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poncer
poncer
French
Verb
poncer
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 poncer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | poncer | avoir poncé | |||||
| gerund | en ponçant | en ayant poncé | |||||
| present participle | ponçant /pɔ̃.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | poncé /pɔ̃.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 | ponce /pɔ̃s/ |
ponces /pɔ̃s/ |
ponce /pɔ̃s/ |
ponçons /pɔ̃.sɔ̃/ |
poncez /pɔ̃.se/ |
poncent /pɔ̃s/ |
| imperfect | ponçais /pɔ̃.sɛ/ |
ponçais /pɔ̃.sɛ/ |
ponçait /pɔ̃.sɛ/ |
poncions /pɔ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
ponciez /pɔ̃.sje/ |
ponçaient /pɔ̃.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | ponçai /pɔ̃.se/ |
ponças /pɔ̃.sa/ |
ponça /pɔ̃.sa/ |
ponçâmes /pɔ̃.sam/ |
ponçâtes /pɔ̃.sat/ |
poncèrent /pɔ̃.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | poncerai /pɔ̃.sʁe/ |
ponceras /pɔ̃.sʁa/ |
poncera /pɔ̃.sʁa/ |
poncerons /pɔ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
poncerez /pɔ̃.sʁe/ |
ponceront /pɔ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | poncerais /pɔ̃.sʁɛ/ |
poncerais /pɔ̃.sʁɛ/ |
poncerait /pɔ̃.sʁɛ/ |
poncerions /pɔ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ponceriez /pɔ̃.sə.ʁje/ |
ponceraient /pɔ̃.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 | ponce /pɔ̃s/ |
ponces /pɔ̃s/ |
ponce /pɔ̃s/ |
poncions /pɔ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
ponciez /pɔ̃.sje/ |
poncent /pɔ̃s/ |
| imperfect1 |
ponçasse /pɔ̃.sas/ |
ponçasses /pɔ̃.sas/ |
ponçât /pɔ̃.sa/ |
ponçassions /pɔ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
ponçassiez /pɔ̃.sa.sje/ |
ponçassent /pɔ̃.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 | – | |
| — | ponce /pɔ̃s/ |
— | ponçons /pɔ̃.sɔ̃/ |
poncez /pɔ̃.se/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||