bercer
French
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French bercier (“to rock”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value VL. is not valid. See WT:LOL. *bertiāre, via (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Gaulish from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Celtic *berta- (“to shake”).
Pronunciation
Verb
bercer
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 bercer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | bercer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | berçant /bɛʁ.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | bercé /bɛʁ.se/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | berce /bɛʁs/ |
berces /bɛʁs/ |
berce /bɛʁs/ |
berçons /bɛʁ.sɔ̃/ |
bercez /bɛʁ.se/ |
bercent /bɛʁs/ |
imperfect | berçais /bɛʁ.sɛ/ |
berçais /bɛʁ.sɛ/ |
berçait /bɛʁ.sɛ/ |
bercions /bɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ |
berciez /bɛʁ.sje/ |
berçaient /bɛʁ.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | berçai /bɛʁ.se/ |
berças /bɛʁ.sa/ |
berça /bɛʁ.sa/ |
berçâmes /bɛʁ.sam/ |
berçâtes /bɛʁ.sat/ |
bercèrent /bɛʁ.sɛʁ/ | |
future | bercerai /bɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ |
berceras /bɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ |
bercera /bɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ |
bercerons /bɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ |
bercerez /bɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ |
berceront /bɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | bercerais /bɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
bercerais /bɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
bercerait /bɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
bercerions /bɛʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
berceriez /bɛʁ.sə.ʁje/ |
berceraient /bɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | berce /bɛʁs/ |
berces /bɛʁs/ |
berce /bɛʁs/ |
bercions /bɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ |
berciez /bɛʁ.sje/ |
bercent /bɛʁs/ |
imperfect2 | berçasse /bɛʁ.sas/ |
berçasses /bɛʁ.sas/ |
berçât /bɛʁ.sa/ |
berçassions /bɛʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
berçassiez /bɛʁ.sa.sje/ |
berçassent /bɛʁ.sas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | berce /bɛʁs/ |
— | berçons /bɛʁ.sɔ̃/ |
bercez /bɛʁ.se/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “bercer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Verb
bercer
- Alternative form of berser
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