From an earlier dasticoter, from German daß dich Gott... ("may God..."), the first words of numerous curses in that language, probably introduced by German mercenaries.
asticoter
infinitive | simple | asticoter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | asticotant /as.ti.kɔ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | asticoté /as.ti.kɔ.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | asticote /as.ti.kɔt/ |
asticotes /as.ti.kɔt/ |
asticote /as.ti.kɔt/ |
asticotons /as.ti.kɔ.tɔ̃/ |
asticotez /as.ti.kɔ.te/ |
asticotent /as.ti.kɔt/ |
imperfect | asticotais /as.ti.kɔ.tɛ/ |
asticotais /as.ti.kɔ.tɛ/ |
asticotait /as.ti.kɔ.tɛ/ |
asticotions /as.ti.kɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
asticotiez /as.ti.kɔ.tje/ |
asticotaient /as.ti.kɔ.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | asticotai /as.ti.kɔ.te/ |
asticotas /as.ti.kɔ.ta/ |
asticota /as.ti.kɔ.ta/ |
asticotâmes /as.ti.kɔ.tam/ |
asticotâtes /as.ti.kɔ.tat/ |
asticotèrent /as.ti.kɔ.tɛʁ/ | |
future | asticoterai /as.ti.kɔ.tʁe/ |
asticoteras /as.ti.kɔ.tʁa/ |
asticotera /as.ti.kɔ.tʁa/ |
asticoterons /as.ti.kɔ.tʁɔ̃/ |
asticoterez /as.ti.kɔ.tʁe/ |
asticoteront /as.ti.kɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | asticoterais /as.ti.kɔ.tʁɛ/ |
asticoterais /as.ti.kɔ.tʁɛ/ |
asticoterait /as.ti.kɔ.tʁɛ/ |
asticoterions /as.ti.kɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
asticoteriez /as.ti.kɔ.tə.ʁje/ |
asticoteraient /as.ti.kɔ.tʁɛ/ | |
(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 | asticote /as.ti.kɔt/ |
asticotes /as.ti.kɔt/ |
asticote /as.ti.kɔt/ |
asticotions /as.ti.kɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
asticotiez /as.ti.kɔ.tje/ |
asticotent /as.ti.kɔt/ |
imperfect2 | asticotasse /as.ti.kɔ.tas/ |
asticotasses /as.ti.kɔ.tas/ |
asticotât /as.ti.kɔ.ta/ |
asticotassions /as.ti.kɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
asticotassiez /as.ti.kɔ.ta.sje/ |
asticotassent /as.ti.kɔ.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | asticote /as.ti.kɔt/ |
— | asticotons /as.ti.kɔ.tɔ̃/ |
asticotez /as.ti.kɔ.te/ |
— | |
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). |