jaser

See also: jàser and jäser

French

Etymology

Probably ultimately onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒa.ze/ ~ /ʒɑ.ze/

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Verb

jaser

1. to chat, to gossip

Conjugation

Conjugation of jaser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	jaser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	jasant /ʒa.zɑ̃/ or /ʒɑ.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		jasé /ʒa.ze/ or /ʒɑ.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	jase /ʒaz/ or /ʒɑz/	jases /ʒaz/ or /ʒɑz/	jase /ʒaz/ or /ʒɑz/	jasons /ʒa.zɔ̃/ or /ʒɑ.zɔ̃/	jasez /ʒa.ze/ or /ʒɑ.ze/	jasent /ʒaz/ or /ʒɑz/
	imperfect	jasais /ʒa.zɛ/ or /ʒɑ.zɛ/	jasais /ʒa.zɛ/ or /ʒɑ.zɛ/	jasait /ʒa.zɛ/ or /ʒɑ.zɛ/	jasions /ʒa.zjɔ̃/ or /ʒɑ.zjɔ̃/	jasiez /ʒa.zje/ or /ʒɑ.zje/	jasaient /ʒa.zɛ/ or /ʒɑ.zɛ/
	past historic2	jasai /ʒa.ze/ or /ʒɑ.ze/	jasas /ʒa.za/ or /ʒɑ.za/	jasa /ʒa.za/ or /ʒɑ.za/	jasâmes /ʒa.zam/ or /ʒɑ.zam/	jasâtes /ʒa.zat/ or /ʒɑ.zat/	jasèrent /ʒa.zɛʁ/ or /ʒɑ.zɛʁ/
	future	jaserai /ʒaz.ʁe/ or /ʒɑz.ʁe/	jaseras /ʒaz.ʁa/ or /ʒɑz.ʁa/	jasera /ʒaz.ʁa/ or /ʒɑz.ʁa/	jaserons /ʒaz.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʒɑz.ʁɔ̃/	jaserez /ʒaz.ʁe/ or /ʒɑz.ʁe/	jaseront /ʒaz.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʒɑz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	jaserais /ʒaz.ʁɛ/ or /ʒɑz.ʁɛ/	jaserais /ʒaz.ʁɛ/ or /ʒɑz.ʁɛ/	jaserait /ʒaz.ʁɛ/ or /ʒɑz.ʁɛ/	jaserions /ʒa.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʒɑ.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	jaseriez /ʒa.zə.ʁje/ or /ʒɑ.zə.ʁje/	jaseraient /ʒaz.ʁɛ/ or /ʒɑz.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	jase /ʒaz/ or /ʒɑz/	jases /ʒaz/ or /ʒɑz/	jase /ʒaz/ or /ʒɑz/	jasions /ʒa.zjɔ̃/ or /ʒɑ.zjɔ̃/	jasiez /ʒa.zje/ or /ʒɑ.zje/	jasent /ʒaz/ or /ʒɑz/
	imperfect2	jasasse /ʒa.zas/ or /ʒɑ.zas/	jasasses /ʒa.zas/ or /ʒɑ.zas/	jasât /ʒa.za/ or /ʒɑ.za/	jasassions /ʒa.za.sjɔ̃/ or /ʒɑ.za.sjɔ̃/	jasassiez /ʒa.za.sje/ or /ʒɑ.za.sje/	jasassent /ʒa.zas/ or /ʒɑ.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	jase /ʒaz/ or /ʒɑz/	—	jasons /ʒa.zɔ̃/ or /ʒɑ.zɔ̃/	jasez /ʒa.ze/ or /ʒɑ.ze/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• jaseur, jaseuse

Further reading

• “jaser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.