passer

/pase/

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Translation

to pass, to go by, to spend (time)

Grammar

Verb type-er regular (1st group)

Conjugation

Regular -er conjugation. Pronouns: je, tu, il/elle, nous, vous, ils/elles.

Indicative

Person PresentImperfectPast historicFutureConditional
jepassepassaispassaipasseraipasserais
tupassespassaispassaspasseraspasserais
il/ellepassepassaitpassapasserapasserait
nouspassonspassionspassâmespasseronspasserions
vouspassezpassiezpassâtespasserezpasseriez
ils/ellespassentpassaientpassèrentpasserontpasseraient

Subjunctive

Person PresentImperfect
jepassepassasse
tupassespassasses
il/ellepassepassât
nouspassionspassassions
vouspassiezpassassiez
ils/ellespassentpassassent

Imperative

Person Affirmative
tupasse
nouspassons
vouspassez

Non-finite

Gerund / present participle
passant
Past participle
passé · passée · passés · passées

Examples

.

Time passes very quickly when one is happy and busy.

-midi disponible.

I'll drop by to see you tomorrow afternoon if you're available.

Bretagne .

She spent her holidays in Brittany with her children this year.

- , ' ?

Can you pass me the salt, please?

.

We're going to spend Christmas at my parents this year.

Passer est un verbe aux nombreuses constructions. Passer (intransitif) se conjugue avec être : il est passé. Passer + temps/lieu (transitif) prend avoir : j'ai passé une heure. Se passer (to happen, to take place) est très important : qu'est-ce qui se passe ? (what's happening?, what's going on?).

En passant (in passing, by the way) introduit une remarque incidente. Passer pour (to be considered as, to pass as) : il passe pour un expert. Laisser passer (to let through, to overlook) et faire passer (to pass on, to convey) sont des causatifs courants. Passer l'examen (to sit the exam, not necessarily to pass it - réussir means to pass successfully).

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