Inherited from Latin sapere (“taste, know”).
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Borrowed from Italian zappare (“to hoe”).
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Unknown.
saper
saper
From sape, from Latin sappa. Compare Italian zappare, Friulian sapâ, Venetian sapar, Romanian săpa.
saper
infinitive | simple | saper | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | sapant /sa.pɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | sapé /sa.pe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | sape /sap/ |
sapes /sap/ |
sape /sap/ |
sapons /sa.pɔ̃/ |
sapez /sa.pe/ |
sapent /sap/ |
imperfect | sapais /sa.pɛ/ |
sapais /sa.pɛ/ |
sapait /sa.pɛ/ |
sapions /sa.pjɔ̃/ |
sapiez /sa.pje/ |
sapaient /sa.pɛ/ | |
past historic2 | sapai /sa.pe/ |
sapas /sa.pa/ |
sapa /sa.pa/ |
sapâmes /sa.pam/ |
sapâtes /sa.pat/ |
sapèrent /sa.pɛʁ/ | |
future | saperai /sa.pʁe/ |
saperas /sa.pʁa/ |
sapera /sa.pʁa/ |
saperons /sa.pʁɔ̃/ |
saperez /sa.pʁe/ |
saperont /sa.pʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | saperais /sa.pʁɛ/ |
saperais /sa.pʁɛ/ |
saperait /sa.pʁɛ/ |
saperions /sa.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
saperiez /sa.pə.ʁje/ |
saperaient /sa.pʁɛ/ | |
(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 | sape /sap/ |
sapes /sap/ |
sape /sap/ |
sapions /sa.pjɔ̃/ |
sapiez /sa.pje/ |
sapent /sap/ |
imperfect2 | sapasse /sa.pas/ |
sapasses /sa.pas/ |
sapât /sa.pa/ |
sapassions /sa.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
sapassiez /sa.pa.sje/ |
sapassent /sa.pas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | sape /sap/ |
— | sapons /sa.pɔ̃/ |
sapez /sa.pe/ |
— | |
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). |
saper
infinitive | saper | ||
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participle | present | perfect | |
sapente, sapiente | sapite | ||
active | simple | perfect | |
present | sape | ha sapite | |
past | sapeva | habeva sapite | |
future | sapera | habera sapite | |
conditional | saperea | haberea sapite | |
imperative | sape | ||
passive | simple | perfect | |
present | es sapite | ha essite sapite | |
past | esseva sapite | habeva essite sapite | |
future | essera sapite | habera essite sapite | |
conditional | esserea sapite | haberea essite sapite | |
imperative | sia sapite |
saper (apocopated)
Borrowed from French sapeur, from Middle French sappeur.
saper m pers (female equivalent saperka)
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