hâter

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See also: hater and hatër

French

Etymology

From hâte.

Pronunciation

Verb

hâter

  1. (transitive) to speed up, hasten
  2. (reflexive) to hurry
    • 1820, Alphonse de Lamartine, “Le Lac”, in Premières méditations poétiques‎:
      « Aimons donc, aimons donc ! de l’heure fugitive, ¶ Hâtons-nous, jouissons ! ¶ L’homme n’a point de port, le temps n’a point de rive ; ¶ Il coule, et nous passons ! »
      Let's love, then, let's love, then! from fleeing time ¶ Let's hurry, let's enjoy! ¶ Man has no port, time no banks ¶ It flows, and we pass through!"

Conjugation

Conjugation of hâter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple hâter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple hâtant
/a.tɑ̃/ or /ɑ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle hâté
/a.te/ or /ɑ.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present hâte
/at/ or /ɑt/ 		hâtes
/at/ or /ɑt/ 		hâte
/at/ or /ɑt/ 		hâtons
/a.tɔ̃/ or /ɑ.tɔ̃/ 		hâtez
/a.te/ or /ɑ.te/ 		hâtent
/at/ or /ɑt/
imperfect hâtais
/a.tɛ/ or /ɑ.tɛ/ 		hâtais
/a.tɛ/ or /ɑ.tɛ/ 		hâtait
/a.tɛ/ or /ɑ.tɛ/ 		hâtions
/a.tjɔ̃/ or /ɑ.tjɔ̃/ 		hâtiez
/a.tje/ or /ɑ.tje/ 		hâtaient
/a.tɛ/ or /ɑ.tɛ/
past historic2 hâtai
/a.te/ or /ɑ.te/ 		hâtas
/a.ta/ or /ɑ.ta/ 		hâta
/a.ta/ or /ɑ.ta/ 		hâtâmes
/a.tam/ or /ɑ.tam/ 		hâtâtes
/a.tat/ or /ɑ.tat/ 		hâtèrent
/a.tɛʁ/ or /ɑ.tɛʁ/
future hâterai
/a.tʁe/ or /ɑ.tʁe/ 		hâteras
/a.tʁa/ or /ɑ.tʁa/ 		hâtera
/a.tʁa/ or /ɑ.tʁa/ 		hâterons
/a.tʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ.tʁɔ̃/ 		hâterez
/a.tʁe/ or /ɑ.tʁe/ 		hâteront
/a.tʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ.tʁɔ̃/
conditional hâterais
/a.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ.tʁɛ/ 		hâterais
/a.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ.tʁɛ/ 		hâterait
/a.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ.tʁɛ/ 		hâterions
/a.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		hâteriez
/a.tə.ʁje/ or /ɑ.tə.ʁje/ 		hâteraient
/a.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ.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 hâte
/at/ or /ɑt/ 		hâtes
/at/ or /ɑt/ 		hâte
/at/ or /ɑt/ 		hâtions
/a.tjɔ̃/ or /ɑ.tjɔ̃/ 		hâtiez
/a.tje/ or /ɑ.tje/ 		hâtent
/at/ or /ɑt/
imperfect2 hâtasse
/a.tas/ or /ɑ.tas/ 		hâtasses
/a.tas/ or /ɑ.tas/ 		hâtât
/a.ta/ or /ɑ.ta/ 		hâtassions
/a.ta.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		hâtassiez
/a.ta.sje/ or /ɑ.ta.sje/ 		hâtassent
/a.tas/ or /ɑ.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — hâte
/at/ or /ɑt/ 		— hâtons
/a.tɔ̃/ or /ɑ.tɔ̃/ 		hâtez
/a.te/ or /ɑ.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:
  • 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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