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Conjugation of the French verb préciser

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

préciser is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
préciser	to clarify

Present		Scored
je précise	I clarify
tu précises	you clarify
il précise	he clarifies
elle précise	she clarifies
nous précisons	we clarify
vous précisez	you clarify
ils précisent	they clarify
elles précisent	they clarify

Imperfect		Scored
je précisais	I was clarifying
tu précisais	you were clarifying
il précisait	he was clarifying
elle précisait	she was clarifying
nous précisions	we were clarifying
vous précisiez	you were clarifying
ils précisaient	they were clarifying
elles précisaient	they were clarifying

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 précisai	I clarified
tu précisas	you clarified
il précisa	he clarified
elle précisa	she clarified
nous précisâmes	we clarified
vous précisâtes	you clarified
ils précisèrent	they clarified
elles précisèrent	they clarified

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

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

Future		Scored
je préciserai	I will clarify
tu préciseras	you will clarify
il précisera	he will clarify
elle précisera	she will clarify
nous préciserons	we will clarify
vous préciserez	you will clarify
ils préciseront	they will clarify
elles préciseront	they will clarify

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

Conditional		Scored
je préciserais	I would clarify
tu préciserais	you would clarify
il préciserait	he would clarify
elle préciserait	she would clarify
nous préciserions	we would clarify
vous préciseriez	you would clarify
ils préciseraient	they would clarify
elles préciseraient	they would clarify

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je précise	(... that) I clarify
(... que) tu précises	(... that) you clarify
(... que) il précise	(... that) he clarifies
(... que) elle précise	(... that) she clarifies
(... que) nous précisions	(... that) we clarify
(... que) vous précisiez	(... that) you clarify
(... que) ils précisent	(... that) they clarify
(... que) elles précisent	(... that) they clarify

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je précisasse	(... that) I was clarifying
(... que) tu précisasses	(... that) you were clarifying
(... que) il précisât	(... that) he was clarifying
(... que) elle précisât	(... that) she was clarifying
(... que) nous précisassions	(... that) we were clarifying
(... que) vous précisassiez	(... that) you were clarifying
(... que) ils précisassent	(... that) they were clarifying
(... que) elles précisassent	(... that) they were clarifying

Imperative		Scored
précise	Clarify
précisons	Let's clarify
précisez	Clarify

Present Participle		Scored
précisant	clarifying

Past Participle		Scored
précisé	clarified

Regular conjugation

Irregular conjugation

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