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souhaiter
souhaiter
French
Verb
souhaiter
- to wish (for); to hope (for)
- On vous souhaite tout le bonheur du monde
- Pour aujourd'hui comme pour demain
- Que votre soleil éclaircisse l'ombre
- Qu'il brille d'amour au quotidien. - Sinsemilia Tout le bonheur du monde.
- We wish you all the happiness in the world.
- For today like for tomorrow
- That your sun should light up the shadows.
- That it shine love everyday.
- Literally:
- One you wish all the happiness of-the world
- For today like for tomorrow
- That your sun lighten the-shadow
- That-he shine of-love to-the everyday.
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Conjugation
Conjugation of souhaiter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | souhaiter | avoir souhaité | |||||
| gerund | en souhaitant | en ayant souhaité | |||||
| present participle | souhaitant /swɛ.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | souhaité /swɛ.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | souhaite /swɛt/ |
souhaites /swɛt/ |
souhaite /swɛt/ |
souhaitons /swɛ.tɔ̃/ |
souhaitez /swɛ.te/ |
souhaitent /swɛt/ |
| imperfect | souhaitais /swɛ.tɛ/ |
souhaitais /swɛ.tɛ/ |
souhaitait /swɛ.tɛ/ |
souhaitions /swɛ.tjɔ̃/ |
souhaitiez /swɛ.tje/ |
souhaitaient /swɛ.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | souhaitai /swɛ.te/ |
souhaitas /swɛ.ta/ |
souhaita /swɛ.ta/ |
souhaitâmes /swɛ.tam/ |
souhaitâtes /swɛ.tat/ |
souhaitèrent /swɛ.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | souhaiterai /swɛ.tʁe/ |
souhaiteras /swɛ.tʁa/ |
souhaitera /swɛ.tʁa/ |
souhaiterons /swɛ.tʁɔ̃/ |
souhaiterez /swɛ.tʁe/ |
souhaiteront /swɛ.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | souhaiterais /swɛ.tʁɛ/ |
souhaiterais /swɛ.tʁɛ/ |
souhaiterait /swɛ.tʁɛ/ |
souhaiterions /swɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
souhaiteriez /swɛ.tə.ʁje/ |
souhaiteraient /swɛ.tʁɛ/ |
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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 | souhaite /swɛt/ |
souhaites /swɛt/ |
souhaite /swɛt/ |
souhaitions /swɛ.tjɔ̃/ |
souhaitiez /swɛ.tje/ |
souhaitent /swɛt/ |
| imperfect1 |
souhaitasse /swɛ.tas/ |
souhaitasses /swɛ.tas/ |
souhaitât /swɛ.ta/ |
souhaitassions /swɛ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
souhaitassiez /swɛ.ta.sje/ |
souhaitassent /swɛ.tas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | souhaite /swɛt/ |
— | souhaitons /swɛ.tɔ̃/ |
souhaitez /swɛ.te/ |
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