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grimacer
grimacer
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʁi.ma.se/
Verb
grimacer
- (intransitive) to grimace
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 grimacer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | grimacer | avoir grimacé | |||||
| gerund | en grimaçant | en ayant grimacé | |||||
| present participle | grimaçant /ɡʁi.ma.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | grimacé /ɡʁi.ma.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 | grimace /ɡʁi.mas/ |
grimaces /ɡʁi.mas/ |
grimace /ɡʁi.mas/ |
grimaçons /ɡʁi.ma.sɔ̃/ |
grimacez /ɡʁi.ma.se/ |
grimacent /ɡʁi.mas/ |
| imperfect | grimaçais /ɡʁi.ma.sɛ/ |
grimaçais /ɡʁi.ma.sɛ/ |
grimaçait /ɡʁi.ma.sɛ/ |
grimacions /ɡʁi.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
grimaciez /ɡʁi.ma.sje/ |
grimaçaient /ɡʁi.ma.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | grimaçai /ɡʁi.ma.se/ |
grimaças /ɡʁi.ma.sa/ |
grimaça /ɡʁi.ma.sa/ |
grimaçâmes /ɡʁi.ma.sam/ |
grimaçâtes /ɡʁi.ma.sat/ |
grimacèrent /ɡʁi.ma.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | grimacerai /ɡʁi.ma.sʁe/ |
grimaceras /ɡʁi.ma.sʁa/ |
grimacera /ɡʁi.ma.sʁa/ |
grimacerons /ɡʁi.ma.sʁɔ̃/ |
grimacerez /ɡʁi.ma.sʁe/ |
grimaceront /ɡʁi.ma.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | grimacerais /ɡʁi.ma.sʁɛ/ |
grimacerais /ɡʁi.ma.sʁɛ/ |
grimacerait /ɡʁi.ma.sʁɛ/ |
grimacerions /ɡʁi.ma.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
grimaceriez /ɡʁi.ma.sə.ʁje/ |
grimaceraient /ɡʁi.ma.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 | grimace /ɡʁi.mas/ |
grimaces /ɡʁi.mas/ |
grimace /ɡʁi.mas/ |
grimacions /ɡʁi.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
grimaciez /ɡʁi.ma.sje/ |
grimacent /ɡʁi.mas/ |
| imperfect1 |
grimaçasse /ɡʁi.ma.sas/ |
grimaçasses /ɡʁi.ma.sas/ |
grimaçât /ɡʁi.ma.sa/ |
grimaçassions /ɡʁi.ma.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
grimaçassiez /ɡʁi.ma.sa.sje/ |
grimaçassent /ɡʁi.ma.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 | – | |
| — | grimace /ɡʁi.mas/ |
— | grimaçons /ɡʁi.ma.sɔ̃/ |
grimacez /ɡʁi.ma.se/ |
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