Inherited from Old French tencier, from Vulgar Latin *tentiāre, from Latin tentus, the past participle of tendō.
tancer
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 | tancer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | tançant /tɑ̃.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | tancé /tɑ̃.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | tance /tɑ̃s/ |
tances /tɑ̃s/ |
tance /tɑ̃s/ |
tançons /tɑ̃.sɔ̃/ |
tancez /tɑ̃.se/ |
tancent /tɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect | tançais /tɑ̃.sɛ/ |
tançais /tɑ̃.sɛ/ |
tançait /tɑ̃.sɛ/ |
tancions /tɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
tanciez /tɑ̃.sje/ |
tançaient /tɑ̃.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | tançai /tɑ̃.se/ |
tanças /tɑ̃.sa/ |
tança /tɑ̃.sa/ |
tançâmes /tɑ̃.sam/ |
tançâtes /tɑ̃.sat/ |
tancèrent /tɑ̃.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | tancerai /tɑ̃.sʁe/ |
tanceras /tɑ̃.sʁa/ |
tancera /tɑ̃.sʁa/ |
tancerons /tɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
tancerez /tɑ̃.sʁe/ |
tanceront /tɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | tancerais /tɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
tancerais /tɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
tancerait /tɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
tancerions /tɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
tanceriez /tɑ̃.sə.ʁje/ |
tanceraient /tɑ̃.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 | tance /tɑ̃s/ |
tances /tɑ̃s/ |
tance /tɑ̃s/ |
tancions /tɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
tanciez /tɑ̃.sje/ |
tancent /tɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect2 | tançasse /tɑ̃.sas/ |
tançasses /tɑ̃.sas/ |
tançât /tɑ̃.sa/ |
tançassions /tɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
tançassiez /tɑ̃.sa.sje/ |
tançassent /tɑ̃.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | tance /tɑ̃s/ |
— | tançons /tɑ̃.sɔ̃/ |
tancez /tɑ̃.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). | |||||||