acquiescer (pluralacquiescers)
Borrowed fromLatinacquiescere.
acquiescer
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 | acquiescer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle orgerund1 | simple | acquiesçant /a.kjɛ.sɑ̃/ or/a.kje.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | acquiescé /a.kjɛ.se/ or/a.kje.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | acquiesce /a.kjɛs/ | acquiesces /a.kjɛs/ | acquiesce /a.kjɛs/ | acquiesçons /a.kjɛ.sɔ̃/ or/a.kje.sɔ̃/ | acquiescez /a.kjɛ.se/ or/a.kje.se/ | acquiescent /a.kjɛs/ |
| imperfect | acquiesçais /a.kjɛ.sɛ/ or/a.kje.sɛ/ | acquiesçais /a.kjɛ.sɛ/ or/a.kje.sɛ/ | acquiesçait /a.kjɛ.sɛ/ or/a.kje.sɛ/ | acquiescions /a.kjɛ.sjɔ̃/ or/a.kje.sjɔ̃/ | acquiesciez /a.kjɛ.sje/ or/a.kje.sje/ | acquiesçaient /a.kjɛ.sɛ/ or/a.kje.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | acquiesçai /a.kjɛ.se/ or/a.kje.se/ | acquiesças /a.kjɛ.sa/ or/a.kje.sa/ | acquiesça /a.kjɛ.sa/ or/a.kje.sa/ | acquiesçâmes /a.kjɛ.sam/ or/a.kje.sam/ | acquiesçâtes /a.kjɛ.sat/ or/a.kje.sat/ | acquiescèrent /a.kjɛ.sɛʁ/ or/a.kje.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | acquiescerai /a.kjɛ.sʁe/ or/a.kje.sʁe/ | acquiesceras /a.kjɛ.sʁa/ or/a.kje.sʁa/ | acquiescera /a.kjɛ.sʁa/ or/a.kje.sʁa/ | acquiescerons /a.kjɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or/a.kje.sʁɔ̃/ | acquiescerez /a.kjɛ.sʁe/ or/a.kje.sʁe/ | acquiesceront /a.kjɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or/a.kje.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | acquiescerais /a.kjɛ.sʁɛ/ or/a.kje.sʁɛ/ | acquiescerais /a.kjɛ.sʁɛ/ or/a.kje.sʁɛ/ | acquiescerait /a.kjɛ.sʁɛ/ or/a.kje.sʁɛ/ | acquiescerions /a.kjɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or/a.kje.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | acquiesceriez /a.kjɛ.sə.ʁje/ or/a.kje.sə.ʁje/ | acquiesceraient /a.kjɛ.sʁɛ/ or/a.kje.sʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | acquiesce /a.kjɛs/ | acquiesces /a.kjɛs/ | acquiesce /a.kjɛs/ | acquiescions /a.kjɛ.sjɔ̃/ or/a.kje.sjɔ̃/ | acquiesciez /a.kjɛ.sje/ or/a.kje.sje/ | acquiescent /a.kjɛs/ |
| imperfect2 | acquiesçasse /a.kjɛ.sas/ or/a.kje.sas/ | acquiesçasses /a.kjɛ.sas/ or/a.kje.sas/ | acquiesçât /a.kjɛ.sa/ or/a.kje.sa/ | acquiesçassions /a.kjɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or/a.kje.sa.sjɔ̃/ | acquiesçassiez /a.kjɛ.sa.sje/ or/a.kje.sa.sje/ | acquiesçassent /a.kjɛ.sas/ or/a.kje.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive ofavoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | acquiesce /a.kjɛs/ | — | acquiesçons /a.kjɛ.sɔ̃/ or/a.kje.sɔ̃/ | acquiescez /a.kjɛ.se/ or/a.kje.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). | |||||||