃/ | tassez /ta.se/ or /tɑ.se/ | tassent /tas/ or /tɑs/ |
| imperfect | tassais /ta.sɛ/ or /tɑ.sɛ/ | tassais /ta.sɛ/ or /tɑ.sɛ/ | tassait /ta.sɛ/ or /tɑ.sɛ/ | tassions /ta.sjɔ̃/ or /tɑ.sjɔ̃/ | tassiez /ta.sje/ or /tɑ.sje/ | tassaient /ta.sɛ/ or /tɑ.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | tassai /ta.se/ or /tɑ.se/ | tassas /ta.sa/ or /tɑ.sa/ | tassa /ta.sa/ or /tɑ.sa/ | tassâmes /ta.sam/ or /tɑ.sam/ | tassâtes /ta.sat/ or /tɑ.sat/ | tassèrent /ta.sɛʁ/ or /tɑ.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | tasserai /ta.sʁe/ or /tɑ.sʁe/ | tasseras /ta.sʁa/ or /tɑ.sʁa/ | tassera /ta.sʁa/ or /tɑ.sʁa/ | tasserons /ta.sʁɔ̃/ or /tɑ.sʁɔ̃/ | tasserez /ta.sʁe/ or /tɑ.sʁe/ | tasseront /ta.sʁɔ̃/ or /tɑ.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | tasserais /ta.sʁɛ/ or /tɑ.sʁɛ/ | tasserais /ta.sʁɛ/ or /tɑ.sʁɛ/ | tasserait /ta.sʁɛ/ or /tɑ.sʁɛ/ | tasserions /ta.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /tɑ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | tasseriez /ta.sə.ʁje/ or /tɑ.sə.ʁje/ | tasseraient /ta.sʁɛ/ or /tɑ.sʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | tasse /tas/ or /tɑs/ | tasses /tas/ or /tɑs/ | tasse /tas/ or /tɑs/ | tassions /ta.sjɔ̃/ or /tɑ.sjɔ̃/ | tassiez /ta.sje/ or /tɑ.sje/ | tassent /tas/ or /tɑs/ |
| imperfect2 | tassasse /ta.sas/ or /tɑ.sas/ | tassasses /ta.sas/ or /tɑ.sas/ | tassât /ta.sa/ or /tɑ.sa/ | tassassions /ta.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /tɑ.sa.sjɔ̃/ | tassassiez /ta.sa.sje/ or /tɑ.sa.sje/ | tassassent /ta.sas/ or /tɑ.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | tasse /tas/ or /tɑs/ | — | tassons /ta.sɔ̃/ or /tɑ.sɔ̃/ | tassez /ta.se/ or /tɑ.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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “tasser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- astres, restas, stéras, tersas, tressa