chasser

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French chacier, from Vulgar Latin *captiāre, from Latin captus.

Pronunciation

Verb

chasser

  1. to hunt
    La lionne utilisera toutes ses forces, même pour chasser un lapin.[1] ― The lioness will use all her strength, even when hunting a rabbit.
  2. to chase
  3. to drive off
  4. (intransitive, dance) to chassé

Conjugation

Conjugation of chasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple chasser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple chassant
/ʃa.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle chassé
/ʃa.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present chasse
/ʃas/ 		chasses
/ʃas/ 		chasse
/ʃas/ 		chassons
/ʃa.sɔ̃/ 		chassez
/ʃa.se/ 		chassent
/ʃas/
imperfect chassais
/ʃa.sɛ/ 		chassais
/ʃa.sɛ/ 		chassait
/ʃa.sɛ/ 		chassions
/ʃa.sjɔ̃/ 		chassiez
/ʃa.sje/ 		chassaient
/ʃa.sɛ/
past historic2 chassai
/ʃa.se/ 		chassas
/ʃa.sa/ 		chassa
/ʃa.sa/ 		chassâmes
/ʃa.sam/ 		chassâtes
/ʃa.sat/ 		chassèrent
/ʃa.sɛʁ/
future chasserai
/ʃa.sʁe/ 		chasseras
/ʃa.sʁa/ 		chassera
/ʃa.sʁa/ 		chasserons
/ʃa.sʁɔ̃/ 		chasserez
/ʃa.sʁe/ 		chasseront
/ʃa.sʁɔ̃/
conditional chasserais
/ʃa.sʁɛ/ 		chasserais
/ʃa.sʁɛ/ 		chasserait
/ʃa.sʁɛ/ 		chasserions
/ʃa.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		chasseriez
/ʃa.sə.ʁje/ 		chasseraient
/ʃa.sʁɛ/
(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 chasse
/ʃas/ 		chasses
/ʃas/ 		chasse
/ʃas/ 		chassions
/ʃa.sjɔ̃/ 		chassiez
/ʃa.sje/ 		chassent
/ʃas/
imperfect2 chassasse
/ʃa.sas/ 		chassasses
/ʃa.sas/ 		chassât
/ʃa.sa/ 		chassassions
/ʃa.sa.sjɔ̃/ 		chassassiez
/ʃa.sa.sje/ 		chassassent
/ʃa.sas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — chasse
/ʃas/ 		— chassons
/ʃa.sɔ̃/ 		chassez
/ʃa.se/ 		—
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).

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → German: schassen

References

  1. ^ Tatoeba No. 12348857

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