assujettir

French

Alternative forms

• assujétir

Etymology

From a- + sujet + -ir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.sy.ʒɛ.tiʁ/, /a.sy.ʒe.tiʁ/

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Verb

assujettir

1. to subjugate, to subdue
2. to secure, make fast

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 assujettir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	assujettir
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	assujettissant /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.sɑ̃/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		assujetti /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	assujettis /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti/	assujettis /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti/	assujettit /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti/	assujettissons /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.sɔ̃/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.sɔ̃/	assujettissez /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.se/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.se/	assujettissent /a.sy.ʒɛ.tis/ or /a.sy.ʒe.tis/
	imperfect	assujettissais /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.sɛ/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.sɛ/	assujettissais /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.sɛ/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.sɛ/	assujettissait /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.sɛ/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.sɛ/	assujettissions /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.sjɔ̃/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.sjɔ̃/	assujettissiez /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.sje/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.sje/	assujettissaient /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.sɛ/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.sɛ/
	past historic2	assujettis /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti/	assujettis /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti/	assujettit /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti/	assujettîmes /a.sy.ʒɛ.tim/ or /a.sy.ʒe.tim/	assujettîtes /a.sy.ʒɛ.tit/ or /a.sy.ʒe.tit/	assujettirent /a.sy.ʒɛ.tiʁ/ or /a.sy.ʒe.tiʁ/
	future	assujettirai /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.ʁe/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.ʁe/	assujettiras /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.ʁa/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.ʁa/	assujettira /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.ʁa/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.ʁa/	assujettirons /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.ʁɔ̃/	assujettirez /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.ʁe/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.ʁe/	assujettiront /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	assujettirais /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.ʁɛ/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.ʁɛ/	assujettirais /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.ʁɛ/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.ʁɛ/	assujettirait /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.ʁɛ/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.ʁɛ/	assujettirions /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.ʁjɔ̃/	assujettiriez /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.ʁje/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.ʁje/	assujettiraient /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.ʁɛ/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.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	assujettisse /a.sy.ʒɛ.tis/ or /a.sy.ʒe.tis/	assujettisses /a.sy.ʒɛ.tis/ or /a.sy.ʒe.tis/	assujettisse /a.sy.ʒɛ.tis/ or /a.sy.ʒe.tis/	assujettissions /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.sjɔ̃/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.sjɔ̃/	assujettissiez /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.sje/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.sje/	assujettissent /a.sy.ʒɛ.tis/ or /a.sy.ʒe.tis/
	imperfect2	assujettisse /a.sy.ʒɛ.tis/ or /a.sy.ʒe.tis/	assujettisses /a.sy.ʒɛ.tis/ or /a.sy.ʒe.tis/	assujettît /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti/	assujettissions /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.sjɔ̃/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.sjɔ̃/	assujettissiez /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.sje/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.sje/	assujettissent /a.sy.ʒɛ.tis/ or /a.sy.ʒe.tis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	assujettis /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti/	—	assujettissons /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.sɔ̃/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.sɔ̃/	assujettissez /a.sy.ʒɛ.ti.se/ or /a.sy.ʒe.ti.se/	—
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).

Derived terms

• assujettissement

Further reading

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