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froncer
froncer
French
Verb
froncer
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 froncer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
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| infinitive | froncer | avoir froncé | |||||
| gerund | en fronçant | en ayant froncé | |||||
| present participle | fronçant /fʁɔ̃.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | froncé /fʁɔ̃.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 | fronce /fʁɔ̃s/ |
fronces /fʁɔ̃s/ |
fronce /fʁɔ̃s/ |
fronçons /fʁɔ̃.sɔ̃/ |
froncez /fʁɔ̃.se/ |
froncent /fʁɔ̃s/ |
| imperfect | fronçais /fʁɔ̃.sɛ/ |
fronçais /fʁɔ̃.sɛ/ |
fronçait /fʁɔ̃.sɛ/ |
froncions /fʁɔ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
fronciez /fʁɔ̃.sje/ |
fronçaient /fʁɔ̃.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | fronçai /fʁɔ̃.se/ |
fronças /fʁɔ̃.sa/ |
fronça /fʁɔ̃.sa/ |
fronçâmes /fʁɔ̃.sam/ |
fronçâtes /fʁɔ̃.sat/ |
froncèrent /fʁɔ̃.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | froncerai /fʁɔ̃.sʁe/ |
fronceras /fʁɔ̃.sʁa/ |
froncera /fʁɔ̃.sʁa/ |
froncerons /fʁɔ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
froncerez /fʁɔ̃.sʁe/ |
fronceront /fʁɔ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | froncerais /fʁɔ̃.sʁɛ/ |
froncerais /fʁɔ̃.sʁɛ/ |
froncerait /fʁɔ̃.sʁɛ/ |
froncerions /fʁɔ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
fronceriez /fʁɔ̃.sə.ʁje/ |
fronceraient /fʁɔ̃.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 | fronce /fʁɔ̃s/ |
fronces /fʁɔ̃s/ |
fronce /fʁɔ̃s/ |
froncions /fʁɔ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
fronciez /fʁɔ̃.sje/ |
froncent /fʁɔ̃s/ |
| imperfect1 |
fronçasse /fʁɔ̃.sas/ |
fronçasses /fʁɔ̃.sas/ |
fronçât /fʁɔ̃.sa/ |
fronçassions /fʁɔ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
fronçassiez /fʁɔ̃.sa.sje/ |
fronçassent /fʁɔ̃.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 | – | |
| — | fronce /fʁɔ̃s/ |
— | fronçons /fʁɔ̃.sɔ̃/ |
froncez /fʁɔ̃.se/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||