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avancer
avancer
French
Pronunciation
Verb
avancer
- (intransitive) to advance, to go forward
- (intransitive) to progress
- (transitive) to bring forward, to advance
- (transitive) to propose, to put forward
- (reflexive, ~ vers) to move towards, to go up to, to approach
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 avancer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | avancer | avoir avancé | |||||
| gerund | en avançant | en ayant avancé | |||||
| present participle | avançant /a.vɑ̃.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | avancé /a.vɑ̃.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 | avance /a.vɑ̃s/ |
avances /a.vɑ̃s/ |
avance /a.vɑ̃s/ |
avançons /a.vɑ̃.sɔ̃/ |
avancez /a.vɑ̃.se/ |
avancent /a.vɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect | avançais /a.vɑ̃.sɛ/ |
avançais /a.vɑ̃.sɛ/ |
avançait /a.vɑ̃.sɛ/ |
avancions /a.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
avanciez /a.vɑ̃.sje/ |
avançaient /a.vɑ̃.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | avançai /a.vɑ̃.se/ |
avanças /a.vɑ̃.sa/ |
avança /a.vɑ̃.sa/ |
avançâmes /a.vɑ̃.sam/ |
avançâtes /a.vɑ̃.sat/ |
avancèrent /a.vɑ̃.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | avancerai /a.vɑ̃.sʁe/ |
avanceras /a.vɑ̃.sʁa/ |
avancera /a.vɑ̃.sʁa/ |
avancerons /a.vɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
avancerez /a.vɑ̃.sʁe/ |
avanceront /a.vɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | avancerais /a.vɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
avancerais /a.vɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
avancerait /a.vɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
avancerions /a.vɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
avanceriez /a.vɑ̃.sə.ʁje/ |
avanceraient /a.vɑ̃.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 | avance /a.vɑ̃s/ |
avances /a.vɑ̃s/ |
avance /a.vɑ̃s/ |
avancions /a.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
avanciez /a.vɑ̃.sje/ |
avancent /a.vɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect1 |
avançasse /a.vɑ̃.sas/ |
avançasses /a.vɑ̃.sas/ |
avançât /a.vɑ̃.sa/ |
avançassions /a.vɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
avançassiez /a.vɑ̃.sa.sje/ |
avançassent /a.vɑ̃.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 | – | |
| — | avance /a.vɑ̃s/ |
— | avançons /a.vɑ̃.sɔ̃/ |
avancez /a.vɑ̃.se/ |
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Related terms
Old French
Verb
avancer
- Alternative form of avancier
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-c, *-cs, *-ct are modified to z, z, zt. In addition, c becomes ç before an a, o or u to keep the /ts/ sound intact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of avancer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | avancer | avoir avancé | |||||
| gerund | en avançant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | avançant | ||||||
| past participle | avancé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | avanz | avances | avance | avançons | avancez | avancent |
| imperfect | avançoie, avanceie, avançoe, avanceve | avançoies, avanceies, avançoes, avanceves | avançoit, avanceit, avançot, avanceve | avanciiens, avanciens | avanciiez, avanciez | avançoient, avanceient, avançoent, avancevent | |
| preterite | avançai | avanças | avança | avançames | avançastes | avancerent | |
| future | avancerai | avanceras | avancera | avancerons | avanceroiz, avancereiz, avancerez | avanceront | |
| conditional | avanceroie, avancereie | avanceroies, avancereies | avanceroit, avancereit | avanceriiens, avanceriens | avanceriiez, avanceriez | avanceroient, avancereient | |
| 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 anterior | Use the preterite 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 jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | avanz | avanz | avanzt | avançons | avancez | avancent |
| imperfect | avançasse | avançasses | avançast | avancissons, avancissiens | avancissoiz, avancissez, avancissiez | avançassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | avance | — | avançons | avancez | — | ||