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foncer
foncer
French
Verb
foncer
- (transitive, intransitive) to darken
- (intransitive) to tear along (of person, vehicle etc.)
- (intransitive, colloquial) to get a move on, go for it
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 foncer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | foncer | avoir foncé | |||||
| gerund | en fonçant | en ayant foncé | |||||
| present participle | fonçant /fɔ̃.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | foncé /fɔ̃.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 | fonce /fɔ̃s/ |
fonces /fɔ̃s/ |
fonce /fɔ̃s/ |
fonçons /fɔ̃.sɔ̃/ |
foncez /fɔ̃.se/ |
foncent /fɔ̃s/ |
| imperfect | fonçais /fɔ̃.sɛ/ |
fonçais /fɔ̃.sɛ/ |
fonçait /fɔ̃.sɛ/ |
foncions /fɔ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
fonciez /fɔ̃.sje/ |
fonçaient /fɔ̃.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | fonçai /fɔ̃.se/ |
fonças /fɔ̃.sa/ |
fonça /fɔ̃.sa/ |
fonçâmes /fɔ̃.sam/ |
fonçâtes /fɔ̃.sat/ |
foncèrent /fɔ̃.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | foncerai /fɔ̃.sʁe/ |
fonceras /fɔ̃.sʁa/ |
foncera /fɔ̃.sʁa/ |
foncerons /fɔ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
foncerez /fɔ̃.sʁe/ |
fonceront /fɔ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | foncerais /fɔ̃.sʁɛ/ |
foncerais /fɔ̃.sʁɛ/ |
foncerait /fɔ̃.sʁɛ/ |
foncerions /fɔ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
fonceriez /fɔ̃.sə.ʁje/ |
fonceraient /fɔ̃.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 | fonce /fɔ̃s/ |
fonces /fɔ̃s/ |
fonce /fɔ̃s/ |
foncions /fɔ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
fonciez /fɔ̃.sje/ |
foncent /fɔ̃s/ |
| imperfect1 |
fonçasse /fɔ̃.sas/ |
fonçasses /fɔ̃.sas/ |
fonçât /fɔ̃.sa/ |
fonçassions /fɔ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
fonçassiez /fɔ̃.sa.sje/ |
fonçassent /fɔ̃.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 | – | |
| — | fonce /fɔ̃s/ |
— | fonçons /fɔ̃.sɔ̃/ |
foncez /fɔ̃.se/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||