Past Historic / Passé Simple of the French verb pencher

The Past Historic / Passé Simple tense conjugations for the French verb pencher, along with their English translations.

pencher is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Past Historic / Passé Simple This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passé Composé is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
je penchai	I leaned
tu penchas	you leaned
il pencha	he leaned
elle pencha	she leaned
nous penchâmes	we leaned
vous penchâtes	you leaned
ils penchèrent	they leaned
elles penchèrent	they leaned

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