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contrebalancer
contrebalancer
French
Verb
contrebalancer
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 contrebalancer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | contrebalancer | avoir contrebalancé | |||||
| gerund | en contrebalançant | en ayant contrebalancé | |||||
| present participle | contrebalançant /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | contrebalancé /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.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 | contrebalance /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃s/ |
contrebalances /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃s/ |
contrebalance /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃s/ |
contrebalançons /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sɔ̃/ |
contrebalancez /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.se/ |
contrebalancent /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect | contrebalançais /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sɛ/ |
contrebalançais /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sɛ/ |
contrebalançait /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sɛ/ |
contrebalancions /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
contrebalanciez /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sje/ |
contrebalançaient /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | contrebalançai /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.se/ |
contrebalanças /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sa/ |
contrebalança /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sa/ |
contrebalançâmes /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sam/ |
contrebalançâtes /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sat/ |
contrebalancèrent /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | contrebalancerai /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sʁe/ |
contrebalanceras /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sʁa/ |
contrebalancera /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sʁa/ |
contrebalancerons /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
contrebalancerez /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sʁe/ |
contrebalanceront /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | contrebalancerais /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
contrebalancerais /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
contrebalancerait /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
contrebalancerions /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
contrebalanceriez /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sə.ʁje/ |
contrebalanceraient /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.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 | contrebalance /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃s/ |
contrebalances /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃s/ |
contrebalance /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃s/ |
contrebalancions /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
contrebalanciez /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sje/ |
contrebalancent /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect1 |
contrebalançasse /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sas/ |
contrebalançasses /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sas/ |
contrebalançât /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sa/ |
contrebalançassions /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
contrebalançassiez /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sa.sje/ |
contrebalançassent /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.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 | – | |
| — | contrebalance /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃s/ |
— | contrebalançons /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sɔ̃/ |
contrebalancez /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.se/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||