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exercer
exercer
French
Verb
exercer
Quotations
For usage examples of this term, see Citations:exercer.
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 exercer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | exercer | avoir exercé | |||||
| gerund | en exerçant | en ayant exercé | |||||
| present participle | exerçant /ɛɡ.zɛʁ.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | exercé /ɛɡ.zɛʁ.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 | exerce /ɛɡ.zɛʁs/ |
exerces /ɛɡ.zɛʁs/ |
exerce /ɛɡ.zɛʁs/ |
exerçons /ɛɡ.zɛʁ.sɔ̃/ |
exercez /ɛɡ.zɛʁ.se/ |
exercent /ɛɡ.zɛʁs/ |
| imperfect | exerçais /ɛɡ.zɛʁ.sɛ/ |
exerçais /ɛɡ.zɛʁ.sɛ/ |
exerçait /ɛɡ.zɛʁ.sɛ/ |
exercions /ɛɡ.zɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ |
exerciez /ɛɡ.zɛʁ.sje/ |
exerçaient /ɛɡ.zɛʁ.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | exerçai /ɛɡ.zɛʁ.se/ |
exerças /ɛɡ.zɛʁ.sa/ |
exerça /ɛɡ.zɛʁ.sa/ |
exerçâmes /ɛɡ.zɛʁ.sam/ |
exerçâtes /ɛɡ.zɛʁ.sat/ |
exercèrent /ɛɡ.zɛʁ.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | exercerai /ɛɡ.zɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ |
exerceras /ɛɡ.zɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ |
exercera /ɛɡ.zɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ |
exercerons /ɛɡ.zɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ |
exercerez /ɛɡ.zɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ |
exerceront /ɛɡ.zɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | exercerais /ɛɡ.zɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
exercerais /ɛɡ.zɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
exercerait /ɛɡ.zɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
exercerions /ɛɡ.zɛʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
exerceriez /ɛɡ.zɛʁ.sə.ʁje/ |
exerceraient /ɛɡ.zɛʁ.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 | exerce /ɛɡ.zɛʁs/ |
exerces /ɛɡ.zɛʁs/ |
exerce /ɛɡ.zɛʁs/ |
exercions /ɛɡ.zɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ |
exerciez /ɛɡ.zɛʁ.sje/ |
exercent /ɛɡ.zɛʁs/ |
| imperfect1 |
exerçasse /ɛɡ.zɛʁ.sas/ |
exerçasses /ɛɡ.zɛʁ.sas/ |
exerçât /ɛɡ.zɛʁ.sa/ |
exerçassions /ɛɡ.zɛʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
exerçassiez /ɛɡ.zɛʁ.sa.sje/ |
exerçassent /ɛɡ.zɛʁ.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 | – | |
| — | exerce /ɛɡ.zɛʁs/ |
— | exerçons /ɛɡ.zɛʁ.sɔ̃/ |
exercez /ɛɡ.zɛʁ.se/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Anagrams
Portuguese
Verb
exercer (first-person singular present indicative exerço, past participle exercido)
Conjugation
Conjugation of the Portuguese -er verb exercer