souhaiter
French
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French sohaidier, from Gallo-Roman (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin *subtus-haitare "promise with little commitment", a hybrid of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin subtus "under" + (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Frankish *haitan (“to order, promise”), from Proto-Germanic *haitaną, compare Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (haitan, “to address, call”), Old High German heizzan, Old English hātan (“to call, order”) and Old Norse heita (“to call, name”).
Pronunciation
Verb
souhaiter
- to wish (for); to hope (for)
- 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. - Sinsemilia Tout le bonheur du monde.
- We wish you all the happiness in the world.
- For today like for tomorrow
- That your sun should light up the shadows.
- That it shine love everyday.
- Literally:
- One you wish all the happiness of-the world
- For today like for tomorrow
- That your sun lighten the-shadow
- That-he shine of-love to-the everyday.
Conjugation
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
Further reading
- “souhaiter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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