French Verb Conjugations
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Conditional | Subjunctive | Imperfect subj. | |||
| j’ | assiège | assiégeais | assiégerai assiègerai |
assiégerais assiègerais |
assiège | assiégeasse | ||
| tu | assièges | assiégeais | assiégeras assiègeras |
assiégerais assiègerais |
assièges | assiégeasses | ||
| il | assiège | assiégeait | assiégera assiègera |
assiégerait assiègerais |
assiège | assiégeât | ||
| nous | assiégeons | assiégions | assiégerons assiègerons |
assiégerions assiègerions |
assiégions | assiégeassions | ||
| vous | assiégez | assiégiez | assiégerez assiègerez |
assiégeriez assiègeriez |
assiégiez | assiégeassiez | ||
| ils | assiègent | assiégeaient | assiégeront assiègeront |
assiégeraient assiègeraient |
assiègent | assiégeassent | ||
| Passé composé | Past perfect | Future perfect | Past conditional | Past subjunctive | Pluperfect subj. | |||
| j’ | ai assiégé | avais assiégé | aurai assiégé | aurais assiégé | aie assiégé | eusse assiégé | ||
| tu | as assiégé | avais assiégé | auras assiégé | aurais assiégé | aies assiégé | eusses assiégé | ||
| il | a assiégé | avait assiégé | aura assiégé | aurait assiégé | ait assiégé | eût assiégé | ||
| nous | avons assiégé | avions assiégé | aurons assiégé | aurions assiégé | ayons assiégé | eussions assiégé | ||
| vous | avez assiégé | aviez assiégé | aurez assiégé | auriez assiégé | ayez assiégé | eussiez assiégé | ||
| ils | ont assiégé | avaient assiégé | auront assiégé | auraient assiégé | aient assiégé | eussent assiégé | ||
| Passé simple | Past anterior | Imperative | Participles | |||||
| j’ | assiégeai | eus assiégé | (tu) | assiège | Present | assiégeant | ||
| tu | assiégeas | eus assiégé | (nous) | assiégeons | Past | assiégé | ||
| il | assiégea | eut assiégé | (vous) | assiégez | Perfect | ayant assiégé | ||
| nous | assiégeâmes | eûmes assiégé | Past imperative | |||||
| vous | assiégeâtes | eûtes assiégé | (tu) | aie assiégé | Past infinitive | |||
| ils | assiégèrent | eurent assiégé | (nous) | ayons assiégé | avoir assiégé | |||
| (vous) | ayez assiégé | |||||||
Assiéger is a stem-changing verb (é to è) and a spelling change verb (g to ge).



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