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Inherited from Middle French taire, from Old French taire, remade from the original form taisir (analogically to verbs like plaire, etc., or from the future forms), itself from Latin tacēre, from Proto-Italic *takēō, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *tak- or *tHk-.
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infinitive | simple | taire | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | taisant /tɛ.zɑ̃/ or /te.zɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | tu /ty/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | tais /tɛ/ |
tais /tɛ/ |
tait /tɛ/ |
taisons /tɛ.zɔ̃/ or /te.zɔ̃/ |
taisez /tɛ.ze/ or /te.ze/ |
taisent /tɛz/ |
imperfect | taisais /tɛ.zɛ/ or /te.zɛ/ |
taisais /tɛ.zɛ/ or /te.zɛ/ |
taisait /tɛ.zɛ/ or /te.zɛ/ |
taisions /tɛ.zjɔ̃/ or /te.zjɔ̃/ |
taisiez /tɛ.zje/ or /te.zje/ |
taisaient /tɛ.zɛ/ or /te.zɛ/ | |
past historic2 | tus /ty/ |
tus /ty/ |
tut /ty/ |
tûmes /tym/ |
tûtes /tyt/ |
turent /tyʁ/ | |
future | tairai /tɛ.ʁe/ or /te.ʁe/ |
tairas /tɛ.ʁa/ or /te.ʁa/ |
taira /tɛ.ʁa/ or /te.ʁa/ |
tairons /tɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /te.ʁɔ̃/ |
tairez /tɛ.ʁe/ or /te.ʁe/ |
tairont /tɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /te.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | tairais /tɛ.ʁɛ/ or /te.ʁɛ/ |
tairais /tɛ.ʁɛ/ or /te.ʁɛ/ |
tairait /tɛ.ʁɛ/ or /te.ʁɛ/ |
tairions /tɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /te.ʁjɔ̃/ |
tairiez /tɛ.ʁje/ or /te.ʁje/ |
tairaient /tɛ.ʁɛ/ or /te.ʁɛ/ | |
(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 | taise /tɛz/ |
taises /tɛz/ |
taise /tɛz/ |
taisions /tɛ.zjɔ̃/ or /te.zjɔ̃/ |
taisiez /tɛ.zje/ or /te.zje/ |
taisent /tɛz/ |
imperfect2 | tusse /tys/ |
tusses /tys/ |
tût /ty/ |
tussions /ty.sjɔ̃/ |
tussiez /ty.sje/ |
tussent /tys/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | tais /tɛ/ |
— | taisons /tɛ.zɔ̃/ or /te.zɔ̃/ |
taisez /tɛ.ze/ or /te.ze/ |
— | |
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). |
infinitive | simple | se taire | |||||
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compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | se taisant /sə tɛ.zɑ̃/ or /sə te.zɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | tu /ty/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | me tais /mə tɛ/ |
te tais /tə tɛ/ |
se tait /sə tɛ/ |
nous taisons /nu tɛ.zɔ̃/ or /nu te.zɔ̃/ |
vous taisez /vu tɛ.ze/ or /vu te.ze/ |
se taisent /sə tɛz/ |
imperfect | me taisais /mə tɛ.zɛ/ or /mə te.zɛ/ |
te taisais /tə tɛ.zɛ/ or /tə te.zɛ/ |
se taisait /sə tɛ.zɛ/ or /sə te.zɛ/ |
nous taisions /nu tɛ.zjɔ̃/ or /nu te.zjɔ̃/ |
vous taisiez /vu tɛ.zje/ or /vu te.zje/ |
se taisaient /sə tɛ.zɛ/ or /sə te.zɛ/ | |
past historic2 | me tus /mə ty/ |
te tus /tə ty/ |
se tut /sə ty/ |
nous tûmes /nu tym/ |
vous tûtes /vu tyt/ |
se turent /sə tyʁ/ | |
future | me tairai /mə tɛ.ʁe/ or /mə te.ʁe/ |
te tairas /tə tɛ.ʁa/ or /tə te.ʁa/ |
se taira /sə tɛ.ʁa/ or /sə te.ʁa/ |
nous tairons /nu tɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /nu te.ʁɔ̃/ |
vous tairez /vu tɛ.ʁe/ or /vu te.ʁe/ |
se tairont /sə tɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /sə te.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | me tairais /mə tɛ.ʁɛ/ or /mə te.ʁɛ/ |
te tairais /tə tɛ.ʁɛ/ or /tə te.ʁɛ/ |
se tairait /sə tɛ.ʁɛ/ or /sə te.ʁɛ/ |
nous tairions /nu tɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /nu te.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous tairiez /vu tɛ.ʁje/ or /vu te.ʁje/ |
se tairaient /sə tɛ.ʁɛ/ or /sə te.ʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | me taise /mə tɛz/ |
te taises /tə tɛz/ |
se taise /sə tɛz/ |
nous taisions /nu tɛ.zjɔ̃/ or /nu te.zjɔ̃/ |
vous taisiez /vu tɛ.zje/ or /vu te.zje/ |
se taisent /sə tɛz/ |
imperfect2 | me tusse /mə tys/ |
te tusses /tə tys/ |
se tût /sə ty/ |
nous tussions /nu ty.sjɔ̃/ |
vous tussiez /vu ty.sje/ |
se tussent /sə tys/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | tais-toi /tɛ.twa/ |
— | taisons-nous /tɛ.zɔ̃.nu/ or /te.zɔ̃.nu/ |
taisez-vous /tɛ.ze.vu/ or /te.ze.vu/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + 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). |
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This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | taire | avoir teü | |||||
gerund | en taisant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | taisant | ||||||
past participle | teü | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | taz, tais | tais | taist | taisons | taisiez | taisent |
imperfect | taisoie, taiseie | taisoies, taiseies | taisoit, taiseit | taisiiens, taisiens | taisiiez, taisiez | taisoient, taiseient | |
preterite | toi | teüs | tot | teümes | teüstes | torent | |
future | tairai | tairas | taira | tairons | tairoiz, taireiz, tairez | tairont | |
conditional | tairoie, taireie | tairoies, taireies | tairoit, taireit | tairiiens, tairiens | tairiiez, tairiez | tairoient, taireient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | tace, taise | taces, taises | tace, taise | taciens, taçons, taisiens, taisons | taciez, taisiez | tacent, taisent |
imperfect | teüsse | teüsses | teüst | teüssons, teüssiens | teüssoiz, teüssez, teüssiez | teüssent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | tais | — | taisons | taisiez | — |
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