cadencer
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.dɑ̃.se/
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Verb
cadencer
- (transitive) to cadence
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 cadencer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | cadencer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | cadençant /ka.dɑ̃.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | cadencé /ka.dɑ̃.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | cadence /ka.dɑ̃s/ |
cadences /ka.dɑ̃s/ |
cadence /ka.dɑ̃s/ |
cadençons /ka.dɑ̃.sɔ̃/ |
cadencez /ka.dɑ̃.se/ |
cadencent /ka.dɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect | cadençais /ka.dɑ̃.sɛ/ |
cadençais /ka.dɑ̃.sɛ/ |
cadençait /ka.dɑ̃.sɛ/ |
cadencions /ka.dɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
cadenciez /ka.dɑ̃.sje/ |
cadençaient /ka.dɑ̃.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | cadençai /ka.dɑ̃.se/ |
cadenças /ka.dɑ̃.sa/ |
cadença /ka.dɑ̃.sa/ |
cadençâmes /ka.dɑ̃.sam/ |
cadençâtes /ka.dɑ̃.sat/ |
cadencèrent /ka.dɑ̃.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | cadencerai /ka.dɑ̃.sʁe/ |
cadenceras /ka.dɑ̃.sʁa/ |
cadencera /ka.dɑ̃.sʁa/ |
cadencerons /ka.dɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
cadencerez /ka.dɑ̃.sʁe/ |
cadenceront /ka.dɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | cadencerais /ka.dɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
cadencerais /ka.dɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
cadencerait /ka.dɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
cadencerions /ka.dɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
cadenceriez /ka.dɑ̃.sə.ʁje/ |
cadenceraient /ka.dɑ̃.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 | cadence /ka.dɑ̃s/ |
cadences /ka.dɑ̃s/ |
cadence /ka.dɑ̃s/ |
cadencions /ka.dɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
cadenciez /ka.dɑ̃.sje/ |
cadencent /ka.dɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect2 | cadençasse /ka.dɑ̃.sas/ |
cadençasses /ka.dɑ̃.sas/ |
cadençât /ka.dɑ̃.sa/ |
cadençassions /ka.dɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
cadençassiez /ka.dɑ̃.sa.sje/ |
cadençassent /ka.dɑ̃.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | cadence /ka.dɑ̃s/ |
— | cadençons /ka.dɑ̃.sɔ̃/ |
cadencez /ka.dɑ̃.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
- “cadencer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.