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Conjugation of the French verb prononcer

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

prononcer is a regular verb with spelling changes

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
prononcer	to sound

Present		Scored
je prononce	I sound
tu prononces	you sound
il prononce	he sounds
elle prononce	she sounds
nous prononçons	we sound
vous prononcez	you sound
ils prononcent	they sound
elles prononcent	they sound

Imperfect		Scored
je prononçais	I was sounding
tu prononçais	you were sounding
il prononçait	he was sounding
elle prononçait	she was sounding
nous prononcions	we were sounding
vous prononciez	you were sounding
ils prononçaient	they were sounding
elles prononçaient	they were sounding

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 prononçai	I sounded
tu prononças	you sounded
il prononça	he sounded
elle prononça	she sounded
nous prononçâmes	we sounded
vous prononçâtes	you sounded
ils prononcèrent	they sounded
elles prononcèrent	they sounded

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

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

Future		Scored
je prononcerai	I will sound
tu prononceras	you will sound
il prononcera	he will sound
elle prononcera	she will sound
nous prononcerons	we will sound
vous prononcerez	you will sound
ils prononceront	they will sound
elles prononceront	they will sound

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

Conditional		Scored
je prononcerais	I would sound
tu prononcerais	you would sound
il prononcerait	he would sound
elle prononcerait	she would sound
nous prononcerions	we would sound
vous prononceriez	you would sound
ils prononceraient	they would sound
elles prononceraient	they would sound

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je prononce	(... that) I sound
(... que) tu prononces	(... that) you sound
(... que) il prononce	(... that) he sounds
(... que) elle prononce	(... that) she sounds
(... que) nous prononcions	(... that) we sound
(... que) vous prononciez	(... that) you sound
(... que) ils prononcent	(... that) they sound
(... que) elles prononcent	(... that) they sound

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je prononçasse	(... that) I was sounding
(... que) tu prononçasses	(... that) you were sounding
(... que) il prononçât	(... that) he was sounding
(... que) elle prononçât	(... that) she was sounding
(... que) nous prononçassions	(... that) we were sounding
(... que) vous prononçassiez	(... that) you were sounding
(... que) ils prononçassent	(... that) they were sounding
(... que) elles prononçassent	(... that) they were sounding

Imperative		Scored
prononce	Sound
prononçons	Let's sound
prononcez	Sound

Present Participle		Scored
prononçant	sounding

Past Participle		Scored
prononcé	sounded

Regular conjugation

Irregular conjugation

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