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)
| infinitive | simple | poncer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | ponçant /pɔ̃.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | poncé /pɔ̃.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (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/ | |
| past historic2 | ponçai /pɔ̃.se/ |
ponças /pɔ̃.sa/ |
ponça /pɔ̃.sa/ |
ponçâmes /pɔ̃.sam/ |
ponçâtes /pɔ̃.sat/ |
poncèrent /pɔ̃.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | poncerai /pɔ̃.sʁe/ |
ponceras /pɔ̃.sʁa/ |
poncera /pɔ̃.sʁa/ |
poncerons /pɔ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
poncerez /pɔ̃.sʁe/ |
ponceront /pɔ̃.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | poncerais /pɔ̃.sʁɛ/ |
poncerais /pɔ̃.sʁɛ/ |
poncerait /pɔ̃.sʁɛ/ |
poncerions /pɔ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ponceriez /pɔ̃.sə.ʁje/ |
ponceraient /pɔ̃.sʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | ponce /pɔ̃s/ |
ponces /pɔ̃s/ |
ponce /pɔ̃s/ |
poncions /pɔ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
ponciez /pɔ̃.sje/ |
poncent /pɔ̃s/ |
| imperfect2 | ponçasse /pɔ̃.sas/ |
ponçasses /pɔ̃.sas/ |
ponçât /pɔ̃.sa/ |
ponçassions /pɔ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
ponçassiez /pɔ̃.sa.sje/ |
ponçassent /pɔ̃.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | ponce /pɔ̃s/ |
— | ponçons /pɔ̃.sɔ̃/ |
poncez /pɔ̃.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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “poncer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.