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assainir
assainir
French
Verb
assainir
- to clean up
- (finance) to stabilise
- to heal, to remedy, to make healthier
- to sanitise (environment), to purify (water)
- (reflexive) to get healthier, to regain one's health
Conjugation
This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.
Conjugation of assainir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | assainir | avoir assaini | |||||
| gerund | en assainissant | en ayant assaini | |||||
| present participle | assainissant /a.sɛ.ni.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | assaini /a.sɛ.ni/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | assainis /a.sɛ.ni/ |
assainis /a.sɛ.ni/ |
assainit /a.sɛ.ni/ |
assainissons /a.sɛ.ni.sɔ̃/ |
assainissez /a.sɛ.ni.se/ |
assainissent /a.sɛ.nis/ |
| imperfect | assainissais /a.sɛ.ni.sɛ/ |
assainissais /a.sɛ.ni.sɛ/ |
assainissait /a.sɛ.ni.sɛ/ |
assainissions /a.sɛ.ni.sjɔ̃/ |
assainissiez /a.sɛ.ni.sje/ |
assainissaient /a.sɛ.ni.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | assainis /a.sɛ.ni/ |
assainis /a.sɛ.ni/ |
assainit /a.sɛ.ni/ |
assainîmes /a.sɛ.nim/ |
assainîtes /a.sɛ.nit/ |
assainirent /a.sɛ.niʁ/ |
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| future | assainirai /a.sɛ.ni.ʁe/ |
assainiras /a.sɛ.ni.ʁa/ |
assainira /a.sɛ.ni.ʁa/ |
assainirons /a.sɛ.ni.ʁɔ̃/ |
assainirez /a.sɛ.ni.ʁe/ |
assainiront /a.sɛ.ni.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | assainirais /a.sɛ.ni.ʁɛ/ |
assainirais /a.sɛ.ni.ʁɛ/ |
assainirait /a.sɛ.ni.ʁɛ/ |
assainirions /a.sɛ.ni.ʁjɔ̃/ |
assainiriez /a.sɛ.ni.ʁje/ |
assainiraient /a.sɛ.ni.ʁɛ/ |
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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 | assainisse /a.sɛ.nis/ |
assainisses /a.sɛ.nis/ |
assainisse /a.sɛ.nis/ |
assainissions /a.sɛ.ni.sjɔ̃/ |
assainissiez /a.sɛ.ni.sje/ |
assainissent /a.sɛ.nis/ |
| imperfect1 |
assainisse /a.sɛ.nis/ |
assainisses /a.sɛ.nis/ |
assainît /a.sɛ.ni/ |
assainissions /a.sɛ.ni.sjɔ̃/ |
assainissiez /a.sɛ.ni.sje/ |
assainissent /a.sɛ.nis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | assainis /a.sɛ.ni/ |
— | assainissons /a.sɛ.ni.sɔ̃/ |
assainissez /a.sɛ.ni.se/ |
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