semoncer
French
Etymology
From semonce + -er. See also Old French semondre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sə.mɔ̃.se/
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Verb
semoncer
- (literary) to scold, reprimand, rebuke
- Synonym: tancer
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 semoncer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | semoncer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | semonçant /sə.mɔ̃.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | semoncé /sə.mɔ̃.se/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | semonce /sə.mɔ̃s/ | semonces /sə.mɔ̃s/ | semonce /sə.mɔ̃s/ | semonçons /sə.mɔ̃.sɔ̃/ | semoncez /sə.mɔ̃.se/ | semoncent /sə.mɔ̃s/ |
imperfect | semonçais /sə.mɔ̃.sɛ/ | semonçais /sə.mɔ̃.sɛ/ | semonçait /sə.mɔ̃.sɛ/ | semoncions /sə.mɔ̃.sjɔ̃/ | semonciez /sə.mɔ̃.sje/ | semonçaient /sə.mɔ̃.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | semonçai /sə.mɔ̃.se/ | semonças /sə.mɔ̃.sa/ | semonça /sə.mɔ̃.sa/ | semonçâmes /sə.mɔ̃.sam/ | semonçâtes /sə.mɔ̃.sat/ | semoncèrent /sə.mɔ̃.sɛʁ/ | |
future | semoncerai /sə.mɔ̃.sʁe/ | semonceras /sə.mɔ̃.sʁa/ | semoncera /sə.mɔ̃.sʁa/ | semoncerons /sə.mɔ̃.sʁɔ̃/ | semoncerez /sə.mɔ̃.sʁe/ | semonceront /sə.mɔ̃.sʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | semoncerais /sə.mɔ̃.sʁɛ/ | semoncerais /sə.mɔ̃.sʁɛ/ | semoncerait /sə.mɔ̃.sʁɛ/ | semoncerions /sə.mɔ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | semonceriez /sə.mɔ̃.sə.ʁje/ | semonceraient /sə.mɔ̃.sʁɛ/ | |
(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 | semonce /sə.mɔ̃s/ | semonces /sə.mɔ̃s/ | semonce /sə.mɔ̃s/ | semoncions /sə.mɔ̃.sjɔ̃/ | semonciez /sə.mɔ̃.sje/ | semoncent /sə.mɔ̃s/ |
imperfect2 | semonçasse /sə.mɔ̃.sas/ | semonçasses /sə.mɔ̃.sas/ | semonçât /sə.mɔ̃.sa/ | semonçassions /sə.mɔ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ | semonçassiez /sə.mɔ̃.sa.sje/ | semonçassent /sə.mɔ̃.sas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | semonce /sə.mɔ̃s/ | — | semonçons /sə.mɔ̃.sɔ̃/ | semoncez /sə.mɔ̃.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
- “semoncer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.