Inherited from Old French assaillir, assalir, from Late Latin assalīre (“attack”, literally “jump on”), from Latin salīre (“jump”).
assaillir
This verb is part of a small group of verbs in -ir that conjugate in the indicative imperfect and present, the subjunctive present, and the present participle, as if they ended in -er. They are sometimes written with an 'e' in the future and imperfect, like cueillir and other verbs in -llir.
| infinitive | simple | assaillir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | assaillant /a.sa.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | assailli /a.sa.ji/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | assaille /a.saj/ |
assailles /a.saj/ |
assaille /a.saj/ |
assaillons /a.sa.jɔ̃/ |
assaillez /a.sa.je/ |
assaillent /a.saj/ |
| imperfect | assaillais /a.sa.jɛ/ |
assaillais /a.sa.jɛ/ |
assaillait /a.sa.jɛ/ |
assaillions /a.saj.jɔ̃/ |
assailliez /a.saj.je/ |
assaillaient /a.sa.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | assaillis /a.sa.ji/ |
assaillis /a.sa.ji/ |
assaillit /a.sa.ji/ |
assaillîmes /a.sa.jim/ |
assaillîtes /a.sa.jit/ |
assaillirent /a.sa.jiʁ/ | |
| future | assaillirai or assaillerai /a.sa.ji.ʁe/ or /a.saj.ʁe/ |
assailliras or assailleras /a.sa.ji.ʁa/ or /a.saj.ʁa/ |
assaillira or assaillera /a.sa.ji.ʁa/ or /a.saj.ʁa/ |
assaillirons or assaillerons /a.sa.ji.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.saj.ʁɔ̃/ |
assaillirez or assaillerez /a.sa.ji.ʁe/ or /a.saj.ʁe/ |
assailliront or assailleront /a.sa.ji.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.saj.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | assaillirais or assaillerais /a.sa.ji.ʁɛ/ or /a.saj.ʁɛ/ |
assaillirais or assaillerais /a.sa.ji.ʁɛ/ or /a.saj.ʁɛ/ |
assaillirait or assaillerait /a.sa.ji.ʁɛ/ or /a.saj.ʁɛ/ |
assaillirions or assaillerions /a.sa.ji.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.sa.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
assailliriez or assailleriez /a.sa.ji.ʁje/ or /a.sa.jə.ʁje/ |
assailliraient or assailleraient /a.sa.ji.ʁɛ/ or /a.saj.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 | assaille /a.saj/ |
assailles /a.saj/ |
assaille /a.saj/ |
assaillions /a.saj.jɔ̃/ |
assailliez /a.saj.je/ |
assaillent /a.saj/ |
| imperfect2 | assaillisse /a.sa.jis/ |
assaillisses /a.sa.jis/ |
assaillît /a.sa.ji/ |
assaillissions /a.sa.ji.sjɔ̃/ |
assaillissiez /a.sa.ji.sje/ |
assaillissent /a.sa.jis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | assaille /a.saj/ |
— | assaillons /a.sa.jɔ̃/ |
assaillez /a.sa.je/ |
— | |
| 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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
assaillir
assaillir
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.