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durcir
durcir
French
Verb
durcir
- to harden
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to harden, become more serious
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 durcir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | durcir | avoir durci | |||||
| gerund | en durcissant | en ayant durci | |||||
| present participle | durcissant /dyʁ.si.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | durci /dyʁ.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 | durcis /dyʁ.si/ |
durcis /dyʁ.si/ |
durcit /dyʁ.si/ |
durcissons /dyʁ.si.sɔ̃/ |
durcissez /dyʁ.si.se/ |
durcissent /dyʁ.sis/ |
| imperfect | durcissais /dyʁ.si.sɛ/ |
durcissais /dyʁ.si.sɛ/ |
durcissait /dyʁ.si.sɛ/ |
durcissions /dyʁ.si.sjɔ̃/ |
durcissiez /dyʁ.si.sje/ |
durcissaient /dyʁ.si.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | durcis /dyʁ.si/ |
durcis /dyʁ.si/ |
durcit /dyʁ.si/ |
durcîmes /dyʁ.sim/ |
durcîtes /dyʁ.sit/ |
durcirent /dyʁ.siʁ/ |
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| future | durcirai /dyʁ.si.ʁe/ |
durciras /dyʁ.si.ʁa/ |
durcira /dyʁ.si.ʁa/ |
durcirons /dyʁ.si.ʁɔ̃/ |
durcirez /dyʁ.si.ʁe/ |
durciront /dyʁ.si.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | durcirais /dyʁ.si.ʁɛ/ |
durcirais /dyʁ.si.ʁɛ/ |
durcirait /dyʁ.si.ʁɛ/ |
durcirions /dyʁ.si.ʁjɔ̃/ |
durciriez /dyʁ.si.ʁje/ |
durciraient /dyʁ.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 | durcisse /dyʁ.sis/ |
durcisses /dyʁ.sis/ |
durcisse /dyʁ.sis/ |
durcissions /dyʁ.si.sjɔ̃/ |
durcissiez /dyʁ.si.sje/ |
durcissent /dyʁ.sis/ |
| imperfect1 |
durcisse /dyʁ.sis/ |
durcisses /dyʁ.sis/ |
durcît /dyʁ.si/ |
durcissions /dyʁ.si.sjɔ̃/ |
durcissiez /dyʁ.si.sje/ |
durcissent /dyʁ.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 | – | |
| — | durcis /dyʁ.si/ |
— | durcissons /dyʁ.si.sɔ̃/ |
durcissez /dyʁ.si.se/ |
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