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Past of the French verb commencer

The past tense conjugations for the French verb commencer, along with their English translations.

commencer is a regular verb with spelling changes


Verb phrases



ImperfectScored
je commençaisI was starting
tu commençaisyou were starting
il commençaithe was starting
elle commençaitshe was starting
nous commencionswe were starting
vous commenciezyou were starting
ils commençaientthey were starting
elles commençaientthey were starting

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 commençaiI started
tu commençasyou started
il commençahe started
elle commençashe started
nous commençâmeswe started
vous commençâtesyou started
ils commencèrentthey started
elles commencèrentthey started

Passé ComposéScored
j'ai commencéI have started
tu as commencéyou have started
il a commencéhe has started
elle a commencéshe has started
nous avons commencéwe have started
vous avez commencéyou have started
ils ont commencéthey have started
elles ont commencéthey have started

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