FromOld Frenchpercier, fromVulgar Latin*pertusiāre, fromLatinpertusus(“perforated”). CompareItalianpertugiare.
percer
This verb is part of a group of-er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'.
| infinitive | simple | percer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle orgerund1 | simple | perçant /pɛʁ.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | percé /pɛʁ.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | perce /pɛʁs/ | perces /pɛʁs/ | perce /pɛʁs/ | perçons /pɛʁ.sɔ̃/ | percez /pɛʁ.se/ | percent /pɛʁs/ |
| imperfect | perçais /pɛʁ.sɛ/ | perçais /pɛʁ.sɛ/ | perçait /pɛʁ.sɛ/ | percions /pɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ | perciez /pɛʁ.sje/ | perçaient /pɛʁ.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | perçai /pɛʁ.se/ | perças /pɛʁ.sa/ | perça /pɛʁ.sa/ | perçâmes /pɛʁ.sam/ | perçâtes /pɛʁ.sat/ | percèrent /pɛʁ.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | percerai /pɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ | perceras /pɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ | percera /pɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ | percerons /pɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | percerez /pɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ | perceront /pɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | percerais /pɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ | percerais /pɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ | percerait /pɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ | percerions /pɛʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | perceriez /pɛʁ.sə.ʁje/ | perceraient /pɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative ofavoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | perce /pɛʁs/ | perces /pɛʁs/ | perce /pɛʁs/ | percions /pɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ | perciez /pɛʁ.sje/ | percent /pɛʁs/ |
| imperfect2 | perçasse /pɛʁ.sas/ | perçasses /pɛʁ.sas/ | perçât /pɛʁ.sa/ | perçassions /pɛʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/ | perçassiez /pɛʁ.sa.sje/ | perçassent /pɛʁ.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive ofavoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | perce /pɛʁs/ | — | perçons /pɛʁ.sɔ̃/ | percez /pɛʁ.se/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative ofavoir + past participle | — | simple imperative ofavoir + past participle | simple imperative ofavoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the prepositionen. | |||||||
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). | |||||||