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pencher
pencher
French
Verb
pencher
- (transitive) to tilt, tip up
- (intransitive) to lean, list
- (intransitive) to lean towards (an opinion, idea etc.); to be inclined (to do something)
- (reflexive) to bend down, lean over
- (reflexive) to look into
- Je me pencherai sur le problème. I'll look into the problem.
Conjugation
Conjugation of pencher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | pencher | avoir penché | |||||
| gerund | en penchant | en ayant penché | |||||
| present participle | penchant /pɑ̃.ʃɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | penché /pɑ̃.ʃe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | penche /pɑ̃ʃ/ |
penches /pɑ̃ʃ/ |
penche /pɑ̃ʃ/ |
penchons /pɑ̃.ʃɔ̃/ |
penchez /pɑ̃.ʃe/ |
penchent /pɑ̃ʃ/ |
| imperfect | penchais /pɑ̃.ʃɛ/ |
penchais /pɑ̃.ʃɛ/ |
penchait /pɑ̃.ʃɛ/ |
penchions /pɑ̃.ʃjɔ̃/ |
penchiez /pɑ̃.ʃje/ |
penchaient /pɑ̃.ʃɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | penchai /pɑ̃.ʃe/ |
penchas /pɑ̃.ʃa/ |
pencha /pɑ̃.ʃa/ |
penchâmes /pɑ̃.ʃam/ |
penchâtes /pɑ̃.ʃat/ |
penchèrent /pɑ̃.ʃɛʁ/ |
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| future | pencherai /pɑ̃ʃ.ʁe/ |
pencheras /pɑ̃ʃ.ʁa/ |
penchera /pɑ̃ʃ.ʁa/ |
pencherons /pɑ̃ʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
pencherez /pɑ̃ʃ.ʁe/ |
pencheront /pɑ̃ʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | pencherais /pɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/ |
pencherais /pɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/ |
pencherait /pɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/ |
pencherions /pɑ̃.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
pencheriez /pɑ̃.ʃə.ʁje/ |
pencheraient /pɑ̃ʃ.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 | penche /pɑ̃ʃ/ |
penches /pɑ̃ʃ/ |
penche /pɑ̃ʃ/ |
penchions /pɑ̃.ʃjɔ̃/ |
penchiez /pɑ̃.ʃje/ |
penchent /pɑ̃ʃ/ |
| imperfect1 |
penchasse /pɑ̃.ʃas/ |
penchasses /pɑ̃.ʃas/ |
penchât /pɑ̃.ʃa/ |
penchassions /pɑ̃.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
penchassiez /pɑ̃.ʃa.sje/ |
penchassent /pɑ̃.ʃas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | penche /pɑ̃ʃ/ |
— | penchons /pɑ̃.ʃɔ̃/ |
penchez /pɑ̃.ʃe/ |
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