clamecer
French edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
clamecer
- to snuff it
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 clamecer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | clamecer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | clameçant /klam.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | clamecé /klam.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | clamece /klams/ |
clameces /klams/ |
clamece /klams/ |
clameçons /klam.sɔ̃/ |
clamecez /klam.se/ |
clamecent /klams/ |
| imperfect | clameçais /klam.sɛ/ |
clameçais /klam.sɛ/ |
clameçait /klam.sɛ/ |
clamecions /klam.sjɔ̃/ |
clameciez /klam.sje/ |
clameçaient /klam.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | clameçai /klam.se/ |
clameças /klam.sa/ |
clameça /klam.sa/ |
clameçâmes /klam.sam/ |
clameçâtes /klam.sat/ |
clamecèrent /klam.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | clamecerai /klam.sə.ʁe/ |
clameceras /klam.sə.ʁa/ |
clamecera /klam.sə.ʁa/ |
clamecerons /klam.sə.ʁɔ̃/ |
clamecerez /klam.sə.ʁe/ |
clameceront /klam.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | clamecerais /klam.sə.ʁɛ/ |
clamecerais /klam.sə.ʁɛ/ |
clamecerait /klam.sə.ʁɛ/ |
clamecerions /klam.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
clameceriez /klam.sə.ʁje/ |
clameceraient /klam.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 | clamece /klams/ |
clameces /klams/ |
clamece /klams/ |
clamecions /klam.sjɔ̃/ |
clameciez /klam.sje/ |
clamecent /klams/ |
| imperfect2 | clameçasse /klam.sas/ |
clameçasses /klam.sas/ |
clameçât /klam.sa/ |
clameçassions /klam.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
clameçassiez /klam.sa.sje/ |
clameçassent /klam.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | clamece /klams/ |
— | clameçons /klam.sɔ̃/ |
clamecez /klam.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 edit
- “clamecer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.