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effacer: Conjugation

The effacer conjugation tables below show how to form the French verb effacer according to tense and person. To listen to the pronunciation of a given tense of effacer, click on the loudspeaker icon at the bottom of the table. See the notes on the conjugation of effacer at the end of this page.

Present	Perfect
j' efface tu effaces il/elle efface nous effaçons vous effacez ils/elles effacent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai effacé tu as effacé il/elle a effacé nous avons effacé vous avez effacé ils/elles ont effacé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
j' effaçais tu effaçais il/elle effaçait nous effacions vous effaciez ils/elles effaçaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais effacé tu avais effacé il/elle avait effacé nous avions effacé vous aviez effacé ils/elles avaient effacé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
j' effacerai tu effaceras il/elle effacera nous effacerons vous effacerez ils/elles effaceront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai effacé tu auras effacé il/elle aura effacé nous aurons effacé vous aurez effacé ils/elles auront effacé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
j' effacerais tu effacerais il/elle effacerait nous effacerions vous effaceriez ils/elles effaceraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais effacé tu aurais effacé il/elle aurait effacé nous aurions effacé vous auriez effacé ils/elles auraient effacé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
j' efface tu effaces il/elle efface nous effacions vous effaciez ils/elles effacent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie effacé tu aies effacé il/elle ait effacé nous ayons effacé vous ayez effacé ils/elles aient effacé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
j' effaçai tu effaças il/elle effaça nous effaçâmes vous effaçâtes ils/elles effacèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus effacé tu eus effacé il/elle eut effacé nous eûmes effacé vous eûtes effacé ils/elles eurent effacé Pronounce these verb forms

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.)