saquer
French
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Verb
saquer
- (transitive) to sack, fire (an employee)
- (transitive) to not be able to stand someone
- (transitive) to give low marks to a pupil
Conjugation
Conjugation of saquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | saquer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | saquant /sa.kɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | saqué /sa.ke/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | saque /sak/ |
saques /sak/ |
saque /sak/ |
saquons /sa.kɔ̃/ |
saquez /sa.ke/ |
saquent /sak/ |
| imperfect | saquais /sa.kɛ/ |
saquais /sa.kɛ/ |
saquait /sa.kɛ/ |
saquions /sa.kjɔ̃/ |
saquiez /sa.kje/ |
saquaient /sa.kɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | saquai /sa.ke/ |
saquas /sa.ka/ |
saqua /sa.ka/ |
saquâmes /sa.kam/ |
saquâtes /sa.kat/ |
saquèrent /sa.kɛʁ/ | |
| future | saquerai /sa.kʁe/ |
saqueras /sa.kʁa/ |
saquera /sa.kʁa/ |
saquerons /sa.kʁɔ̃/ |
saquerez /sa.kʁe/ |
saqueront /sa.kʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | saquerais /sa.kʁɛ/ |
saquerais /sa.kʁɛ/ |
saquerait /sa.kʁɛ/ |
saquerions /sa.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
saqueriez /sa.kə.ʁje/ |
saqueraient /sa.kʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | saque /sak/ |
saques /sak/ |
saque /sak/ |
saquions /sa.kjɔ̃/ |
saquiez /sa.kje/ |
saquent /sak/ |
| imperfect2 | saquasse /sa.kas/ |
saquasses /sa.kas/ |
saquât /sa.ka/ |
saquassions /sa.ka.sjɔ̃/ |
saquassiez /sa.ka.sje/ |
saquassent /sa.kas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | saque /sak/ |
— | saquons /sa.kɔ̃/ |
saquez /sa.ke/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “saquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.