assavoir

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French

Etymology

Ultimately from a- +‎ savoir

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.sa.vwaʁ/
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Verb

assavoir

  1. (obsolete except Canada) to know

Conjugation

Conjugation of assavoir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple assavoir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple assachant
/a.sa.ʃɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle assu
/a.sy/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present assais
/a.sɛ/ 		assais
/a.sɛ/ 		assait
/a.sɛ/ 		assavons
/a.sa.vɔ̃/ 		assavez
/a.sa.ve/ 		assavent
/a.sav/
imperfect assavais
/a.sa.vɛ/ 		assavais
/a.sa.vɛ/ 		assavait
/a.sa.vɛ/ 		assavions
/a.sa.vjɔ̃/ 		assaviez
/a.sa.vje/ 		assavaient
/a.sa.vɛ/
past historic2 assus
/a.sy/ 		assus
/a.sy/ 		assut
/a.sy/ 		assûmes
/a.sym/ 		assûtes
/a.syt/ 		assurent
/a.syʁ/
future assaurai
/a.sɔ.ʁe/ or /a.so.ʁe/ 		assauras
/a.sɔ.ʁa/ or /a.so.ʁa/ 		assaura
/a.sɔ.ʁa/ or /a.so.ʁa/ 		assaurons
/a.sɔ.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.so.ʁɔ̃/ 		assaurez
/a.sɔ.ʁe/ or /a.so.ʁe/ 		assauront
/a.sɔ.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.so.ʁɔ̃/
conditional assaurais
/a.sɔ.ʁɛ/ or /a.so.ʁɛ/ 		assaurais
/a.sɔ.ʁɛ/ or /a.so.ʁɛ/ 		assaurait
/a.sɔ.ʁɛ/ or /a.so.ʁɛ/ 		assaurions
/a.sɔ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.so.ʁjɔ̃/ 		assauriez
/a.sɔ.ʁje/ or /a.so.ʁje/ 		assauraient
/a.sɔ.ʁɛ/ or /a.so.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 assache
/a.saʃ/ 		assaches
/a.saʃ/ 		assache
/a.saʃ/ 		assachions
/a.sa.ʃjɔ̃/ 		assachiez
/a.sa.ʃje/ 		assachent
/a.saʃ/
imperfect2 assusse
/a.sys/ 		assusses
/a.sys/ 		assût
/a.sy/ 		assussions
/a.sy.sjɔ̃/ 		assussiez
/a.sy.sje/ 		assussent
/a.sys/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — assache
/a.saʃ/ 		— assachons
/a.sa.ʃɔ̃/ 		assachez
/a.sa.ʃe/ 		—
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

Ultimately from a- +‎ savoir

Verb

assavoir

  1. to know
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