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casser
casser
See also: câsser
French
Verb
casser
Conjugation
Conjugation of casser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | casser | avoir cassé | |||||
| gerund | en cassant | en ayant cassé | |||||
| present participle | cassant /kɑ.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | cassé /kɑ.se/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | casse /kɑs/ |
casses /kɑs/ |
casse /kɑs/ |
cassons /kɑ.sɔ̃/ |
cassez /kɑ.se/ |
cassent /kɑs/ |
| imperfect | cassais /kɑ.sɛ/ |
cassais /kɑ.sɛ/ |
cassait /kɑ.sɛ/ |
cassions /kɑ.sjɔ̃/ |
cassiez /kɑ.sje/ |
cassaient /kɑ.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | cassai /kɑ.se/ |
cassas /kɑ.sa/ |
cassa /kɑ.sa/ |
cassâmes /kɑ.sam/ |
cassâtes /kɑ.sat/ |
cassèrent /kɑ.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | casserai /kɑ.sʁe/ |
casseras /kɑ.sʁa/ |
cassera /kɑ.sʁa/ |
casserons /kɑ.sʁɔ̃/ |
casserez /kɑ.sʁe/ |
casseront /kɑ.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | casserais /kɑ.sʁɛ/ |
casserais /kɑ.sʁɛ/ |
casserait /kɑ.sʁɛ/ |
casserions /kɑ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
casseriez /kɑ.sə.ʁje/ |
casseraient /kɑ.sʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | casse /kɑs/ |
casses /kɑs/ |
casse /kɑs/ |
cassions /kɑ.sjɔ̃/ |
cassiez /kɑ.sje/ |
cassent /kɑs/ |
| imperfect1 |
cassasse /kɑ.sas/ |
cassasses /kɑ.sas/ |
cassât /kɑ.sa/ |
cassassions /kɑ.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
cassassiez /kɑ.sa.sje/ |
cassassent /kɑ.sas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | casse /kɑs/ |
— | cassons /kɑ.sɔ̃/ |
cassez /kɑ.se/ |
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Old French
Verb
casser
- Alternative form of quasser
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-sss, *-sst are modified to s, s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of casser (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | casser | avoir cassé | |||||
| gerund | en cassant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | cassant | ||||||
| past participle | cassé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | cas | casses | casse | cassons | cassez | cassent |
| imperfect | cassoie, casseie, cassoe, casseve | cassoies, casseies, cassoes, casseves | cassoit, casseit, cassot, casseve | cassiiens, cassiens | cassiiez, cassiez | cassoient, casseient, cassoent, cassevent | |
| preterite | cassai | cassas | cassa | cassames | cassastes | casserent | |
| future | casserai | casseras | cassera | casserons | casseroiz, cassereiz, casserez | casseront | |
| conditional | casseroie, cassereie | casseroies, cassereies | casseroit, cassereit | casseriiens, casseriens | casseriiez, casseriez | casseroient, cassereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | cas | cas | cast | cassons | cassez | cassent |
| imperfect | cassasse | cassasses | cassast | cassissons, cassissiens | cassissoiz, cassissez, cassissiez | cassassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | casse | — | cassons | cassez | — | ||