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commencer — to begin, commence

commencer is the #186 most common word in French, a verb. It means “to begin, commence” and is pronounced /kɔ.mɑ̃.se/.

#186frequency rank
0.04%of everyday French text
Level 1Beginner 1

Forms of commencer

FormWhat it isMeaning
commencerinfinitiveto begin
commençant-ing formbegining
commencépast participlebegun
commenceI · presentI begin
commencesyou · presentyou begin
commencehe/she · presenthe/she begins
commençonswe · presentwe begin
commencezyou (pl.) · presentyou (pl.) begin
commencentthey · presentthey begin
commençaisI · imperfectI used to begin
commençaisyou · imperfectyou used to begin
commençaithe/she · imperfecthe/she used to begin
commencionswe · imperfectwe used to begin
commenciezyou (pl.) · imperfectyou (pl.) used to begin
commençaientthey · imperfectthey used to begin
commençaiI · pastI began
commençasyou · pastyou began
commençahe/she · pasthe/she began
commençâmeswe · pastwe began
commençâtesyou (pl.) · pastyou (pl.) began
commencèrentthey · pastthey began
commenceraiI · futureI will begin
commencerasyou · futureyou will begin
commencerahe/she · futurehe/she will begin
commenceronswe · futurewe will begin
commencerezyou (pl.) · futureyou (pl.) will begin
commencerontthey · futurethey will begin
commenceraisI · conditionalI would begin
commenceraisyou · conditionalyou would begin
commenceraithe/she · conditionalhe/she would begin
commencerionswe · conditionalwe would begin
commenceriezyou (pl.) · conditionalyou (pl.) would begin
commenceraientthey · conditionalthey would begin
commenceI · subjunctive present(that) I begin
commencesyou · subjunctive present(that) you begin
commencehe/she · subjunctive present(that) he/she begin
commencionswe · subjunctive present(that) we begin
commenciezyou (pl.) · subjunctive present(that) you (pl.) begin
commencentthey · subjunctive present(that) they begin
commençasseI · subjunctive imperfect(if) I began
commençassesyou · subjunctive imperfect(if) you began
commençâthe/she · subjunctive imperfect(if) he/she began
commençassionswe · subjunctive imperfect(if) we began
commençassiezyou (pl.) · subjunctive imperfect(if) you (pl.) began
commençassentthey · subjunctive imperfect(if) they began
commenceyou · commandbegin!
commençonswe · commandbegin! (to several)
commencezyou (pl.) · commandbegin! (to several)

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