assécher — French conjugation
to dry up
Indicative
Present (Présent) Irregular
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | assèche | I dry up |
| tu | assèches | you dry up |
| il/elle | assèche | he/she/it dries up |
| nous | asséchons | we dry up |
| vous | asséchez | you (pl.) dry up |
| ils/elles | assèchent | they dry up |
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | asséchai | I dried up |
| tu | asséchas | you dried up |
| il/elle | assécha | he/she/it dried up |
| nous | asséchâmes | we dried up |
| vous | asséchâtes | you (pl.) dried up |
| ils/elles | asséchèrent | they dried up |
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.
| Pronoun | French |
|---|---|
| je | asséchais |
| tu | asséchais |
| il/elle | asséchait |
| nous | asséchions |
| vous | asséchiez |
| ils/elles | asséchaient |
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 ?
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | assécherais | I would dry up |
| tu | assécherais | you would dry up |
| il/elle | assécherait | he/she/it would dry up |
| nous | assécherions | we would dry up |
| vous | assécheriez | you (pl.) would dry up |
| ils/elles | assécheraient | they would dry up |
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | assécherai | I will dry up |
| tu | assécheras | you will dry up |
| il/elle | asséchera | he/she/it will dry up |
| nous | assécherons | we will dry up |
| vous | assécherez | you (pl.) will dry up |
| ils/elles | assécheront | they will dry up |
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | j'ai asséché | I have dried up |
| tu | tu as asséché | you have dried up |
| il/elle | il/elle a asséché | he/she/it has dried up |
| nous | nous avons asséché | we have dried up |
| vous | vous avez asséché | you (pl.) have dried up |
| ils/elles | ils/elles ont asséché | they have dried up |
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | j'avais asséché | I had dried up |
| tu | tu avais asséché | you had dried up |
| il/elle | il/elle avait asséché | he/she/it had dried up |
| nous | nous avions asséché | we had dried up |
| vous | vous aviez asséché | you (pl.) had dried up |
| ils/elles | ils/elles avaient asséché | they had dried up |
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.
| Pronoun | French |
|---|---|
| je | j'aurais asséché |
| tu | tu aurais asséché |
| il/elle | il/elle aurait asséché |
| nous | nous aurions asséché |
| vous | vous auriez asséché |
| ils/elles | ils/elles auraient asséché |
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | j'aurai asséché | I will have dried up |
| tu | tu auras asséché | you will have dried up |
| il/elle | il/elle aura asséché | he/she/it will have dried up |
| nous | nous aurons asséché | we will have dried up |
| vous | vous aurez asséché | you (pl.) will have dried up |
| ils/elles | ils/elles auront asséché | they will have dried up |
Subjunctive
Present subjunctive (Subjonctif présent) Irregular
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.
| Pronoun | French |
|---|---|
| je | assèche |
| tu | assèches |
| il/elle | assèche |
| nous | asséchions |
| vous | asséchiez |
| ils/elles | assèchent |
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.
| Pronoun | French |
|---|---|
| je | asséchasse |
| tu | asséchasses |
| il/elle | asséchât |
| nous | asséchassions |
| vous | asséchassiez |
| ils/elles | asséchassent |
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 !
| Pronoun | French |
|---|---|
| tu | assèche |
| nous | asséchons |
| vous | asséchez |