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éclaircir
éclaircir
French
Verb
éclaircir
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 éclaircir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | éclaircir | avoir éclairci | |||||
| gerund | en éclaircissant | en ayant éclairci | |||||
| present participle | éclaircissant /e.klɛʁ.si.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | éclairci /e.klɛʁ.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 | éclaircis /e.klɛʁ.si/ |
éclaircis /e.klɛʁ.si/ |
éclaircit /e.klɛʁ.si/ |
éclaircissons /e.klɛʁ.si.sɔ̃/ |
éclaircissez /e.klɛʁ.si.se/ |
éclaircissent /e.klɛʁ.sis/ |
| imperfect | éclaircissais /e.klɛʁ.si.sɛ/ |
éclaircissais /e.klɛʁ.si.sɛ/ |
éclaircissait /e.klɛʁ.si.sɛ/ |
éclaircissions /e.klɛʁ.si.sjɔ̃/ |
éclaircissiez /e.klɛʁ.si.sje/ |
éclaircissaient /e.klɛʁ.si.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | éclaircis /e.klɛʁ.si/ |
éclaircis /e.klɛʁ.si/ |
éclaircit /e.klɛʁ.si/ |
éclaircîmes /e.klɛʁ.sim/ |
éclaircîtes /e.klɛʁ.sit/ |
éclaircirent /e.klɛʁ.siʁ/ |
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| future | éclaircirai /e.klɛʁ.si.ʁe/ |
éclairciras /e.klɛʁ.si.ʁa/ |
éclaircira /e.klɛʁ.si.ʁa/ |
éclaircirons /e.klɛʁ.si.ʁɔ̃/ |
éclaircirez /e.klɛʁ.si.ʁe/ |
éclairciront /e.klɛʁ.si.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | éclaircirais /e.klɛʁ.si.ʁɛ/ |
éclaircirais /e.klɛʁ.si.ʁɛ/ |
éclaircirait /e.klɛʁ.si.ʁɛ/ |
éclaircirions /e.klɛʁ.si.ʁjɔ̃/ |
éclairciriez /e.klɛʁ.si.ʁje/ |
éclairciraient /e.klɛʁ.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 | éclaircisse /e.klɛʁ.sis/ |
éclaircisses /e.klɛʁ.sis/ |
éclaircisse /e.klɛʁ.sis/ |
éclaircissions /e.klɛʁ.si.sjɔ̃/ |
éclaircissiez /e.klɛʁ.si.sje/ |
éclaircissent /e.klɛʁ.sis/ |
| imperfect1 |
éclaircisse /e.klɛʁ.sis/ |
éclaircisses /e.klɛʁ.sis/ |
éclaircît /e.klɛʁ.si/ |
éclaircissions /e.klɛʁ.si.sjɔ̃/ |
éclaircissiez /e.klɛʁ.si.sje/ |
éclaircissent /e.klɛʁ.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 | – | |
| — | éclaircis /e.klɛʁ.si/ |
— | éclaircissons /e.klɛʁ.si.sɔ̃/ |
éclaircissez /e.klɛʁ.si.se/ |
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