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acquiescer
acquiescer
French
Verb
acquiescer
- to acquiesce
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 acquiescer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | acquiescer | avoir acquiescé | |||||
| gerund | en acquiesçant | en ayant acquiescé | |||||
| present participle | acquiesçant /a.kjɛ.sɑ̃/ or /a.kje.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | acquiescé /a.kjɛ.se/ or /a.kje.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 | acquiesce /a.kjɛs/ |
acquiesces /a.kjɛs/ |
acquiesce /a.kjɛs/ |
acquiesçons /a.kjɛ.sɔ̃/ or /a.kje.sɔ̃/ |
acquiescez /a.kjɛ.se/ or /a.kje.se/ |
acquiescent /a.kjɛs/ |
| imperfect | acquiesçais /a.kjɛ.sɛ/ or /a.kje.sɛ/ |
acquiesçais /a.kjɛ.sɛ/ or /a.kje.sɛ/ |
acquiesçait /a.kjɛ.sɛ/ or /a.kje.sɛ/ |
acquiescions /a.kjɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /a.kje.sjɔ̃/ |
acquiesciez /a.kjɛ.sje/ or /a.kje.sje/ |
acquiesçaient /a.kjɛ.sɛ/ or /a.kje.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | acquiesçai /a.kjɛ.se/ or /a.kje.se/ |
acquiesças /a.kjɛ.sa/ or /a.kje.sa/ |
acquiesça /a.kjɛ.sa/ or /a.kje.sa/ |
acquiesçâmes /a.kjɛ.sam/ or /a.kje.sam/ |
acquiesçâtes /a.kjɛ.sat/ or /a.kje.sat/ |
acquiescèrent /a.kjɛ.sɛʁ/ or /a.kje.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | acquiescerai /a.kjɛ.sʁe/ |
acquiesceras /a.kjɛ.sʁa/ |
acquiescera /a.kjɛ.sʁa/ |
acquiescerons /a.kjɛ.sʁɔ̃/ |
acquiescerez /a.kjɛ.sʁe/ |
acquiesceront /a.kjɛ.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | acquiescerais /a.kjɛ.sʁɛ/ |
acquiescerais /a.kjɛ.sʁɛ/ |
acquiescerait /a.kjɛ.sʁɛ/ |
acquiescerions /a.kjɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
acquiesceriez /a.kjɛ.sə.ʁje/ |
acquiesceraient /a.kjɛ.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 | acquiesce /a.kjɛs/ |
acquiesces /a.kjɛs/ |
acquiesce /a.kjɛs/ |
acquiescions /a.kjɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /a.kje.sjɔ̃/ |
acquiesciez /a.kjɛ.sje/ or /a.kje.sje/ |
acquiescent /a.kjɛs/ |
| imperfect1 |
acquiesçasse /a.kjɛ.sas/ or /a.kje.sas/ |
acquiesçasses /a.kjɛ.sas/ or /a.kje.sas/ |
acquiesçât /a.kjɛ.sa/ or /a.kje.sa/ |
acquiesçassions /a.kjɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /a.kje.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
acquiesçassiez /a.kjɛ.sa.sje/ or /a.kje.sa.sje/ |
acquiesçassent /a.kjɛ.sas/ or /a.kje.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 | – | |
| — | acquiesce /a.kjɛs/ |
— | acquiesçons /a.kjɛ.sɔ̃/ or /a.kje.sɔ̃/ |
acquiescez /a.kjɛ.se/ or /a.kje.se/ |
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