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nuancer
nuancer
French
Verb
nuancer
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 nuancer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | nuancer | avoir nuancé | |||||
| gerund | en nuançant | en ayant nuancé | |||||
| present participle | nuançant /nɥɑ̃.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | nuancé /nɥɑ̃.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 | nuance /nɥɑ̃s/ |
nuances /nɥɑ̃s/ |
nuance /nɥɑ̃s/ |
nuançons /nɥɑ̃.sɔ̃/ |
nuancez /nɥɑ̃.se/ |
nuancent /nɥɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect | nuançais /nɥɑ̃.sɛ/ |
nuançais /nɥɑ̃.sɛ/ |
nuançait /nɥɑ̃.sɛ/ |
nuancions /nɥɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
nuanciez /nɥɑ̃.sje/ |
nuançaient /nɥɑ̃.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | nuançai /nɥɑ̃.se/ |
nuanças /nɥɑ̃.sa/ |
nuança /nɥɑ̃.sa/ |
nuançâmes /nɥɑ̃.sam/ |
nuançâtes /nɥɑ̃.sat/ |
nuancèrent /nɥɑ̃.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | nuancerai /nɥɑ̃.sʁe/ |
nuanceras /nɥɑ̃.sʁa/ |
nuancera /nɥɑ̃.sʁa/ |
nuancerons /nɥɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
nuancerez /nɥɑ̃.sʁe/ |
nuanceront /nɥɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | nuancerais /nɥɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
nuancerais /nɥɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
nuancerait /nɥɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
nuancerions /nɥɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
nuanceriez /nɥɑ̃.sə.ʁje/ |
nuanceraient /nɥɑ̃.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 | nuance /nɥɑ̃s/ |
nuances /nɥɑ̃s/ |
nuance /nɥɑ̃s/ |
nuancions /nɥɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
nuanciez /nɥɑ̃.sje/ |
nuancent /nɥɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect1 |
nuançasse /nɥɑ̃.sas/ |
nuançasses /nɥɑ̃.sas/ |
nuançât /nɥɑ̃.sa/ |
nuançassions /nɥɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
nuançassiez /nɥɑ̃.sa.sje/ |
nuançassent /nɥɑ̃.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 | – | |
| — | nuance /nɥɑ̃s/ |
— | nuançons /nɥɑ̃.sɔ̃/ |
nuancez /nɥɑ̃.se/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||