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replacer
replacer
French
Etymology
Verb
replacer
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 replacer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | replacer | avoir replacé | |||||
| gerund | en replaçant | en ayant replacé | |||||
| present participle | replaçant /ʁə.pla.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | replacé /ʁə.pla.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 | replace /ʁə.plas/ |
replaces /ʁə.plas/ |
replace /ʁə.plas/ |
replaçons /ʁə.pla.sɔ̃/ |
replacez /ʁə.pla.se/ |
replacent /ʁə.plas/ |
| imperfect | replaçais /ʁə.pla.sɛ/ |
replaçais /ʁə.pla.sɛ/ |
replaçait /ʁə.pla.sɛ/ |
replacions /ʁə.pla.sjɔ̃/ |
replaciez /ʁə.pla.sje/ |
replaçaient /ʁə.pla.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | replaçai /ʁə.pla.se/ |
replaças /ʁə.pla.sa/ |
replaça /ʁə.pla.sa/ |
replaçâmes /ʁə.pla.sam/ |
replaçâtes /ʁə.pla.sat/ |
replacèrent /ʁə.pla.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | replacerai /ʁə.pla.sʁe/ |
replaceras /ʁə.pla.sʁa/ |
replacera /ʁə.pla.sʁa/ |
replacerons /ʁə.pla.sʁɔ̃/ |
replacerez /ʁə.pla.sʁe/ |
replaceront /ʁə.pla.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | replacerais /ʁə.pla.sʁɛ/ |
replacerais /ʁə.pla.sʁɛ/ |
replacerait /ʁə.pla.sʁɛ/ |
replacerions /ʁə.pla.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
replaceriez /ʁə.pla.sə.ʁje/ |
replaceraient /ʁə.pla.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 | replace /ʁə.plas/ |
replaces /ʁə.plas/ |
replace /ʁə.plas/ |
replacions /ʁə.pla.sjɔ̃/ |
replaciez /ʁə.pla.sje/ |
replacent /ʁə.plas/ |
| imperfect1 |
replaçasse /ʁə.pla.sas/ |
replaçasses /ʁə.pla.sas/ |
replaçât /ʁə.pla.sa/ |
replaçassions /ʁə.pla.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
replaçassiez /ʁə.pla.sa.sje/ |
replaçassent /ʁə.pla.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 | – | |
| — | replace /ʁə.plas/ |
— | replaçons /ʁə.pla.sɔ̃/ |
replacez /ʁə.pla.se/ |
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