commencer

A1#172

Hear it

verb

to begin, commence

Forms

Present

I	commence
you	commences
he, she, it	commence
we	commençons
you (plural)	commencez
they	commencent

Imperfect

I	commençais
you	commençais
he, she, it	commençait
we	commencions
you (plural)	commenciez
they	commençaient

Past historic

I	commençai
you	commenças
he, she, it	commença
we	commençâmes
you (plural)	commençâtes
they	commencèrent

Future

I	commencerai
you	commenceras
he, she, it	commencera
we	commencerons
you (plural)	commencerez
they	commenceront

Conditional

I	commencerais
you	commencerais
he, she, it	commencerait
we	commencerions
you (plural)	commenceriez
they	commenceraient

Subjunctive

I	commence
you	commences
he, she, it	commence
we	commencions
you (plural)	commenciez
they	commencent

Imperfect subjunctive

I	commençasse
you	commençasses
he, she, it	commençât
we	commençassions
you (plural)	commençassiez
they	commençassent

Imperative

you	commence
we	commençons
you (plural)	commencez

Other forms

infinitive	commencer
past participle	commencé
gerund	commençant

More forms are in the app.

Used in the library

L'hiver est très long. Il commence en novembre et finit en avril.Winter is very long. It begins in November and ends in April.A1L'hiver au Québec — Winter in Québec
Au Québec, Noël commence la veille, le 24 décembre au soir.In Québec, Christmas begins on the eve, on the evening of the 24th of December.A2Noël au Québec — Christmas in Québec
Ils avaient commencé à comprendre leur erreur.They had begun to understand their mistake.B1Maria Chapdelaine
C'est une belle offre. Quand est-ce que je pourrais commencer ?That's a good offer. When could I start?B1Une entrevue à Québec — A job interview in Québec

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