From Old French vessir (with a change in conjugation[1] likely due to analogy with péter),[2] from Latin vissīre. Alternatively derivable from vesse + -er, the former a noun derived from the aforementioned Old French verb.
vesser
| infinitive | simple | vesser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | vessant /vɛ.sɑ̃/ or /ve.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | vessé /vɛ.se/ or /ve.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | vesse /vɛs/ |
vesses /vɛs/ |
vesse /vɛs/ |
vessons /vɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ve.sɔ̃/ |
vessez /vɛ.se/ or /ve.se/ |
vessent /vɛs/ |
| imperfect | vessais /vɛ.sɛ/ or /ve.sɛ/ |
vessais /vɛ.sɛ/ or /ve.sɛ/ |
vessait /vɛ.sɛ/ or /ve.sɛ/ |
vessions /vɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ve.sjɔ̃/ |
vessiez /vɛ.sje/ or /ve.sje/ |
vessaient /vɛ.sɛ/ or /ve.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | vessai /vɛ.se/ or /ve.se/ |
vessas /vɛ.sa/ or /ve.sa/ |
vessa /vɛ.sa/ or /ve.sa/ |
vessâmes /vɛ.sam/ or /ve.sam/ |
vessâtes /vɛ.sat/ or /ve.sat/ |
vessèrent /vɛ.sɛʁ/ or /ve.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | vesserai /vɛ.sʁe/ or /ve.sʁe/ |
vesseras /vɛ.sʁa/ or /ve.sʁa/ |
vessera /vɛ.sʁa/ or /ve.sʁa/ |
vesserons /vɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /ve.sʁɔ̃/ |
vesserez /vɛ.sʁe/ or /ve.sʁe/ |
vesseront /vɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /ve.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | vesserais /vɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ve.sʁɛ/ |
vesserais /vɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ve.sʁɛ/ |
vesserait /vɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ve.sʁɛ/ |
vesserions /vɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ve.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vesseriez /vɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /ve.sə.ʁje/ |
vesseraient /vɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ve.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 | vesse /vɛs/ |
vesses /vɛs/ |
vesse /vɛs/ |
vessions /vɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ve.sjɔ̃/ |
vessiez /vɛ.sje/ or /ve.sje/ |
vessent /vɛs/ |
| imperfect2 | vessasse /vɛ.sas/ or /ve.sas/ |
vessasses /vɛ.sas/ or /ve.sas/ |
vessât /vɛ.sa/ or /ve.sa/ |
vessassions /vɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /ve.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
vessassiez /vɛ.sa.sje/ or /ve.sa.sje/ |
vessassent /vɛ.sas/ or /ve.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | vesse /vɛs/ |
— | vessons /vɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ve.sɔ̃/ |
vessez /vɛ.se/ or /ve.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:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||