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assister: Conjugation

The assister conjugation tables below show how to form the French verb assister according to tense and person. To listen to the pronunciation of a given tense of assister, click on the loudspeaker icon at the bottom of the table. See the notes on the conjugation of assister at the end of this page.

Present	Perfect
j' assiste tu assistes il/elle assiste nous assistons vous assistez ils/elles assistent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai assisté tu as assisté il/elle a assisté nous avons assisté vous avez assisté ils/elles ont assisté Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
j' assistais tu assistais il/elle assistait nous assistions vous assistiez ils/elles assistaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais assisté tu avais assisté il/elle avait assisté nous avions assisté vous aviez assisté ils/elles avaient assisté Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
j' assisterai tu assisteras il/elle assistera nous assisterons vous assisterez ils/elles assisteront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai assisté tu auras assisté il/elle aura assisté nous aurons assisté vous aurez assisté ils/elles auront assisté Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
j' assisterais tu assisterais il/elle assisterait nous assisterions vous assisteriez ils/elles assisteraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais assisté tu aurais assisté il/elle aurait assisté nous aurions assisté vous auriez assisté ils/elles auraient assisté Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
j' assiste tu assistes il/elle assiste nous assistions vous assistiez ils/elles assistent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie assisté tu aies assisté il/elle ait assisté nous ayons assisté vous ayez assisté ils/elles aient assisté Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
j' assistai tu assistas il/elle assista nous assistâmes vous assistâtes ils/elles assistèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus assisté tu eus assisté il/elle eut assisté nous eûmes assisté vous eûtes assisté ils/elles eurent assisté Pronounce these verb forms

This verb follows the so-called regular -er verb pattern, the pattern followed by vast majority of verbs of the language, and by practically all new verbs entering the language.

The regular -er pattern has the following defining features:

• No characteristic consonant (contrast, for example, with verbs following the finir or dormir patterns, which have a characteristic -ss- and -m- in all forms but the present tense singular);
• No vowel change in the stem, other than where necessary to respect general patterns of French phonology (e.g. see préférer)²;
• Past participle in -é¹.

1. Outside the regular -er paradigm, only aller, être and naître have past participles ending in -é.
2. Many other verb patterns, except verbs of the finir type plus a few other patterns, have an irregular vowel change, e.g. boire > je bois vs nous buvons. See the grammar section on irregular verb patterns in French for a list of the different vowel changes.