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accourcir
accourcir
French
Verb
accourcir
- to shorten
Conjugation
This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.
Conjugation of accourcir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | accourcir | avoir accourci | |||||
| gerund | en accourcissant | en ayant accourci | |||||
| present participle | accourcissant /a.kuʁ.si.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | accourci /a.kuʁ.si/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | accourcis /a.kuʁ.si/ |
accourcis /a.kuʁ.si/ |
accourcit /a.kuʁ.si/ |
accourcissons /a.kuʁ.si.sɔ̃/ |
accourcissez /a.kuʁ.si.se/ |
accourcissent /a.kuʁ.sis/ |
| imperfect | accourcissais /a.kuʁ.si.sɛ/ |
accourcissais /a.kuʁ.si.sɛ/ |
accourcissait /a.kuʁ.si.sɛ/ |
accourcissions /a.kuʁ.si.sjɔ̃/ |
accourcissiez /a.kuʁ.si.sje/ |
accourcissaient /a.kuʁ.si.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | accourcis /a.kuʁ.si/ |
accourcis /a.kuʁ.si/ |
accourcit /a.kuʁ.si/ |
accourcîmes /a.kuʁ.sim/ |
accourcîtes /a.kuʁ.sit/ |
accourcirent /a.kuʁ.siʁ/ |
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| future | accourcirai /a.kuʁ.si.ʁe/ |
accourciras /a.kuʁ.si.ʁa/ |
accourcira /a.kuʁ.si.ʁa/ |
accourcirons /a.kuʁ.si.ʁɔ̃/ |
accourcirez /a.kuʁ.si.ʁe/ |
accourciront /a.kuʁ.si.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | accourcirais /a.kuʁ.si.ʁɛ/ |
accourcirais /a.kuʁ.si.ʁɛ/ |
accourcirait /a.kuʁ.si.ʁɛ/ |
accourcirions /a.kuʁ.si.ʁjɔ̃/ |
accourciriez /a.kuʁ.si.ʁje/ |
accourciraient /a.kuʁ.si.ʁɛ/ |
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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 | accourcisse /a.kuʁ.sis/ |
accourcisses /a.kuʁ.sis/ |
accourcisse /a.kuʁ.sis/ |
accourcissions /a.kuʁ.si.sjɔ̃/ |
accourcissiez /a.kuʁ.si.sje/ |
accourcissent /a.kuʁ.sis/ |
| imperfect1 |
accourcisse /a.kuʁ.sis/ |
accourcisses /a.kuʁ.sis/ |
accourcît /a.kuʁ.si/ |
accourcissions /a.kuʁ.si.sjɔ̃/ |
accourcissiez /a.kuʁ.si.sje/ |
accourcissent /a.kuʁ.sis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | accourcis /a.kuʁ.si/ |
— | accourcissons /a.kuʁ.si.sɔ̃/ |
accourcissez /a.kuʁ.si.se/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Synonyms
Antonyms
Related terms
- accourci
- accourcissement
- court
- prendre l’accourcie
- raccourcir