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commettre
commettre
French
Verb
commettre
- to commit
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated like mettre. That means it is conjugated like battre except that its past participle is commis, not *commettu, and its past historic and imperfect subjunctive are formed with commi-, not *commetti-.
Conjugation of commettre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | commettre | avoir commis | |||||
| gerund | en commettant | en ayant commis | |||||
| present participle | commettant /kɔ.mɛ.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | commis /kɔ.mi/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | commets /kɔ.mɛ/ |
commets /kɔ.mɛ/ |
commet /kɔ.mɛ/ |
commettons /kɔ.mɛ.tɔ̃/ |
commettez /kɔ.mɛ.te/ |
commettent /kɔ.mɛt/ |
| imperfect | commettais /kɔ.mɛ.tɛ/ |
commettais /kɔ.mɛ.tɛ/ |
commettait /kɔ.mɛ.tɛ/ |
commettions /kɔ.mɛ.tjɔ̃/ |
commettiez /kɔ.mɛ.tje/ |
commettaient /kɔ.mɛ.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | commis /kɔ.mi/ |
commis /kɔ.mi/ |
commit /kɔ.mi/ |
commîmes /kɔ.mim/ |
commîtes /kɔ.mit/ |
commirent /kɔ.miʁ/ |
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| future | commettrai /kɔ.mɛ.tʁe/ |
commettras /kɔ.mɛ.tʁa/ |
commettra /kɔ.mɛ.tʁa/ |
commettrons /kɔ.mɛ.tʁɔ̃/ |
commettrez /kɔ.mɛ.tʁe/ |
commettront /kɔ.mɛ.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | commettrais /kɔ.mɛ.tʁɛ/ |
commettrais /kɔ.mɛ.tʁɛ/ |
commettrait /kɔ.mɛ.tʁɛ/ |
commettrions /kɔ.mɛ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
commettriez /kɔ.mɛ.tʁi.je/ |
commettraient /kɔ.mɛ.tʁɛ/ |
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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 | commette /kɔ.mɛt/ |
commettes /kɔ.mɛt/ |
commette /kɔ.mɛt/ |
commettions /kɔ.mɛ.tjɔ̃/ |
commettiez /kɔ.mɛ.tje/ |
commettent /kɔ.mɛt/ |
| imperfect1 |
commisse /kɔ.mis/ |
commisses /kɔ.mis/ |
commît /kɔ.mi/ |
commissions /kɔ.mi.sjɔ̃/ |
commissiez /kɔ.mi.sje/ |
commissent /kɔ.mis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | commets /kɔ.mɛ/ |
— | commettons /kɔ.mɛ.tɔ̃/ |
commettez /kɔ.mɛ.te/ |
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