souhaiter
French
Etymology
From Old French sohaidier, from Gallo-Roman Latin *subtus-haitare "promise with little commitment", a hybrid of Latin subtus "under" + Frankish *haitan (“to order, promise”), from Proto-Germanic *haitaną, compare Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (haitan, “to address, call”), Old High German heizzan, Old English hātan (“to call, order”) and Old Norse heita (“to call, name”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /swɛ.te/, /swe.te/
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Verb
souhaiter
- to wish (for); to hope (for)
- On vous souhaite tout le bonheur du monde
- Pour aujourd'hui comme pour demain
- Que votre soleil éclaircisse l'ombre
- Qu'il brille d'amour au quotidien. - Sinsemilia Tout le bonheur du monde.
- We wish you all the happiness in the world.
- For today like for tomorrow
- That your sun should light up the shadows.
- That it shine love everyday.
- Literally:
- One you wish all the happiness of-the world
- For today like for tomorrow
- That your sun lighten the-shadow
- That-he shine of-love to-the everyday.
Conjugation
Conjugation of souhaiter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | souhaitant /swɛ.tɑ̃/ or /swe.tɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | souhaité /swɛ.te/ or /swe.te/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | souhaiter | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | souhaitant /swɛ.tɑ̃/ or /swe.tɑ̃/ | ||||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | souhaite /swɛt/ |
souhaites /swɛt/ |
souhaite /swɛt/ |
souhaitons /swɛ.tɔ̃/ or /swe.tɔ̃/ |
souhaitez /swɛ.te/ or /swe.te/ |
souhaitent /swɛt/ |
| imperfect | souhaitais /swɛ.tɛ/ or /swe.tɛ/ |
souhaitais /swɛ.tɛ/ or /swe.tɛ/ |
souhaitait /swɛ.tɛ/ or /swe.tɛ/ |
souhaitions /swɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /swe.tjɔ̃/ |
souhaitiez /swɛ.tje/ or /swe.tje/ |
souhaitaient /swɛ.tɛ/ or /swe.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | souhaitai /swɛ.te/ or /swe.te/ |
souhaitas /swɛ.ta/ or /swe.ta/ |
souhaita /swɛ.ta/ or /swe.ta/ |
souhaitâmes /swɛ.tam/ or /swe.tam/ |
souhaitâtes /swɛ.tat/ or /swe.tat/ |
souhaitèrent /swɛ.tɛʁ/ or /swe.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | souhaiterai /swɛ.tʁe/ |
souhaiteras /swɛ.tʁa/ |
souhaitera /swɛ.tʁa/ |
souhaiterons /swɛ.tʁɔ̃/ |
souhaiterez /swɛ.tʁe/ |
souhaiteront /swɛ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | souhaiterais /swɛ.tʁɛ/ |
souhaiterais /swɛ.tʁɛ/ |
souhaiterait /swɛ.tʁɛ/ |
souhaiterions /swɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
souhaiteriez /swɛ.tə.ʁje/ |
souhaiteraient /swɛ.tʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | souhaite /swɛt/ |
souhaites /swɛt/ |
souhaite /swɛt/ |
souhaitions /swɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /swe.tjɔ̃/ |
souhaitiez /swɛ.tje/ or /swe.tje/ |
souhaitent /swɛt/ |
| imperfect2 | souhaitasse /swɛ.tas/ or /swe.tas/ |
souhaitasses /swɛ.tas/ or /swe.tas/ |
souhaitât /swɛ.ta/ or /swe.ta/ |
souhaitassions /swɛ.ta.sjɔ̃/ or /swe.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
souhaitassiez /swɛ.ta.sje/ or /swe.ta.sje/ |
souhaitassent /swɛ.tas/ or /swe.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | souhaite /swɛt/ |
— | souhaitons /swɛ.tɔ̃/ or /swe.tɔ̃/ |
souhaitez /swɛ.te/ or /swe.te/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 Only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “souhaiter” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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