Probably ultimately onomatopoeic.
jaser
infinitive | simple | jaser | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | jasant /ʒa.zɑ̃/ or /ʒɑ.zɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | jasé /ʒa.ze/ or /ʒɑ.ze/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | jase /ʒaz/ or /ʒɑz/ |
jases /ʒaz/ or /ʒɑz/ |
jase /ʒaz/ or /ʒɑz/ |
jasons /ʒa.zɔ̃/ or /ʒɑ.zɔ̃/ |
jasez /ʒa.ze/ or /ʒɑ.ze/ |
jasent /ʒaz/ or /ʒɑz/ |
imperfect | jasais /ʒa.zɛ/ or /ʒɑ.zɛ/ |
jasais /ʒa.zɛ/ or /ʒɑ.zɛ/ |
jasait /ʒa.zɛ/ or /ʒɑ.zɛ/ |
jasions /ʒa.zjɔ̃/ or /ʒɑ.zjɔ̃/ |
jasiez /ʒa.zje/ or /ʒɑ.zje/ |
jasaient /ʒa.zɛ/ or /ʒɑ.zɛ/ | |
past historic2 | jasai /ʒa.ze/ or /ʒɑ.ze/ |
jasas /ʒa.za/ or /ʒɑ.za/ |
jasa /ʒa.za/ or /ʒɑ.za/ |
jasâmes /ʒa.zam/ or /ʒɑ.zam/ |
jasâtes /ʒa.zat/ or /ʒɑ.zat/ |
jasèrent /ʒa.zɛʁ/ or /ʒɑ.zɛʁ/ | |
future | jaserai /ʒaz.ʁe/ or /ʒɑz.ʁe/ |
jaseras /ʒaz.ʁa/ or /ʒɑz.ʁa/ |
jasera /ʒaz.ʁa/ or /ʒɑz.ʁa/ |
jaserons /ʒaz.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʒɑz.ʁɔ̃/ |
jaserez /ʒaz.ʁe/ or /ʒɑz.ʁe/ |
jaseront /ʒaz.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʒɑz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | jaserais /ʒaz.ʁɛ/ or /ʒɑz.ʁɛ/ |
jaserais /ʒaz.ʁɛ/ or /ʒɑz.ʁɛ/ |
jaserait /ʒaz.ʁɛ/ or /ʒɑz.ʁɛ/ |
jaserions /ʒa.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʒɑ.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
jaseriez /ʒa.zə.ʁje/ or /ʒɑ.zə.ʁje/ |
jaseraient /ʒaz.ʁɛ/ or /ʒɑz.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 | jase /ʒaz/ or /ʒɑz/ |
jases /ʒaz/ or /ʒɑz/ |
jase /ʒaz/ or /ʒɑz/ |
jasions /ʒa.zjɔ̃/ or /ʒɑ.zjɔ̃/ |
jasiez /ʒa.zje/ or /ʒɑ.zje/ |
jasent /ʒaz/ or /ʒɑz/ |
imperfect2 | jasasse /ʒa.zas/ or /ʒɑ.zas/ |
jasasses /ʒa.zas/ or /ʒɑ.zas/ |
jasât /ʒa.za/ or /ʒɑ.za/ |
jasassions /ʒa.za.sjɔ̃/ or /ʒɑ.za.sjɔ̃/ |
jasassiez /ʒa.za.sje/ or /ʒɑ.za.sje/ |
jasassent /ʒa.zas/ or /ʒɑ.zas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | jase /ʒaz/ or /ʒɑz/ |
— | jasons /ʒa.zɔ̃/ or /ʒɑ.zɔ̃/ |
jasez /ʒa.ze/ or /ʒɑ.ze/ |
— | |
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). |