efforcer

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *exfortiāre, ultimately from Latin fortis (“strong”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.fɔʁ.se/
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Verb

efforcer

  1. (reflexive, with de) to make efforts towards, to try hard to, to endeavour

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 s'efforcer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple s'efforcer
compound s'être + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple s’efforçant
/se.fɔʁ.sɑ̃/
compound ayant or étant + past participle
past participle efforcé
/e.fɔʁ.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present m’efforce
/me.fɔʁs/ 		t’efforces
/te.fɔʁs/ 		s’efforce
/se.fɔʁs/ 		nous efforçons
/nu.z‿e.fɔʁ.sɔ̃/ 		vous efforcez
/vu.z‿e.fɔʁ.se/ 		s’efforcent
/se.fɔʁs/
imperfect m’efforçais
/me.fɔʁ.sɛ/ 		t’efforçais
/te.fɔʁ.sɛ/ 		s’efforçait
/se.fɔʁ.sɛ/ 		nous efforcions
/nu.z‿e.fɔʁ.sjɔ̃/ 		vous efforciez
/vu.z‿e.fɔʁ.sje/ 		s’efforçaient
/se.fɔʁ.sɛ/
past historic2 m’efforçai
/me.fɔʁ.se/ 		t’efforças
/te.fɔʁ.sa/ 		s’efforça
/se.fɔʁ.sa/ 		nous efforçâmes
/nu.z‿e.fɔʁ.sam/ 		vous efforçâtes
/vu.z‿e.fɔʁ.sat/ 		s’efforcèrent
/se.fɔʁ.sɛʁ/
future m’efforcerai
/me.fɔʁ.sə.ʁe/ 		t’efforceras
/te.fɔʁ.sə.ʁa/ 		s’efforcera
/se.fɔʁ.sə.ʁa/ 		nous efforcerons
/nu.z‿e.fɔʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ 		vous efforcerez
/vu.z‿e.fɔʁ.sə.ʁe/ 		s’efforceront
/se.fɔʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional m’efforcerais
/me.fɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ 		t’efforcerais
/te.fɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ 		s’efforcerait
/se.fɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ 		nous efforcerions
/nu.z‿e.fɔʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		vous efforceriez
/vu.z‿e.fɔʁ.sə.ʁje/ 		s’efforceraient
/se.fɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of s'être + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of s'être + past participle
future perfect future of s'être + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present m’efforce
/me.fɔʁs/ 		t’efforces
/te.fɔʁs/ 		s’efforce
/se.fɔʁs/ 		nous efforcions
/nu.z‿e.fɔʁ.sjɔ̃/ 		vous efforciez
/vu.z‿e.fɔʁ.sje/ 		s’efforcent
/se.fɔʁs/
imperfect2 m’efforçasse
/me.fɔʁ.sas/ 		t’efforçasses
/te.fɔʁ.sas/ 		s’efforçât
/se.fɔʁ.sa/ 		nous efforçassions
/nu.z‿e.fɔʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/ 		vous efforçassiez
/vu.z‿e.fɔʁ.sa.sje/ 		s’efforçassent
/se.fɔʁ.sas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — efforce-toi
/e.fɔʁs.twa/ 		— efforçons-nous
/e.fɔʁ.sɔ̃.nu/ 		efforcez-vous
/e.fɔʁ.se.vu/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of s'être + past participle — simple imperative of s'être + past participle simple imperative of s'être + 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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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