commencer - French word #675

Translation

to begin, to start

Grammar

Verb type-er regular (1st group)

Regular -er conjugation. Pronouns: je, tu, il/elle, nous, vous, ils/elles.

Person	Present	Imperfect	Past historic	Future	Conditional
je	commence	commencais	commencai	commencerai	commencerais
tu	commences	commencais	commencas	commenceras	commencerais
il/elle	commence	commencait	commenca	commencera	commencerait
nous	commencons	commencions	commencâmes	commencerons	commencerions
vous	commencez	commenciez	commencâtes	commencerez	commenceriez
ils/elles	commencent	commencaient	commencèrent	commenceront	commenceraient

.

We can start the meeting now everyone is here.

piano.

She decided to start learning the piano.

, plaindre.

That is quite enough, stop complaining.

, dépêchons-.

The film starts in five minutes, let's hurry.

échange regards.

It all started with a simple exchange of looks.

arrêter

to stop, to arrest

début

beginning, start

finir

to finish, to end

premier

first (masculine)

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