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commercer
commercer
French
Verb
commercer
- (intransitive) to trade
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 commercer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | commercer | avoir commercé | |||||
| gerund | en commerçant | en ayant commercé | |||||
| present participle | commerçant /kɔ.mɛʁ.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | commercé /kɔ.mɛʁ.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 | commerce /kɔ.mɛʁs/ |
commerces /kɔ.mɛʁs/ |
commerce /kɔ.mɛʁs/ |
commerçons /kɔ.mɛʁ.sɔ̃/ |
commercez /kɔ.mɛʁ.se/ |
commercent /kɔ.mɛʁs/ |
| imperfect | commerçais /kɔ.mɛʁ.sɛ/ |
commerçais /kɔ.mɛʁ.sɛ/ |
commerçait /kɔ.mɛʁ.sɛ/ |
commercions /kɔ.mɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ |
commerciez /kɔ.mɛʁ.sje/ |
commerçaient /kɔ.mɛʁ.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | commerçai /kɔ.mɛʁ.se/ |
commerças /kɔ.mɛʁ.sa/ |
commerça /kɔ.mɛʁ.sa/ |
commerçâmes /kɔ.mɛʁ.sam/ |
commerçâtes /kɔ.mɛʁ.sat/ |
commercèrent /kɔ.mɛʁ.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | commercerai /kɔ.mɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ |
commerceras /kɔ.mɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ |
commercera /kɔ.mɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ |
commercerons /kɔ.mɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ |
commercerez /kɔ.mɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ |
commerceront /kɔ.mɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | commercerais /kɔ.mɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
commercerais /kɔ.mɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
commercerait /kɔ.mɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
commercerions /kɔ.mɛʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
commerceriez /kɔ.mɛʁ.sə.ʁje/ |
commerceraient /kɔ.mɛʁ.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 | commerce /kɔ.mɛʁs/ |
commerces /kɔ.mɛʁs/ |
commerce /kɔ.mɛʁs/ |
commercions /kɔ.mɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ |
commerciez /kɔ.mɛʁ.sje/ |
commercent /kɔ.mɛʁs/ |
| imperfect1 |
commerçasse /kɔ.mɛʁ.sas/ |
commerçasses /kɔ.mɛʁ.sas/ |
commerçât /kɔ.mɛʁ.sa/ |
commerçassions /kɔ.mɛʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
commerçassiez /kɔ.mɛʁ.sa.sje/ |
commerçassent /kɔ.mɛʁ.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 | – | |
| — | commerce /kɔ.mɛʁs/ |
— | commerçons /kɔ.mɛʁ.sɔ̃/ |
commercez /kɔ.mɛʁ.se/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
- commerçable
- commerçant