assagir — French conjugation

to calm down

Frequency#1014Regular

Indicative

Present (Présent) Regular

Use the présent for habits, what is true now, and what is about to happen soon. A single set of endings covers what English often splits into “I speak” and “I am speaking”.

Elle parle arabe et français.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jeassagisI calm down
tuassagisyou calm down
il/elleassagithe/she/it calms down
nousassagissonswe calm down
vousassagissezyou (pl.) calm down
ils/ellesassagissentthey calm down

Simple past (Passé simple) Regular

The passé simple narrates completed past events in a literary or very formal style. In everyday conversation people use the passé composé instead, so you mostly meet this form in books and journalism.

Ils virent le roi s'approcher.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jeassagisI calmed down
tuassagisyou calmed down
il/elleassagithe/she/it calmed down
nousassagîmeswe calmed down
vousassagîtesyou (pl.) calmed down
ils/ellesassagirentthey calmed down

Imperfect (Imparfait) Regular

The imparfait describes ongoing or repeated past actions and sets the background — how things were, what used to happen, weather, feelings. The passé composé, by contrast, marks single completed events.

Quand j'étais petit, j'allais souvent à la piscine.

PronounFrench
jeassagissais
tuassagissais
il/elleassagissait
nousassagissions
vousassagissiez
ils/ellesassagissaient

Conditional (Conditionnel) Regular

The conditionnel is for polite questions and requests, “would”-type hypotheticals, and what someone said would happen. It is also the usual consequent clause in si + imparfait → conditionnel patterns.

Pourriez-vous répéter, s'il vous plaît ?

PronounFrenchEnglish
jeassagiraisI would calm down
tuassagiraisyou would calm down
il/elleassagiraithe/she/it would calm down
nousassagirionswe would calm down
vousassagiriezyou (pl.) would calm down
ils/ellesassagiraientthey would calm down

Future (Futur) Regular

The futur is for future plans and objective predictions. In speech, aller + infinitive is often clearer for the immediate future, while the simple future is common for facts further ahead or in writing.

Demain, nous dînerons chez eux.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jeassagiraiI will calm down
tuassagirasyou will calm down
il/elleassagirahe/she/it will calm down
nousassagironswe will calm down
vousassagirezyou (pl.) will calm down
ils/ellesassagirontthey will calm down

Present perfect (Passé composé) Regular

The passé composé is the main spoken past for completed, bounded actions (often with a time adverb). Use avoir with most verbs; être is required for a fixed group of motion/inchange and all pronominal verbs, with participle agreement when necessary.

Elle est venue tôt, puis elle a téléphoné.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'ai assagiI have calmed down
tutu as assagiyou have calmed down
il/elleil/elle a assagihe/she/it has calmed down
nousnous avons assagiwe have calmed down
vousvous avez assagiyou (pl.) have calmed down
ils/ellesils/elles ont assagithey have calmed down

Pluperfect (Plus-que-parfait) Regular

The plus-que-parfait is the “earlier past”: one action was already over before another past moment. It answers “had already” when a story is anchored in a past time.

Déjà, il avait fini quand je suis arrivé.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'avais assagiI had calmed down
tutu avais assagiyou had calmed down
il/elleil/elle avait assagihe/she/it had calmed down
nousnous avions assagiwe had calmed down
vousvous aviez assagiyou (pl.) had calmed down
ils/ellesils/elles avaient assagithey had calmed down

Conditional perfect (Conditionnel passé) Regular

The conditionnel passé states what would have been true, plans that failed, and unreal past if-clauses (often with si + plus-que-parfait in the apodose).

J'aurais dit oui, mais c'était impossible.

PronounFrench
jej'aurais assagi
tutu aurais assagi
il/elleil/elle aurait assagi
nousnous aurions assagi
vousvous auriez assagi
ils/ellesils/elles auraient assagi

Future perfect (Futur antérieur) Regular

The futur antérieur marks an action that will be finished before a later future moment (by then I will have…). It can also suggest a conjecture about a recent past fact in formal or literary use.

D'ici samedi, j'aurai lu le rapport.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'aurai assagiI will have calmed down
tutu auras assagiyou will have calmed down
il/elleil/elle aura assagihe/she/it will have calmed down
nousnous aurons assagiwe will have calmed down
vousvous aurez assagiyou (pl.) will have calmed down
ils/ellesils/elles auront assagithey will have calmed down

Subjunctive

Present subjunctive (Subjonctif présent) Regular

The present subjunctive appears in subordinate clauses after desire, doubt, fear, need, and many impersonals, usually when the subject of the subordinate is different. Learn common triggers: il faut que, je veux que, je doute que…

Il faut qu'il parte avant midi.

PronounFrench
jeassagisse
tuassagisses
il/elleassagisse
nousassagissions
vousassagissiez
ils/ellesassagissent

Imperfect subjunctive (Subjonctif imparfait) Regular

The imparfait du subjonctif is a literary and formal past subjunctive. In modern speech, the present subjunctive usually replaces it for the same meaning.

Bien qu'il fût fatigué, il continua.

PronounFrench
jeassagisse
tuassagisses
il/elleassagît
nousassagissions
vousassagissiez
ils/ellesassagissent

Other forms

Imperative (Impératif) Regular

The imperative is for direct orders and advice to tu, nous, and vous. For many -er verbs, the tu form drops the final -s of the present (parle!); negatives use the subjunctive-like forms in practice.

Fermons la porte, s'il vous plaît !

PronounFrench
tuassagis
nousassagissons
vousassagissez