anser
Fromanse(“handle”).
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| infinitive | simple | anser | |||||
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| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle orgerund1 | simple | ansant /ɑ̃.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | ansé /ɑ̃.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | anse /ɑ̃s/ | anses /ɑ̃s/ | anse /ɑ̃s/ | ansons /ɑ̃.sɔ̃/ | ansez /ɑ̃.se/ | ansent /ɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect | ansais /ɑ̃.sɛ/ | ansais /ɑ̃.sɛ/ | ansait /ɑ̃.sɛ/ | ansions /ɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ | ansiez /ɑ̃.sje/ | ansaient /ɑ̃.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | ansai /ɑ̃.se/ | ansas /ɑ̃.sa/ | ansa /ɑ̃.sa/ | ansâmes /ɑ̃.sam/ | ansâtes /ɑ̃.sat/ | ansèrent /ɑ̃.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | anserai /ɑ̃.sʁe/ | anseras /ɑ̃.sʁa/ | ansera /ɑ̃.sʁa/ | anserons /ɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ | anserez /ɑ̃.sʁe/ | anseront /ɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | anserais /ɑ̃.sʁɛ/ | anserais /ɑ̃.sʁɛ/ | anserait /ɑ̃.sʁɛ/ | anserions /ɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | anseriez /ɑ̃.sə.ʁje/ | anseraient /ɑ̃.sʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative ofavoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | anse /ɑ̃s/ | anses /ɑ̃s/ | anse /ɑ̃s/ | ansions /ɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ | ansiez /ɑ̃.sje/ | ansent /ɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect2 | ansasse /ɑ̃.sas/ | ansasses /ɑ̃.sas/ | ansât /ɑ̃.sa/ | ansassions /ɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ | ansassiez /ɑ̃.sa.sje/ | ansassent /ɑ̃.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive ofavoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | anse /ɑ̃s/ | — | ansons /ɑ̃.sɔ̃/ | ansez /ɑ̃.se/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative ofavoir + past participle | — | simple imperative ofavoir + past participle | simple imperative ofavoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the prepositionen. | |||||||
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). | |||||||

From presumedProto-Italic*hāns (stem*han-s-, where the strong stem was most likely contaminated by the weak stem, resulting in*hānsez- > Latinānser-), fromProto-Indo-European*ǵʰh₂éns (or similar; the reconstruction is debated). The form was influenced by unrelatedanas(“duck”), as the presumed original initial aspiration is wholly unattested in the Latin word. Cognates includeSanskritहंस(haṃsa),Ancient Greekχήν(khḗn),Russianгусь(gusʹ),Old Irishgéiss,Old Englishgōs (Englishgoose), andAlbaniangatë(“heron”).
ānser m (genitiveānseris);third declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ānser | ānserēs |
| genitive | ānseris | ānserum |
| dative | ānserī | ānseribus |
| accusative | ānserem | ānserēs |
| ablative | ānsere | ānseribus |
| vocative | ānser | ānserēs |
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