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incarner
incarner
French
Verb
incarner
- (religion) to incarnate
- to embody, to personify
- (theater) to play (act as a certain character)
- (reflexive) to grow in(for a toenail or fingernail)
Conjugation
Conjugation of incarner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | incarner | avoir incarné | |||||
| gerund | en incarnant | en ayant incarné | |||||
| present participle | incarnant /ɛ̃.kaʁ.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | incarné /ɛ̃.kaʁ.ne/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | incarne /ɛ̃.kaʁn/ |
incarnes /ɛ̃.kaʁn/ |
incarne /ɛ̃.kaʁn/ |
incarnons /ɛ̃.kaʁ.nɔ̃/ |
incarnez /ɛ̃.kaʁ.ne/ |
incarnent /ɛ̃.kaʁn/ |
| imperfect | incarnais /ɛ̃.kaʁ.nɛ/ |
incarnais /ɛ̃.kaʁ.nɛ/ |
incarnait /ɛ̃.kaʁ.nɛ/ |
incarnions /ɛ̃.kaʁ.njɔ̃/ |
incarniez /ɛ̃.kaʁ.nje/ |
incarnaient /ɛ̃.kaʁ.nɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | incarnai /ɛ̃.kaʁ.ne/ |
incarnas /ɛ̃.kaʁ.na/ |
incarna /ɛ̃.kaʁ.na/ |
incarnâmes /ɛ̃.kaʁ.nam/ |
incarnâtes /ɛ̃.kaʁ.nat/ |
incarnèrent /ɛ̃.kaʁ.nɛʁ/ |
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| future | incarnerai /ɛ̃.kaʁ.nə.ʁe/ |
incarneras /ɛ̃.kaʁ.nə.ʁa/ |
incarnera /ɛ̃.kaʁ.nə.ʁa/ |
incarnerons /ɛ̃.kaʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/ |
incarnerez /ɛ̃.kaʁ.nə.ʁe/ |
incarneront /ɛ̃.kaʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | incarnerais /ɛ̃.kaʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
incarnerais /ɛ̃.kaʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
incarnerait /ɛ̃.kaʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
incarnerions /ɛ̃.kaʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
incarneriez /ɛ̃.kaʁ.nə.ʁje/ |
incarneraient /ɛ̃.kaʁ.nə.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 | incarne /ɛ̃.kaʁn/ |
incarnes /ɛ̃.kaʁn/ |
incarne /ɛ̃.kaʁn/ |
incarnions /ɛ̃.kaʁ.njɔ̃/ |
incarniez /ɛ̃.kaʁ.nje/ |
incarnent /ɛ̃.kaʁn/ |
| imperfect1 |
incarnasse /ɛ̃.kaʁ.nas/ |
incarnasses /ɛ̃.kaʁ.nas/ |
incarnât /ɛ̃.kaʁ.na/ |
incarnassions /ɛ̃.kaʁ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
incarnassiez /ɛ̃.kaʁ.na.sje/ |
incarnassent /ɛ̃.kaʁ.nas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | incarne /ɛ̃.kaʁn/ |
— | incarnons /ɛ̃.kaʁ.nɔ̃/ |
incarnez /ɛ̃.kaʁ.ne/ |
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