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Conjugation of the French verb assister

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

assister is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
assister	to assist

Present		Scored
j'assiste	I assist
tu assistes	you assist
il assiste	he assists
elle assiste	she assists
nous assistons	we assist
vous assistez	you assist
ils assistent	they assist
elles assistent	they assist

Imperfect		Scored
j'assistais	I was assisting
tu assistais	you were assisting
il assistait	he was assisting
elle assistait	she was assisting
nous assistions	we were assisting
vous assistiez	you were assisting
ils assistaient	they were assisting
elles assistaient	they were assisting

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'assistai	I assisted
tu assistas	you assisted
il assista	he assisted
elle assista	she assisted
nous assistâmes	we assisted
vous assistâtes	you assisted
ils assistèrent	they assisted
elles assistèrent	they assisted

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

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

Future		Scored
j'assisterai	I will assist
tu assisteras	you will assist
il assistera	he will assist
elle assistera	she will assist
nous assisterons	we will assist
vous assisterez	you will assist
ils assisteront	they will assist
elles assisteront	they will assist

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 assisté	I will have assisted
tu auras assisté	you will have assisted
il aura assisté	he will have assisted
elle aura assisté	she will have assisted
nous aurons assisté	we will have assisted
vous aurez assisté	you will have assisted
ils auront assisté	they will have assisted
elles auront assisté	they will have assisted

Conditional		Scored
j'assisterais	I would assist
tu assisterais	you would assist
il assisterait	he would assist
elle assisterait	she would assist
nous assisterions	we would assist
vous assisteriez	you would assist
ils assisteraient	they would assist
elles assisteraient	they would assist

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 assisté	I would have assisted
tu aurais assisté	you would have assisted
il aurait assisté	he would have assisted
elle aurait assisté	she would have assisted
nous aurions assisté	we would have assisted
vous auriez assisté	you would have assisted
ils auraient assisté	they would have assisted
elles auraient assisté	they would have assisted

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'assiste	(... that) I assist
(... que) tu assistes	(... that) you assist
(... que) il assiste	(... that) he assists
(... que) elle assiste	(... that) she assists
(... que) nous assistions	(... that) we assist
(... que) vous assistiez	(... that) you assist

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'assistasse	(... that) I was assisting
(... que) tu assistasses	(... that) you were assisting
(... que) il assistât	(... that) he was assisting
(... que) elle assistât	(... that) she was assisting
(... que) nous assistassions	(... that) we were assisting
(... que) vous assistassiez	(... that) you were assisting
(... que) ils assistassent	(... that) they were assisting
(... que) elles assistassent	(... that) they were assisting

Imperative		Scored
assiste	Assist
assistons	Let's assist
assistez	Assist

Present Participle		Scored
assistant	assisting

Past Participle		Scored
assisté	assisted

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