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hausser
hausser
French
Verb
hausser
- to raise
- Le gouvernement a haussé le prix du pétrole.
- The government has raised petrol prices.
- Le gouvernement a haussé le prix du pétrole.
- to shrug
- Il me disait qu'il ne savait pas, en haussant les épaules.
- He told me he didn't know, shrugging his shoulders.
- Il me disait qu'il ne savait pas, en haussant les épaules.
Conjugation
Conjugation of hausser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | hausser | avoir haussé | |||||
| gerund | en haussant | en ayant haussé | |||||
| present participle | haussant /o.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | haussé /o.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 | hausse /os/ |
hausses /os/ |
hausse /os/ |
haussons /o.sɔ̃/ |
haussez /o.se/ |
haussent /os/ |
| imperfect | haussais /o.sɛ/ |
haussais /o.sɛ/ |
haussait /o.sɛ/ |
haussions /o.sjɔ̃/ |
haussiez /o.sje/ |
haussaient /o.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | haussai /o.se/ |
haussas /o.sa/ |
haussa /o.sa/ |
haussâmes /o.sam/ |
haussâtes /o.sat/ |
haussèrent /o.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | hausserai /o.sʁe/ |
hausseras /o.sʁa/ |
haussera /o.sʁa/ |
hausserons /o.sʁɔ̃/ |
hausserez /o.sʁe/ |
hausseront /o.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | hausserais /o.sʁɛ/ |
hausserais /o.sʁɛ/ |
hausserait /o.sʁɛ/ |
hausserions /o.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
hausseriez /o.sə.ʁje/ |
hausseraient /o.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 | hausse /os/ |
hausses /os/ |
hausse /os/ |
haussions /o.sjɔ̃/ |
haussiez /o.sje/ |
haussent /os/ |
| imperfect1 |
haussasse /o.sas/ |
haussasses /o.sas/ |
haussât /o.sa/ |
haussassions /o.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
haussassiez /o.sa.sje/ |
haussassent /o.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 | – | |
| — | hausse /os/ |
— | haussons /o.sɔ̃/ |
haussez /o.se/ |
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