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Conjugation of the French verb percer

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

percer is a regular verb with spelling changes

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
percer	to drill

Present		Scored
je perce	I drill
tu perces	you drill
il perce	he drills
elle perce	she drills
nous perçons	we drill
vous percez	you drill
ils percent	they drill
elles percent	they drill

Imperfect		Scored
je perçais	I was drilling
tu perçais	you were drilling
il perçait	he was drilling
elle perçait	she was drilling
nous percions	we were drilling
vous perciez	you were drilling
ils perçaient	they were drilling
elles perçaient	they were drilling

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 perçai	I drilled
tu perças	you drilled
il perça	he drilled
elle perça	she drilled
nous perçâmes	we drilled
vous perçâtes	you drilled
ils percèrent	they drilled
elles percèrent	they drilled

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

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

Future		Scored
je percerai	I will drill
tu perceras	you will drill
il percera	he will drill
elle percera	she will drill
nous percerons	we will drill
vous percerez	you will drill
ils perceront	they will drill
elles perceront	they will drill

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 percé	I will have drilled
tu auras percé	you will have drilled
il aura percé	he will have drilled
elle aura percé	she will have drilled
nous aurons percé	we will have drilled
vous aurez percé	you will have drilled
ils auront percé	they will have drilled
elles auront percé	they will have drilled

Conditional		Scored
je percerais	I would drill
tu percerais	you would drill
il percerait	he would drill
elle percerait	she would drill
nous percerions	we would drill
vous perceriez	you would drill
ils perceraient	they would drill
elles perceraient	they would drill

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 percé	I would have drilled
tu aurais percé	you would have drilled
il aurait percé	he would have drilled
elle aurait percé	she would have drilled
nous aurions percé	we would have drilled
vous auriez percé	you would have drilled
ils auraient percé	they would have drilled
elles auraient percé	they would have drilled

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je perce	(... that) I drill
(... que) tu perces	(... that) you drill
(... que) il perce	(... that) he drills
(... que) elle perce	(... that) she drills
(... que) nous percions	(... that) we drill
(... que) vous perciez	(... that) you drill
(... que) ils percent	(... that) they drill
(... que) elles percent	(... that) they drill

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je perçasse	(... that) I was drilling
(... que) tu perçasses	(... that) you were drilling
(... que) il perçât	(... that) he was drilling
(... que) elle perçât	(... that) she was drilling
(... que) nous perçassions	(... that) we were drilling
(... que) vous perçassiez	(... that) you were drilling
(... que) ils perçassent	(... that) they were drilling
(... que) elles perçassent	(... that) they were drilling

Imperative		Scored
perce	Drill
perçons	Let's drill
percez	Drill

Present Participle		Scored
perçant	drilling

Past Participle		Scored
percé	drilled

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Irregular conjugation

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