prononcer
French
Pronunciation
Verb
prononcer
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 prononcer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | prononcer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | prononçant /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | prononcé /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | prononce /pʁɔ.nɔ̃s/ |
prononces /pʁɔ.nɔ̃s/ |
prononce /pʁɔ.nɔ̃s/ |
prononçons /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sɔ̃/ |
prononcez /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.se/ |
prononcent /pʁɔ.nɔ̃s/ |
| imperfect | prononçais /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sɛ/ |
prononçais /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sɛ/ |
prononçait /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sɛ/ |
prononcions /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
prononciez /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sje/ |
prononçaient /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | prononçai /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.se/ |
prononças /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sa/ |
prononça /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sa/ |
prononçâmes /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sam/ |
prononçâtes /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sat/ |
prononcèrent /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | prononcerai /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sʁe/ |
prononceras /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sʁa/ |
prononcera /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sʁa/ |
prononcerons /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
prononcerez /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sʁe/ |
prononceront /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | prononcerais /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/ |
prononcerais /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/ |
prononcerait /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/ |
prononcerions /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
prononceriez /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sə.ʁje/ |
prononceraient /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.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 | prononce /pʁɔ.nɔ̃s/ |
prononces /pʁɔ.nɔ̃s/ |
prononce /pʁɔ.nɔ̃s/ |
prononcions /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
prononciez /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sje/ |
prononcent /pʁɔ.nɔ̃s/ |
| imperfect2 | prononçasse /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sas/ |
prononçasses /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sas/ |
prononçât /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sa/ |
prononçassions /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
prononçassiez /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sa.sje/ |
prononçassent /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | prononce /pʁɔ.nɔ̃s/ |
— | prononçons /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sɔ̃/ |
prononcez /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.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). | |||||||
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Further reading
- “prononcer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.