souhaiter
Appearance
French
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Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle French souhaiter, itself (with /t/ through influence of the noun souhait) from Old French sohaidier, from Gallo-Roman Vulgar Latin *subhaitare (“to vow with little commitment”, literally “under-promise”), a hybrid of Latin subtus (“under”) + Frankish *haitan (“to order, promise”). Cognate with Picard souhédhier. For Germanic cognates see Proto-Germanic *haitaną.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /swɛ.te/ ~ /swe.te/
- IPA(key): (obsolete outside Louisiana) /swa.te/, (archaic) /su.ɛ.te/ ~ /su.e.te/
- Rhymes: -e
Verb
[edit]souhaiter
- to wish (for); to hope (for)
- Sinsemilia, Tout le bonheur du monde
- On vous souhaite tout le bonheur du monde
Pour aujourd'hui comme pour demain
Que votre soleil éclaircisse l'ombre
Qu'il brille d'amour au quotidien- We wish you all the happiness in the world
For today as for tomorrow
May your sun light up the shadows
May it shine love everyday
- We wish you all the happiness in the world
- Sinsemilia, Tout le bonheur du monde
- to wish someone well, particularly in a complimentary or polite way
- (rare, dated) to desire someone's presence
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of souhaiter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | souhaiter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | souhaitant /swɛ.tɑ̃/ or /swe.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | souhaité /swɛ.te/ or /swe.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | souhaite /swɛt/ |
souhaites /swɛt/ |
souhaite /swɛt/ |
souhaitons /swɛ.tɔ̃/ or /swe.tɔ̃/ |
souhaitez /swɛ.te/ or /swe.te/ |
souhaitent /swɛt/ |
imperfect | souhaitais /swɛ.tɛ/ or /swe.tɛ/ |
souhaitais /swɛ.tɛ/ or /swe.tɛ/ |
souhaitait /swɛ.tɛ/ or /swe.tɛ/ |
souhaitions /swɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /swe.tjɔ̃/ |
souhaitiez /swɛ.tje/ or /swe.tje/ |
souhaitaient /swɛ.tɛ/ or /swe.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | souhaitai /swɛ.te/ or /swe.te/ |
souhaitas /swɛ.ta/ or /swe.ta/ |
souhaita /swɛ.ta/ or /swe.ta/ |
souhaitâmes /swɛ.tam/ or /swe.tam/ |
souhaitâtes /swɛ.tat/ or /swe.tat/ |
souhaitèrent /swɛ.tɛʁ/ or /swe.tɛʁ/ | |
future | souhaiterai /swɛ.tʁe/ or /swe.tʁe/ |
souhaiteras /swɛ.tʁa/ or /swe.tʁa/ |
souhaitera /swɛ.tʁa/ or /swe.tʁa/ |
souhaiterons /swɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /swe.tʁɔ̃/ |
souhaiterez /swɛ.tʁe/ or /swe.tʁe/ |
souhaiteront /swɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /swe.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | souhaiterais /swɛ.tʁɛ/ or /swe.tʁɛ/ |
souhaiterais /swɛ.tʁɛ/ or /swe.tʁɛ/ |
souhaiterait /swɛ.tʁɛ/ or /swe.tʁɛ/ |
souhaiterions /swɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /swe.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
souhaiteriez /swɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /swe.tə.ʁje/ |
souhaiteraient /swɛ.tʁɛ/ or /swe.tʁɛ/ | |
(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 | souhaite /swɛt/ |
souhaites /swɛt/ |
souhaite /swɛt/ |
souhaitions /swɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /swe.tjɔ̃/ |
souhaitiez /swɛ.tje/ or /swe.tje/ |
souhaitent /swɛt/ |
imperfect2 | souhaitasse /swɛ.tas/ or /swe.tas/ |
souhaitasses /swɛ.tas/ or /swe.tas/ |
souhaitât /swɛ.ta/ or /swe.ta/ |
souhaitassions /swɛ.ta.sjɔ̃/ or /swe.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
souhaitassiez /swɛ.ta.sje/ or /swe.ta.sje/ |
souhaitassent /swɛ.tas/ or /swe.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | souhaite /swɛt/ |
— | souhaitons /swɛ.tɔ̃/ or /swe.tɔ̃/ |
souhaitez /swɛ.te/ or /swe.te/ |
— | |
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). |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Ladino: suetar
Further reading
[edit]- “souhaiter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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