Key facts

Assassiner

To murder · to murder/to assassinate

B1Regular
Stem
assassin
Past participle
assassiné

Examples

J'assassine le temps.

I am killing time.

Il n'assassine pas Lucie.

He does not murder Lucie.

Nous assassinions.

We were murdering.

Nous avons assassiné.

We murdered.

Présent

Indicative present — everyday actions, ongoing situations, and habits; the tense you rely on most in conversation.

Group 1
J'assassine
Imurder
Tuassassines
Youmurder
Ilassassine
Hemurders
Nousassassinons
Wemurder
Vousassassinez
Youmurder
Ilsassassinent
Theymurder

Futur proche

Near future with aller + infinitive — what you are about to do, very soon after the moment of speaking.

Jevais assassiner
Iam going to murder
Tuvas assassiner
Youare going to murder
Ilva assassiner
Heis going to murder
Nousallons assassiner
Weare going to murder
Vousallez assassiner
Youare going to murder
Ilsvont assassiner
Theyare going to murder

Passé récent

Recent past with venir de + infinitive — something that has just finished, still fresh in the speaker’s mind.

Jeviens d'assassiner
Ihave just murdered
Tuviens d'assassiner
Youhave just murdered
Ilvient d'assassiner
Hehas just murdered
Nousvenons d'assassiner
Wehave just murdered
Vousvenez d'assassiner
Youhave just murdered
Ilsviennent d'assassiner
Theyhave just murdered

Passé composé

Compound past with être or avoir + past participle — completed, one-off events and the backbone of spoken storytelling.

J'ai assassiné
Ihave murdered
Tuas assassiné
Youhave murdered
Ila assassiné
Hehas murdered
Nousavons assassiné
Wehave murdered
Vousavez assassiné
Youhave murdered
Ilsont assassiné
Theyhave murdered

Conditionnel présent

Conditional mood — polite requests, imagined outcomes, and what would happen under certain conditions.

J'assassinerais
Iwould murder
Tuassassinerais
Youwould murder
Ilassassinerait
Hewould murder
Nousassassinerions
Wewould murder
Vousassassineriez
Youwould murder
Ilsassassineraient
Theywould murder

Futur simple

Simple future — often more formal or literary than the near future; states intentions farther ahead in time.

J'assassinerai
Iwill murder
Tuassassineras
Youwill murder
Ilassassinera
Hewill murder
Nousassassinerons
Wewill murder
Vousassassinerez
Youwill murder
Ilsassassineront
Theywill murder

Imparfait

Imperfect — repeated habits in the past, background description, and actions still in progress when something else occurred.

J'assassinais
Iwas murdering
Tuassassinais
Youwere murdering
Ilassassinait
Hewas murdering
Nousassassinions
Were murdering
Vousassassiniez
Youwere murdering
Ilsassassinaient
Theywere murdering

Impératif présent

Present imperative — direct commands and friendly requests; only tu, nous, and vous person forms exist.

(Tu)assassine
Youmurder
(Nous)assassinons
Wemurder
(Vous)assassinez
Youmurder

Participe présent

Present participle — the -ant form in subordinate clauses, compound tenses, and many fixed expressions.

assassinant
murdering

Gérondif présent

Gerund with en + present participle — simultaneous action, manner, or cause while something else is going on.

en assassinant
murdering

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