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élancer
élancer
French
Verb
élancer
Conjugation
This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which ‘c’ is softened to a ‘ç’ before the vowels ‘a’ and ‘o’.
Conjugation of élancer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | élancer | avoir élancé | |||||
| gerund | en élançant | en ayant élancé | |||||
| present participle | élançant /e.lɑ̃.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | élancé /e.lɑ̃.se/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | élance /e.lɑ̃s/ |
élances /e.lɑ̃s/ |
élance /e.lɑ̃s/ |
élançons /e.lɑ̃.sɔ̃/ |
élancez /e.lɑ̃.se/ |
élancent /e.lɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect | élançais /e.lɑ̃.sɛ/ |
élançais /e.lɑ̃.sɛ/ |
élançait /e.lɑ̃.sɛ/ |
élancions /e.lɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
élanciez /e.lɑ̃.sje/ |
élançaient /e.lɑ̃.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | élançai /e.lɑ̃.se/ |
élanças /e.lɑ̃.sa/ |
élança /e.lɑ̃.sa/ |
élançâmes /e.lɑ̃.sam/ |
élançâtes /e.lɑ̃.sat/ |
élancèrent /e.lɑ̃.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | élancerai /e.lɑ̃.sʁe/ |
élanceras /e.lɑ̃.sʁa/ |
élancera /e.lɑ̃.sʁa/ |
élancerons /e.lɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
élancerez /e.lɑ̃.sʁe/ |
élanceront /e.lɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | élancerais /e.lɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
élancerais /e.lɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
élancerait /e.lɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
élancerions /e.lɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
élanceriez /e.lɑ̃.sə.ʁje/ |
élanceraient /e.lɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | élance /e.lɑ̃s/ |
élances /e.lɑ̃s/ |
élance /e.lɑ̃s/ |
élancions /e.lɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
élanciez /e.lɑ̃.sje/ |
élancent /e.lɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect1 |
élançasse /e.lɑ̃.sas/ |
élançasses /e.lɑ̃.sas/ |
élançât /e.lɑ̃.sa/ |
élançassions /e.lɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
élançassiez /e.lɑ̃.sa.sje/ |
élançassent /e.lɑ̃.sas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | élance /e.lɑ̃s/ |
— | élançons /e.lɑ̃.sɔ̃/ |
élancez /e.lɑ̃.se/ |
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