Inherited from Middle French renoncer.
renoncer
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 | renoncer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | renonçant /ʁə.nɔ̃.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | renoncé /ʁə.nɔ̃.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | renonce /ʁə.nɔ̃s/ |
renonces /ʁə.nɔ̃s/ |
renonce /ʁə.nɔ̃s/ |
renonçons /ʁə.nɔ̃.sɔ̃/ |
renoncez /ʁə.nɔ̃.se/ |
renoncent /ʁə.nɔ̃s/ |
| imperfect | renonçais /ʁə.nɔ̃.sɛ/ |
renonçais /ʁə.nɔ̃.sɛ/ |
renonçait /ʁə.nɔ̃.sɛ/ |
renoncions /ʁə.nɔ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
renonciez /ʁə.nɔ̃.sje/ |
renonçaient /ʁə.nɔ̃.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | renonçai /ʁə.nɔ̃.se/ |
renonças /ʁə.nɔ̃.sa/ |
renonça /ʁə.nɔ̃.sa/ |
renonçâmes /ʁə.nɔ̃.sam/ |
renonçâtes /ʁə.nɔ̃.sat/ |
renoncèrent /ʁə.nɔ̃.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | renoncerai /ʁə.nɔ̃.sʁe/ |
renonceras /ʁə.nɔ̃.sʁa/ |
renoncera /ʁə.nɔ̃.sʁa/ |
renoncerons /ʁə.nɔ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
renoncerez /ʁə.nɔ̃.sʁe/ |
renonceront /ʁə.nɔ̃.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | renoncerais /ʁə.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/ |
renoncerais /ʁə.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/ |
renoncerait /ʁə.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/ |
renoncerions /ʁə.nɔ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
renonceriez /ʁə.nɔ̃.sə.ʁje/ |
renonceraient /ʁə.nɔ̃.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 | renonce /ʁə.nɔ̃s/ |
renonces /ʁə.nɔ̃s/ |
renonce /ʁə.nɔ̃s/ |
renoncions /ʁə.nɔ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
renonciez /ʁə.nɔ̃.sje/ |
renoncent /ʁə.nɔ̃s/ |
| imperfect2 | renonçasse /ʁə.nɔ̃.sas/ |
renonçasses /ʁə.nɔ̃.sas/ |
renonçât /ʁə.nɔ̃.sa/ |
renonçassions /ʁə.nɔ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
renonçassiez /ʁə.nɔ̃.sa.sje/ |
renonçassent /ʁə.nɔ̃.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | renonce /ʁə.nɔ̃s/ |
— | renonçons /ʁə.nɔ̃.sɔ̃/ |
renoncez /ʁə.nɔ̃.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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
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