assener

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See also: asséner

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French assener, from Old French asener, from sen (“direction”), from Frankish *sinn (“sense, mental faculty, way, direction”). By surface analysis, a- +‎ sens +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /as.ne/, /a.se.ne/
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Verb

assener

  1. to strike (a blow)
  2. to thrust out, fling (an argument, reply)

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il assène and the third-person singular future indicative il assènera.

Conjugation of assener (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple assener
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple assenant
/as.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle assené
/as.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present assène
/a.sɛn/ 		assènes
/a.sɛn/ 		assène
/a.sɛn/ 		assenons
/as.nɔ̃/ 		assenez
/as.ne/ 		assènent
/a.sɛn/
imperfect assenais
/as.nɛ/ 		assenais
/as.nɛ/ 		assenait
/as.nɛ/ 		assenions
/a.sə.njɔ̃/ 		asseniez
/a.sə.nje/ 		assenaient
/as.nɛ/
past historic2 assenai
/as.ne/ 		assenas
/as.na/ 		assena
/as.na/ 		assenâmes
/as.nam/ 		assenâtes
/as.nat/ 		assenèrent
/as.nɛʁ/
future assènerai
/a.sɛn.ʁe/ 		assèneras
/a.sɛn.ʁa/ 		assènera
/a.sɛn.ʁa/ 		assènerons
/a.sɛn.ʁɔ̃/ 		assènerez
/a.sɛn.ʁe/ 		assèneront
/a.sɛn.ʁɔ̃/
conditional assènerais
/a.sɛn.ʁɛ/ 		assènerais
/a.sɛn.ʁɛ/ 		assènerait
/a.sɛn.ʁɛ/ 		assènerions
/a.sɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.se.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		assèneriez
/a.sɛ.nə.ʁje/ or /a.se.nə.ʁje/ 		assèneraient
/a.sɛn.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 assène
/a.sɛn/ 		assènes
/a.sɛn/ 		assène
/a.sɛn/ 		assenions
/a.sə.njɔ̃/ 		asseniez
/a.sə.nje/ 		assènent
/a.sɛn/
imperfect2 assenasse
/as.nas/ 		assenasses
/as.nas/ 		assenât
/as.na/ 		assenassions
/as.na.sjɔ̃/ 		assenassiez
/as.na.sje/ 		assenassent
/as.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — assène
/a.sɛn/ 		— assenons
/as.nɔ̃/ 		assenez
/as.ne/ 		—
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).

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