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Conjugation of the French verb asseoir

A list of the common conjugations for the French verb asseoir, along with their English translations.

asseoir is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
asseoir	to sit

Present		Scored
j'assieds	I sit
tu assieds	you sit
il assied	he sits
elle assied	she sits
nous asseyons	we sit
vous asseyez	you sit
ils asseyent	they sit
elles asseyent	they sit

Imperfect		Scored
j'asseyais	I was sitting
tu asseyais	you were sitting
il asseyait	he was sitting
elle asseyait	she was sitting
nous assoyions	we were sitting
vous assoyiez	you were sitting
ils asseyaient	they were sitting
elles asseyaient	they were sitting

Past Historic / Passé Simple This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passé Composé is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
j'assis	I sat
tu assis	you sat
il assit	he sat
elle assit	she sat
nous assîmes	we sat
vous assîtes	you sat
ils assirent	they sat
elles assirent	they sat

Passé Composé		Scored
j'ai assis	I sat
tu as assis	you sat
il a assis	he sat
elle a assis	she sat
nous avons assis	we sat
vous avez assis	you sat
ils ont assis	they sat
elles ont assis	they sat

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfait		Scored
j'avais assis	I had sat
tu avais assis	you had sat
il avait assis	he had sat
elle avait assis	she had sat
nous avions assis	we had sat
vous aviez assis	you had sat
ils avaient assis	they had sat
elles avaient assis	they had sat

Future		Scored
j'assiérai	I will sit
tu assoiras	you will sit
il assiéra	he will sit
elle assiéra	she will sit
nous assoirons	we will sit
vous assoirez	you will sit
ils assoiront	they will sit
elles assoiront	they will sit

Future Perfect / Futur antérieur The French Future Perfect or Futur antérieur is made with the future tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurai assis	I will have sat
tu auras assis	you will have sat
il aura assis	he will have sat
elle aura assis	she will have sat
nous aurons assis	we will have sat
vous aurez assis	you will have sat
ils auront assis	they will have sat
elles auront assis	they will have sat

Conditional		Scored
j'assoirais	I would sit
tu assoirais	you would sit
il assiérait	he would sit
elle assiérait	she would sit
nous assoirions	we would sit
vous assoiriez	you would sit
ils assoiraient	they would sit
elles assoiraient	they would sit

Conditional Perfect / Conditionnel passé The French Conditional Perfect (the past conditional) or Conditionnel passé is made with the conditional tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurais assis	I would have sat
tu aurais assis	you would have sat
il aurait assis	he would have sat
elle aurait assis	she would have sat
nous aurions assis	we would have sat
vous auriez assis	you would have sat
ils auraient assis	they would have sat
elles auraient assis	they would have sat

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'asseye	(... that) I sit
(... que) tu assoies	(... that) you sit
(... que) il asseye	(... that) he sits
(... que) elle asseye	(... that) she sits
(... que) nous assoyions	(... that) we sit
(... que) vous assoyiez	(... that) you sit
(... que) ils asseyent	(... that) they sit
(... que) elles asseyent	(... that) they sit

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'assisse	(... that) I was sitting
(... que) tu assisses	(... that) you were sitting
(... que) il assît	(... that) he was sitting
(... que) elle assît	(... that) she was sitting
(... que) nous assissions	(... that) we were sitting
(... que) vous assissiez	(... that) you were sitting
(... que) ils assissent	(... that) they were sitting
(... que) elles assissent	(... that) they were sitting

Imperative		Scored
assois	Sit
asseyons	Let's sit
asseyez	Sit

Present Participle		Scored
asseyant	sitting

Past Participle		Scored
assis	sat

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