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bercer
bercer
French
Verb
bercer
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 bercer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | bercer | avoir bercé | |||||
| gerund | en berçant | en ayant bercé | |||||
| present participle | berçant /bɛʁ.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | bercé /bɛʁ.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 | berce /bɛʁs/ |
berces /bɛʁs/ |
berce /bɛʁs/ |
berçons /bɛʁ.sɔ̃/ |
bercez /bɛʁ.se/ |
bercent /bɛʁs/ |
| imperfect | berçais /bɛʁ.sɛ/ |
berçais /bɛʁ.sɛ/ |
berçait /bɛʁ.sɛ/ |
bercions /bɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ |
berciez /bɛʁ.sje/ |
berçaient /bɛʁ.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | berçai /bɛʁ.se/ |
berças /bɛʁ.sa/ |
berça /bɛʁ.sa/ |
berçâmes /bɛʁ.sam/ |
berçâtes /bɛʁ.sat/ |
bercèrent /bɛʁ.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | bercerai /bɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ |
berceras /bɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ |
bercera /bɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ |
bercerons /bɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ |
bercerez /bɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ |
berceront /bɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | bercerais /bɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
bercerais /bɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
bercerait /bɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
bercerions /bɛʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
berceriez /bɛʁ.sə.ʁje/ |
berceraient /bɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
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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 | berce /bɛʁs/ |
berces /bɛʁs/ |
berce /bɛʁs/ |
bercions /bɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ |
berciez /bɛʁ.sje/ |
bercent /bɛʁs/ |
| imperfect1 |
berçasse /bɛʁ.sas/ |
berçasses /bɛʁ.sas/ |
berçât /bɛʁ.sa/ |
berçassions /bɛʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
berçassiez /bɛʁ.sa.sje/ |
berçassent /bɛʁ.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 | – | |
| — | berce /bɛʁs/ |
— | berçons /bɛʁ.sɔ̃/ |
bercez /bɛʁ.se/ |
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