circonstancier
French
Etymology
circonstance (“circumstance”) + -ier
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.sje/
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Verb
circonstancier
- (transitive) to present the circumstances of an affair
Conjugation
Conjugation of circonstancier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | circonstancier | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | circonstanciant /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.sjɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | circonstancié /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.sje/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | circonstancie /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.si/ | circonstancies /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.si/ | circonstancie /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.si/ | circonstancions /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ | circonstanciez /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.sje/ | circonstancient /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.si/ |
imperfect | circonstanciais /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.sjɛ/ | circonstanciais /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.sjɛ/ | circonstanciait /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.sjɛ/ | circonstanciions /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.si.jɔ̃/ | circonstanciiez /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.si.je/ | circonstanciaient /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.sjɛ/ | |
past historic2 | circonstanciai /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.sje/ | circonstancias /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.sja/ | circonstancia /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.sja/ | circonstanciâmes /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.sjam/ | circonstanciâtes /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.sjat/ | circonstancièrent /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.sjɛʁ/ | |
future | circonstancierai /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.si.ʁe/ | circonstancieras /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.si.ʁa/ | circonstanciera /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.si.ʁa/ | circonstancierons /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.si.ʁɔ̃/ | circonstancierez /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.si.ʁe/ | circonstancieront /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.si.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | circonstancierais /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.si.ʁɛ/ | circonstancierais /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.si.ʁɛ/ | circonstancierait /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.si.ʁɛ/ | circonstancierions /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.si.ʁjɔ̃/ | circonstancieriez /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.si.ʁje/ | circonstancieraient /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.si.ʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | circonstancie /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.si/ | circonstancies /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.si/ | circonstancie /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.si/ | circonstanciions /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.si.jɔ̃/ | circonstanciiez /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.si.je/ | circonstancient /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.si/ |
imperfect2 | circonstanciasse /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.sjas/ | circonstanciasses /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.sjas/ | circonstanciât /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.sja/ | circonstanciassions /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.sja.sjɔ̃/ | circonstanciassiez /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.sja.sje/ | circonstanciassent /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.sjas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | circonstancie /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.si/ | — | circonstancions /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ | circonstanciez /siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.sje/ | — | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Further reading
- “circonstancier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.