avancer
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Pronunciation
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Verb
avancer
- (intransitive) to advance, to go forward
- (intransitive) to progress
- (transitive) to bring forward, to advance
- (transitive) to propose, to put forward
- (reflexive, ~ vers) to move towards, to go up to, to approach
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 avancer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | avancer | avoir avancé | |||||
| gerund | en avançant | en ayant avancé | |||||
| present participle | avançant | ||||||
| past participle | avancé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | avance | avances | avance | avançons | avancez | avancent |
| imperfect | avançais | avançais | avançait | avancions | avanciez | avançaient | |
| past historic1 | avançai | avanças | avança | avançâmes | avançâtes | avancèrent | |
| future | avancerai | avanceras | avancera | avancerons | avancerez | avanceront | |
| conditional | avancerais | avancerais | avancerait | avancerions | avanceriez | avanceraient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | avance | avances | avance | avancions | avanciez | avancent |
| imperfect1 | avançasse | avançasses | avançât | avançassions | avançassiez | avançassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | avance | — | avançons | avancez | — | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
Old French
Verb
avancer
Conjugation
- This verb is part of an group of -er verbs, for which ‘c’ is softened to a ‘ç’ before the vowels ‘a’ and ‘o’. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of avancer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | avancer | avoir avancé, avancez | |||||
| gerund | en avançant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | avançant | ||||||
| past participle | avancé, avancez | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jeo, jou | tu | il | nos, nous | vos, vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | avance | avances | avance | avançons | avancez, avancés | avancent |
| imperfect | avançoe, avanceie, avançoie | avançoes, avanceies, avançoies | avançot, avanceit, avançoit | avancions, avanciions | avanciez, avanciiez | avançoent, avanient, avançoient | |
| past historic | avança | avanças | avança | avançames | avançastes | avancerent | |
| future | avancerai | avanceras | avancera | avancerons | avancerez, avancereiz | avanceront | |
| conditional | avanceroe, avancereie, avanceroie | avanceroes, avancereied, avanceroied | avancerot, avancereie, avanceroie | avancerions, avanceriions | avanceriez, avanceriiez | avanceroent, avancereient, avanceroient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jeo, jou | que tu | qu’il | que nos, nous | que vos, vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | avance | avances | avance | avançons | avancez | avancent |
| imperfect | avançasse | avançasses | avançast | avancissons | avancissez, avancissiez | avançassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos, nous | vos, vous | – | |
| — | avance | — | avançons | avancez | — | ||