French Verb Conjugation

French Verb

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Conjugation for : commencer

Englishto begin
GroupER / 1
LevelMedium
Rule(s) Applied
• alteration "c" to "ç" before the vowels "a" and "o"

Voice: Active voicePronominal voice

Auxiliary: Avoir

Conjugation: Only variant

Present

je commenceregular

tu commencesregular

il/elle commenceregular

nous commençons alteration "c" to "ç" before the vowels "a" and "o"

vous commencezregular

ils/elles commencentregular

Imperfect

je commençais alteration "c" to "ç" before the vowels "a" and "o"

tu commençais alteration "c" to "ç" before the vowels "a" and "o"

il/elle commençait alteration "c" to "ç" before the vowels "a" and "o"

nous commencionsregular

vous commenciezregular

ils/elles commençaient alteration "c" to "ç" before the vowels "a" and "o"

Simple Future

je commencerairegular

tu commencerasregular

il/elle commenceraregular

nous commenceronsregular

vous commencerezregular

ils/elles commencerontregular

Simple Past irregular

je commençai alteration "c" to "ç" before the vowels "a" and "o"

tu commenças alteration "c" to "ç" before the vowels "a" and "o"

il/elle commença alteration "c" to "ç" before the vowels "a" and "o"

nous commençâmes alteration "c" to "ç" before the vowels "a" and "o"

vous commençâtes alteration "c" to "ç" before the vowels "a" and "o"

ils/elles commencèrentregular

Present Perfect/Past

j'ai

commencéregular

tu as

commencéregular

il/elle a

commencéregular

nous avons

commencéregular

vous avez

commencéregular

ils/elles ont

commencéregular

Past Perfect

j'avais

commencéregular

tu avais

commencéregular

il/elle avait

commencéregular

nous avions

commencéregular

vous aviez

commencéregular

ils/elles avaient

commencéregular

Future Perfect

j'aurai

commencéregular

tu auras

commencéregular

il/elle aura

commencéregular

nous aurons

commencéregular

vous aurez

commencéregular

ils/elles auront

commencéregular

Past Anterior

j'eus

commencéregular

tu eus

commencéregular

il/elle eut

commencéregular

nous eûmes

commencéregular

vous eûtes

commencéregular

ils/elles eurent

commencéregular

Present Subjunctive

que je

commenceregular

que tu

commencesregular

qu' il/elle

commenceregular

que nous

commencionsregular

que vous

commenciezregular

qu' ils/elles

commencentregular

Imperfect Subjunctive irregular

que je

commençasse alteration "c" to "ç" before the vowels "a" and "o"

que tu

commençasses alteration "c" to "ç" before the vowels "a" and "o"

qu' il/elle

commençât alteration "c" to "ç" before the vowels "a" and "o"

que nous

commençassions alteration "c" to "ç" before the vowels "a" and "o"

que vous

commençassiez alteration "c" to "ç" before the vowels "a" and "o"

qu' ils/elles

commençassent alteration "c" to "ç" before the vowels "a" and "o"

Past Subjunctive

que j'aie

commencéregular

que tu aies

commencéregular

qu' il/elle ait

commencéregular

que nous ayons

commencéregular

que vous ayez

commencéregular

qu' ils/elles aient

commencéregular

Pluperfect Subjunctive

que j'eusse

commencéregular

que tu eusses

commencéregular

qu' il/elle eût

commencéregular

que nous eussions

commencéregular

que vous eussiez

commencéregular

qu' ils/elles eussent

commencéregular

Present Conditional

je commenceraisregular

tu commenceraisregular

il/elle commenceraitregular

nous commencerionsregular

vous commenceriezregular

ils/elles commenceraientregular

Past Conditional 1e

j'aurais

commencéregular

tu aurais

commencéregular

il/elle aurait

commencéregular

nous aurions

commencéregular

vous auriez

commencéregular

ils/elles auraient

commencéregular

Past Conditional 2e

j'eusse

commencéregular

tu eusses

commencéregular

il/elle eût

commencéregular

nous eussions

commencéregular

vous eussiez

commencéregular

ils/elles eussent

commencéregular

Present Imperative irregular

commenceregular

commençons alteration "c" to "ç" before the vowels "a" and "o"

commencezregular

Past Imperative irregular

aie

commencéregular

ayons

commencéregular

ayez

commencéregular

Present Participle/Gerund irregular

commençant alteration "c" to "ç" before the vowels "a" and "o"

Past Participle

commencéregular

commencésregular

commencéeregular

commencéesregular

means irregular
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