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renoncer
renoncer
French
Verb
renoncer
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 renoncer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
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| infinitive | renoncer | avoir renoncé | |||||
| gerund | en renonçant | en ayant renoncé | |||||
| present participle | renonçant /ʁə.nɔ̃.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | renoncé /ʁə.nɔ̃.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 | renonce /ʁə.nɔ̃s/ |
renonces /ʁə.nɔ̃s/ |
renonce /ʁə.nɔ̃s/ |
renonçons /ʁə.nɔ̃.sɔ̃/ |
renoncez /ʁə.nɔ̃.se/ |
renoncent /ʁə.nɔ̃s/ |
| imperfect | renonçais /ʁə.nɔ̃.sɛ/ |
renonçais /ʁə.nɔ̃.sɛ/ |
renonçait /ʁə.nɔ̃.sɛ/ |
renoncions /ʁə.nɔ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
renonciez /ʁə.nɔ̃.sje/ |
renonçaient /ʁə.nɔ̃.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | renonçai /ʁə.nɔ̃.se/ |
renonças /ʁə.nɔ̃.sa/ |
renonça /ʁə.nɔ̃.sa/ |
renonçâmes /ʁə.nɔ̃.sam/ |
renonçâtes /ʁə.nɔ̃.sat/ |
renoncèrent /ʁə.nɔ̃.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | renoncerai /ʁə.nɔ̃.sʁe/ |
renonceras /ʁə.nɔ̃.sʁa/ |
renoncera /ʁə.nɔ̃.sʁa/ |
renoncerons /ʁə.nɔ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
renoncerez /ʁə.nɔ̃.sʁe/ |
renonceront /ʁə.nɔ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | renoncerais /ʁə.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/ |
renoncerais /ʁə.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/ |
renoncerait /ʁə.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/ |
renoncerions /ʁə.nɔ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
renonceriez /ʁə.nɔ̃.sə.ʁje/ |
renonceraient /ʁə.nɔ̃.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 | renonce /ʁə.nɔ̃s/ |
renonces /ʁə.nɔ̃s/ |
renonce /ʁə.nɔ̃s/ |
renoncions /ʁə.nɔ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
renonciez /ʁə.nɔ̃.sje/ |
renoncent /ʁə.nɔ̃s/ |
| imperfect1 |
renonçasse /ʁə.nɔ̃.sas/ |
renonçasses /ʁə.nɔ̃.sas/ |
renonçât /ʁə.nɔ̃.sa/ |
renonçassions /ʁə.nɔ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
renonçassiez /ʁə.nɔ̃.sa.sje/ |
renonçassent /ʁə.nɔ̃.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 | – | |
| — | renonce /ʁə.nɔ̃s/ |
— | renonçons /ʁə.nɔ̃.sɔ̃/ |
renoncez /ʁə.nɔ̃.se/ |
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