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prononcer
prononcer
French
Verb
prononcer
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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 prononcer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | prononcer | avoir prononcé | |||||
| gerund | en prononçant | en ayant prononcé | |||||
| present participle | prononçant /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | prononcé /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.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 | prononce /pʁɔ.nɔ̃s/ |
prononces /pʁɔ.nɔ̃s/ |
prononce /pʁɔ.nɔ̃s/ |
prononçons /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sɔ̃/ |
prononcez /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.se/ |
prononcent /pʁɔ.nɔ̃s/ |
| imperfect | prononçais /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sɛ/ |
prononçais /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sɛ/ |
prononçait /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sɛ/ |
prononcions /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
prononciez /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sje/ |
prononçaient /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | prononçai /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.se/ |
prononças /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sa/ |
prononça /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sa/ |
prononçâmes /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sam/ |
prononçâtes /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sat/ |
prononcèrent /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | prononcerai /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sʁe/ |
prononceras /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sʁa/ |
prononcera /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sʁa/ |
prononcerons /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
prononcerez /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sʁe/ |
prononceront /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | prononcerais /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/ |
prononcerais /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/ |
prononcerait /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/ |
prononcerions /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
prononceriez /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sə.ʁje/ |
prononceraient /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/ |
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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 | prononce /pʁɔ.nɔ̃s/ |
prononces /pʁɔ.nɔ̃s/ |
prononce /pʁɔ.nɔ̃s/ |
prononcions /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
prononciez /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sje/ |
prononcent /pʁɔ.nɔ̃s/ |
| imperfect1 |
prononçasse /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sas/ |
prononçasses /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sas/ |
prononçât /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sa/ |
prononçassions /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
prononçassiez /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sa.sje/ |
prononçassent /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.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 | – | |
| — | prononce /pʁɔ.nɔ̃s/ |
— | prononçons /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sɔ̃/ |
prononcez /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.se/ |
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