All verbs

/asiste/to attendB1

Family
Group 1 — regular `-er`
Takes
à — Always à when it means to attend

Build map — what to memorise

These three pieces are learnt; every other tense is built from them.

The nous form
assistons
Presentprésentfollows the rule

Singular — the short stem

assist-+-e -es -e

Presentprésentfollows the rule

Plural — the nous stem

assist-+-ons -ez -ent

Imperfectimparfaitfollows the rule

assist-+-ais -ais -ait -ions -iez -aient

Present participleparticipe-présentfollows the rule

assist-+-ant

Subjunctivesubjonctif-présentfollows the rule

Built on ils; nous and vous are the imparfait forms

assist-+-e -es -e -ent

Infinitive
assister
Simple futurefutur-simplefollows the rule

assister-+-ai -as -a -ons -ez -ont

Conditionalconditionnel-présentfollows the rule

Futur stem + imparfait endings

assister-+-ais -ais -ait -ions -iez -aient

Near futurefutur-prochefollows the rule

aller + infinitive

assister

Past participle
assisté

Takes avoir

Passé composépassé-composéfollows the rule

avoir (present) + past participle

assisté

Pluperfectplus-que-parfaitfollows the rule

Auxiliary in the imparfait + past participle

assisté

Conjugation

présent
Ij'assiste/ʒasist/I attend
youtu assistes/ty asist/you attend
he/sheil assiste/il asist/he attends
wenous assistons/nuz asistɔ̃/we attend
youvous assistez/vuz asiste/you attend
theyils assistent/ilz asist/they attend

Examples

  • J'ai assisté à la réunion.

    /ʒe a.sis.te a la ʁe.y.njɔ̃/

    I attended the meeting.

  • Nous assistons au concert.

    /nu.z‿a.sis.tɔ̃.z‿o kɔ̃.sɛʁ/

    We're going to the concert.

  • Il n'a pas assisté au cours.

    /il na pa.z‿a.sis.te o kuʁ/

    He didn't come to the class.

Set phrases

  • assister à

    to attend

Notes

  • assister à means to ATTEND, not to assist. To help someone is aider. This is one of the most reliable false friends in the language: J'ai assisté à la réunion says you were there, not that you helped run it.

  • It also means to witness: J'ai assisté à un accident.