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Conjugation of the French verb grincer

A list of the common conjugations for the French verb grincer, along with their English translations.

grincer is a regular verb with spelling changes

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
grincer	to grit

Present		Scored
je grince	I grit
tu grinces	you grit
il grince	he grits
elle grince	she grits
nous grinçons	we grit
vous grincez	you grit
ils grincent	they grit
elles grincent	they grit

Imperfect		Scored
je grinçais	I was gritting
tu grinçais	you were gritting
il grinçait	he was gritting
elle grinçait	she was gritting
nous grincions	we were gritting
vous grinciez	you were gritting
ils grinçaient	they were gritting
elles grinçaient	they were gritting

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 grinçai	I gritted
tu grinças	you gritted
il grinça	he gritted
elle grinça	she gritted
nous grinçâmes	we gritted
vous grinçâtes	you gritted
ils grincèrent	they gritted
elles grincèrent	they gritted

Passé Composé		Scored
j'ai grincé	I have gritted
tu as grincé	you have gritted
il a grincé	he has gritted
elle a grincé	she has gritted
nous avons grincé	we have gritted
vous avez grincé	you have gritted
ils ont grincé	they have gritted
elles ont grincé	they have gritted

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfait		Scored
j'avais grincé	I had gritted
tu avais grincé	you had gritted
il avait grincé	he had gritted
elle avait grincé	she had gritted
nous avions grincé	we had gritted
vous aviez grincé	you had gritted
ils avaient grincé	they had gritted
elles avaient grincé	they had gritted

Future		Scored
je grincerai	I will grit
tu grinceras	you will grit
il grincera	he will grit
elle grincera	she will grit
nous grincerons	we will grit
vous grincerez	you will grit
ils grinceront	they will grit
elles grinceront	they will grit

Future Perfect / Futur antérieur The French Future Perfect or Futur antérieur is made with the future tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurai grincé	I will have gritted
tu auras grincé	you will have gritted
il aura grincé	he will have gritted
elle aura grincé	she will have gritted
nous aurons grincé	we will have gritted
vous aurez grincé	you will have gritted
ils auront grincé	they will have gritted
elles auront grincé	they will have gritted

Conditional		Scored
je grincerais	I would grit
tu grincerais	you would grit
il grincerait	he would grit
elle grincerait	she would grit
nous grincerions	we would grit
vous grinceriez	you would grit
ils grinceraient	they would grit
elles grinceraient	they would grit

Conditional Perfect / Conditionnel passé The French Conditional Perfect (the past conditional) or Conditionnel passé is made with the conditional tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurais grincé	I would have gritted
tu aurais grincé	you would have gritted
il aurait grincé	he would have gritted
elle aurait grincé	she would have gritted
nous aurions grincé	we would have gritted
vous auriez grincé	you would have gritted
ils auraient grincé	they would have gritted
elles auraient grincé	they would have gritted

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je grince	(... that) I grit
(... que) tu grinces	(... that) you grit
(... que) il grince	(... that) he grits
(... que) elle grince	(... that) she grits
(... que) nous grincions	(... that) we grit
(... que) vous grinciez	(... that) you grit
(... que) ils grincent	(... that) they grit
(... que) elles grincent	(... that) they grit

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je grinçasse	(... that) I was gritting
(... que) tu grinçasses	(... that) you were gritting
(... que) il grinçât	(... that) he was gritting
(... que) elle grinçât	(... that) she was gritting
(... que) nous grinçassions	(... that) we were gritting
(... que) vous grinçassiez	(... that) you were gritting
(... que) ils grinçassent	(... that) they were gritting
(... que) elles grinçassent	(... that) they were gritting

Imperative		Scored
grince	Grit
grinçons	Let's grit
grincez	Grit

Present Participle		Scored
grinçant	gritting

Past Participle		Scored
grincé	gritted

Regular conjugation

Irregular conjugation

Spelling change

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