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gercer
gercer
French
Verb
gercer
- (transitive, intransitive) to chap, become chapped
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 gercer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | gercer | avoir gercé | |||||
| gerund | en gerçant | en ayant gercé | |||||
| present participle | gerçant /ʒɛʁ.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | gercé /ʒɛʁ.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 | gerce /ʒɛʁs/ |
gerces /ʒɛʁs/ |
gerce /ʒɛʁs/ |
gerçons /ʒɛʁ.sɔ̃/ |
gercez /ʒɛʁ.se/ |
gercent /ʒɛʁs/ |
| imperfect | gerçais /ʒɛʁ.sɛ/ |
gerçais /ʒɛʁ.sɛ/ |
gerçait /ʒɛʁ.sɛ/ |
gercions /ʒɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ |
gerciez /ʒɛʁ.sje/ |
gerçaient /ʒɛʁ.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | gerçai /ʒɛʁ.se/ |
gerças /ʒɛʁ.sa/ |
gerça /ʒɛʁ.sa/ |
gerçâmes /ʒɛʁ.sam/ |
gerçâtes /ʒɛʁ.sat/ |
gercèrent /ʒɛʁ.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | gercerai /ʒɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ |
gerceras /ʒɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ |
gercera /ʒɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ |
gercerons /ʒɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ |
gercerez /ʒɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ |
gerceront /ʒɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | gercerais /ʒɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
gercerais /ʒɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
gercerait /ʒɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
gercerions /ʒɛʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
gerceriez /ʒɛʁ.sə.ʁje/ |
gerceraient /ʒɛʁ.sə.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 | gerce /ʒɛʁs/ |
gerces /ʒɛʁs/ |
gerce /ʒɛʁs/ |
gercions /ʒɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ |
gerciez /ʒɛʁ.sje/ |
gercent /ʒɛʁs/ |
| imperfect1 |
gerçasse /ʒɛʁ.sas/ |
gerçasses /ʒɛʁ.sas/ |
gerçât /ʒɛʁ.sa/ |
gerçassions /ʒɛʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
gerçassiez /ʒɛʁ.sa.sje/ |
gerçassent /ʒɛʁ.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 | – | |
| — | gerce /ʒɛʁs/ |
— | gerçons /ʒɛʁ.sɔ̃/ |
gercez /ʒɛʁ.se/ |
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