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percer
percer
French
Verb
percer
- to pierce
- (figuratively) to unravel, see through
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 percer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | percer | avoir percé | |||||
| gerund | en perçant | en ayant percé | |||||
| present participle | perçant /pɛʁ.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | percé /pɛʁ.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 | perce /pɛʁs/ |
perces /pɛʁs/ |
perce /pɛʁs/ |
perçons /pɛʁ.sɔ̃/ |
percez /pɛʁ.se/ |
percent /pɛʁs/ |
| imperfect | perçais /pɛʁ.sɛ/ |
perçais /pɛʁ.sɛ/ |
perçait /pɛʁ.sɛ/ |
percions /pɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ |
perciez /pɛʁ.sje/ |
perçaient /pɛʁ.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | perçai /pɛʁ.se/ |
perças /pɛʁ.sa/ |
perça /pɛʁ.sa/ |
perçâmes /pɛʁ.sam/ |
perçâtes /pɛʁ.sat/ |
percèrent /pɛʁ.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | percerai /pɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ |
perceras /pɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ |
percera /pɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ |
percerons /pɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ |
percerez /pɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ |
perceront /pɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | percerais /pɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
percerais /pɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
percerait /pɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
percerions /pɛʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
perceriez /pɛʁ.sə.ʁje/ |
perceraient /pɛʁ.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 | perce /pɛʁs/ |
perces /pɛʁs/ |
perce /pɛʁs/ |
percions /pɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ |
perciez /pɛʁ.sje/ |
percent /pɛʁs/ |
| imperfect1 |
perçasse /pɛʁ.sas/ |
perçasses /pɛʁ.sas/ |
perçât /pɛʁ.sa/ |
perçassions /pɛʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
perçassiez /pɛʁ.sa.sje/ |
perçassent /pɛʁ.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 | – | |
| — | perce /pɛʁs/ |
— | perçons /pɛʁ.sɔ̃/ |
percez /pɛʁ.se/ |
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