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French Verb Chartlearnfrench.co
Commencer›to start
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Present
je commenceI start
tu commencesyou start
il / elle commencehe / she starts
nous commençonswe start
vous commencezyou start
ils / elles commencentthey start
Passé composé
j’ai commencéI started
tu as commencéyou started
il / elle a commencéhe / she started
nous avons commencéwe started
vous avez commencéyou started
ils / elles ont commencéthey started
Imperfect
je commençaisI used to start
tu commençaisyou used to start
il / elle commençaithe / she used to start
nous commencionswe used to start
vous commenciezyou used to start
ils / elles commençaientthey used to start
Future
je commenceraiI will start
tu commencerasyou will start
il / elle commencerahe / she will start
nous commenceronswe will start
vous commencerezyou will start
ils / elles commencerontthey will start
Conditional
je commenceraisI would start
tu commenceraisyou would start
il / elle commenceraithe / she would start
nous commencerionswe would start
vous commenceriezyou would start
ils / elles commenceraientthey would start
Subjunctive
que je commencethat I start
que tu commencesthat you start
qu’il / elle commencethat he / she start
que nous commencionsthat we start
que vous commenciezthat you start
qu’ils / elles commencentthat they start
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A1Basics — starting, and the cedilla
Le film commence à huit heures.The film starts at eight.