efforcer
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French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *exfortiāre, ultimately from Latin fortis (“strong”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
efforcer
Conjugation edit
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 s'efforcer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | s'efforcer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | s’efforçant /se.fɔʁ.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | efforcé /e.fɔʁ.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | m’efforce /me.fɔʁs/ |
t’efforces /te.fɔʁs/ |
s’efforce /se.fɔʁs/ |
nous efforçons /nu.z‿e.fɔʁ.sɔ̃/ |
vous efforcez /vu.z‿e.fɔʁ.se/ |
s’efforcent /se.fɔʁs/ |
| imperfect | m’efforçais /me.fɔʁ.sɛ/ |
t’efforçais /te.fɔʁ.sɛ/ |
s’efforçait /se.fɔʁ.sɛ/ |
nous efforcions /nu.z‿e.fɔʁ.sjɔ̃/ |
vous efforciez /vu.z‿e.fɔʁ.sje/ |
s’efforçaient /se.fɔʁ.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | m’efforçai /me.fɔʁ.se/ |
t’efforças /te.fɔʁ.sa/ |
s’efforça /se.fɔʁ.sa/ |
nous efforçâmes /nu.z‿e.fɔʁ.sam/ |
vous efforçâtes /vu.z‿e.fɔʁ.sat/ |
s’efforcèrent /se.fɔʁ.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | m’efforcerai /me.fɔʁ.sə.ʁe/ |
t’efforceras /te.fɔʁ.sə.ʁa/ |
s’efforcera /se.fɔʁ.sə.ʁa/ |
nous efforcerons /nu.z‿e.fɔʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ |
vous efforcerez /vu.z‿e.fɔʁ.sə.ʁe/ |
s’efforceront /se.fɔʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | m’efforcerais /me.fɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
t’efforcerais /te.fɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
s’efforcerait /se.fɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
nous efforcerions /nu.z‿e.fɔʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous efforceriez /vu.z‿e.fɔʁ.sə.ʁje/ |
s’efforceraient /se.fɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | m’efforce /me.fɔʁs/ |
t’efforces /te.fɔʁs/ |
s’efforce /se.fɔʁs/ |
nous efforcions /nu.z‿e.fɔʁ.sjɔ̃/ |
vous efforciez /vu.z‿e.fɔʁ.sje/ |
s’efforcent /se.fɔʁs/ |
| imperfect2 | m’efforçasse /me.fɔʁ.sas/ |
t’efforçasses /te.fɔʁ.sas/ |
s’efforçât /se.fɔʁ.sa/ |
nous efforçassions /nu.z‿e.fɔʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
vous efforçassiez /vu.z‿e.fɔʁ.sa.sje/ |
s’efforçassent /se.fɔʁ.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | efforce-toi /e.fɔʁs.twa/ |
— | efforçons-nous /e.fɔʁ.sɔ̃.nu/ |
efforcez-vous /e.fɔʁ.se.vu/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + 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). | |||||||
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “efforcer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.