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renforcer
renforcer
French
Verb
renforcer
- to reinforce, strengthen
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 renforcer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | renforcer | avoir renforcé | |||||
| gerund | en renforçant | en ayant renforcé | |||||
| present participle | renforçant /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | renforcé /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.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 | renforce /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁs/ |
renforces /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁs/ |
renforce /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁs/ |
renforçons /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sɔ̃/ |
renforcez /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.se/ |
renforcent /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁs/ |
| imperfect | renforçais /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sɛ/ |
renforçais /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sɛ/ |
renforçait /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sɛ/ |
renforcions /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sjɔ̃/ |
renforciez /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sje/ |
renforçaient /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | renforçai /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.se/ |
renforças /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sa/ |
renforça /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sa/ |
renforçâmes /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sam/ |
renforçâtes /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sat/ |
renforcèrent /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | renforcerai /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sə.ʁe/ |
renforceras /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sə.ʁa/ |
renforcera /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sə.ʁa/ |
renforcerons /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ |
renforcerez /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sə.ʁe/ |
renforceront /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | renforcerais /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
renforcerais /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
renforcerait /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
renforcerions /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
renforceriez /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sə.ʁje/ |
renforceraient /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.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 | renforce /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁs/ |
renforces /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁs/ |
renforce /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁs/ |
renforcions /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sjɔ̃/ |
renforciez /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sje/ |
renforcent /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁs/ |
| imperfect1 |
renforçasse /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sas/ |
renforçasses /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sas/ |
renforçât /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sa/ |
renforçassions /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
renforçassiez /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sa.sje/ |
renforçassent /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.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 | – | |
| — | renforce /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁs/ |
— | renforçons /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sɔ̃/ |
renforcez /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.se/ |
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