veire, ausir + Infinitive

Seeing and Hearing Someone Do

Level 4

Put the person after veire or ausir and the infinitive after that: vesi Joan arribar.

How It Works

OccitanEnglish
vesi Joan arribarI see Joan arriving
ausissi Maria cantarI hear Maria sing
lo vesi arribarI see him arriving
las ausissi cantarI hear them singing

Before a vowel, lo and la both become l': L'ausissi cantar means I hear him or her singing.

Ausir means to hear. Sentir means to feel or to smell, and it is not used for a sound.

The pattern works in every tense: ausiguèri Maria cantar (I heard Maria sing), Ai vist Joan arribar (I saw Joan arrive).

The infinitive does not change, whoever does the action. The sentence tells you who does it by putting the person right after veire or ausir.

Examples (5)

  1. Lo vesi arribar.

    I see him arriving.

    Lo stands for the person who arrives.

  2. Las ausissi cantar.

    I hear them singing.

    Las stands for the women or girls who sing.

  3. Vesi los dròlles jogar dins lo pargue.

    I see the children playing in the park.

    Los dròlles comes after vesi, then the infinitive.

  4. Ausiguèri Maria cantar.

    I heard Maria sing.

    The simple past of ausir.

  5. Vegèron Joan sortir de l'ostal.

    They saw Joan leave the house.

    The simple past of veire.

Common Mistakes

  • Using sentir to hear.

    Senti Maria cantar.
    Ausissi Maria cantar.

    Sentir means to feel or to smell. To hear a sound, use ausir.

How It Connects

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veire, ausir + InfinitiveLevel 4Seeing and Hearing Someone Do

Learn This First

Veire and ausir plus an infinitive follow far plus an infinitive and use veire and object pronouns, so those come first.

Words in This Pattern

veireausir