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recommencer
recommencer
French
Verb
recommencer
- to restart, start again.
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 recommencer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | recommencer | avoir recommencé | |||||
| gerund | en recommençant | en ayant recommencé | |||||
| present participle | recommençant /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | recommencé /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.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 | recommence /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃s/ |
recommences /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃s/ |
recommence /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃s/ |
recommençons /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sɔ̃/ |
recommencez /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.se/ |
recommencent /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect | recommençais /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sɛ/ |
recommençais /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sɛ/ |
recommençait /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sɛ/ |
recommencions /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
recommenciez /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sje/ |
recommençaient /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | recommençai /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.se/ |
recommenças /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sa/ |
recommença /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sa/ |
recommençâmes /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sam/ |
recommençâtes /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sat/ |
recommencèrent /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | recommencerai /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sʁe/ |
recommenceras /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sʁa/ |
recommencera /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sʁa/ |
recommencerons /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
recommencerez /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sʁe/ |
recommenceront /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | recommencerais /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
recommencerais /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
recommencerait /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
recommencerions /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
recommenceriez /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sə.ʁje/ |
recommenceraient /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.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 | recommence /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃s/ |
recommences /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃s/ |
recommence /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃s/ |
recommencions /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
recommenciez /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sje/ |
recommencent /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect1 |
recommençasse /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sas/ |
recommençasses /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sas/ |
recommençât /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sa/ |
recommençassions /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
recommençassiez /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sa.sje/ |
recommençassent /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.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 | – | |
| — | recommence /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃s/ |
— | recommençons /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sɔ̃/ |
recommencez /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.se/ |
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