clamecer
French
Alternative forms
- clamser
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klam.se/
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Verb
clamecer
- to snuff it
Conjugation
This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'.
Conjugation of clamecer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | clamecer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | clameçant /klam.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | clamecé /klam.se/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | clamece /klams/ | clameces /klams/ | clamece /klams/ | clameçons /klam.sɔ̃/ | clamecez /klam.se/ | clamecent /klams/ |
imperfect | clameçais /klam.sɛ/ | clameçais /klam.sɛ/ | clameçait /klam.sɛ/ | clamecions /klam.sjɔ̃/ | clameciez /klam.sje/ | clameçaient /klam.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | clameçai /klam.se/ | clameças /klam.sa/ | clameça /klam.sa/ | clameçâmes /klam.sam/ | clameçâtes /klam.sat/ | clamecèrent /klam.sɛʁ/ | |
future | clamecerai /klam.sə.ʁe/ | clameceras /klam.sə.ʁa/ | clamecera /klam.sə.ʁa/ | clamecerons /klam.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | clamecerez /klam.sə.ʁe/ | clameceront /klam.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | clamecerais /klam.sə.ʁɛ/ | clamecerais /klam.sə.ʁɛ/ | clamecerait /klam.sə.ʁɛ/ | clamecerions /klam.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | clameceriez /klam.sə.ʁje/ | clameceraient /klam.sə.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 | clamece /klams/ | clameces /klams/ | clamece /klams/ | clamecions /klam.sjɔ̃/ | clameciez /klam.sje/ | clamecent /klams/ |
imperfect2 | clameçasse /klam.sas/ | clameçasses /klam.sas/ | clameçât /klam.sa/ | clameçassions /klam.sa.sjɔ̃/ | clameçassiez /klam.sa.sje/ | clameçassent /klam.sas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | clamece /klams/ | — | clameçons /klam.sɔ̃/ | clamecez /klam.se/ | — | |
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
- “clamecer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.