French verb commencer

The tables below show the conjugation of the French verb commencer in the various simple and compound tenses.

See below for notes on the conjugation of commencer

PresentPerfect

jecommence
tucommences
il/ellecommence
nouscommençons
vouscommencez
ils/ellescommencent

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j'ai commencé
tuas commencé
il/ellea commencé
nousavons commencé
vousavez commencé
ils/ellesont commencé

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ImperfectPluperfect

jecommençais
tucommençais
il/ellecommençait
nouscommencions
vouscommenciez
ils/ellescommençaient

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j'avais commencé
tuavais commencé
il/elleavait commencé
nousavions commencé
vousaviez commencé
ils/ellesavaient commencé

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FutureFuture-perfect

jecommencerai
tucommenceras
il/ellecommencera
nouscommencerons
vouscommencerez
ils/ellescommenceront

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j'aurai commencé
tuauras commencé
il/elleaura commencé
nousaurons commencé
vousaurez commencé
ils/ellesauront commencé

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ConditionalConditional perfect

jecommencerais
tucommencerais
il/ellecommencerait
nouscommencerions
vouscommenceriez
ils/ellescommenceraient

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j'aurais commencé
tuaurais commencé
il/elleaurait commencé
nousaurions commencé
vousauriez commencé
ils/ellesauraient commencé

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Present subjunctivePerfect subjunctive

jecommence
tucommences
il/ellecommence
nouscommencions
vouscommenciez
ils/ellescommencent

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j'aie commencé
tuaies commencé
il/elleait commencé
nousayons commencé
vousayez commencé
ils/ellesaient commencé

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In terms of pronunciation, this is a completely regular -ar verb.

A slight complication affects the spelling only: when c is followed by a or o, it is replaced in the spelling by ç so that the [s] sound is preserved. (Normally in French spelling, c followed by a or o represents a [k] sound.)


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