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mincir
mincir
French
Verb
mincir
Conjugation
This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.
Conjugation of mincir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | mincir | avoir minci | |||||
| gerund | en mincissant | en ayant minci | |||||
| present participle | mincissant /mɛ̃.si.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | minci /mɛ̃.si/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | mincis /mɛ̃.si/ |
mincis /mɛ̃.si/ |
mincit /mɛ̃.si/ |
mincissons /mɛ̃.si.sɔ̃/ |
mincissez /mɛ̃.si.se/ |
mincissent /mɛ̃.sis/ |
| imperfect | mincissais /mɛ̃.si.sɛ/ |
mincissais /mɛ̃.si.sɛ/ |
mincissait /mɛ̃.si.sɛ/ |
mincissions /mɛ̃.si.sjɔ̃/ |
mincissiez /mɛ̃.si.sje/ |
mincissaient /mɛ̃.si.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | mincis /mɛ̃.si/ |
mincis /mɛ̃.si/ |
mincit /mɛ̃.si/ |
mincîmes /mɛ̃.sim/ |
mincîtes /mɛ̃.sit/ |
mincirent /mɛ̃.siʁ/ |
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| future | mincirai /mɛ̃.si.ʁe/ |
minciras /mɛ̃.si.ʁa/ |
mincira /mɛ̃.si.ʁa/ |
mincirons /mɛ̃.si.ʁɔ̃/ |
mincirez /mɛ̃.si.ʁe/ |
minciront /mɛ̃.si.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | mincirais /mɛ̃.si.ʁɛ/ |
mincirais /mɛ̃.si.ʁɛ/ |
mincirait /mɛ̃.si.ʁɛ/ |
mincirions /mɛ̃.si.ʁjɔ̃/ |
minciriez /mɛ̃.si.ʁje/ |
minciraient /mɛ̃.si.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 | mincisse /mɛ̃.sis/ |
mincisses /mɛ̃.sis/ |
mincisse /mɛ̃.sis/ |
mincissions /mɛ̃.si.sjɔ̃/ |
mincissiez /mɛ̃.si.sje/ |
mincissent /mɛ̃.sis/ |
| imperfect1 |
mincisse /mɛ̃.sis/ |
mincisses /mɛ̃.sis/ |
mincît /mɛ̃.si/ |
mincissions /mɛ̃.si.sjɔ̃/ |
mincissiez /mɛ̃.si.sje/ |
mincissent /mɛ̃.sis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | mincis /mɛ̃.si/ |
— | mincissons /mɛ̃.si.sɔ̃/ |
mincissez /mɛ̃.si.se/ |
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