espacer
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛs.pa.se/
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Verb
espacer
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 espacer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | espacer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | espaçant /ɛs.pa.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | espacé /ɛs.pa.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | espace /ɛs.pas/ |
espaces /ɛs.pas/ |
espace /ɛs.pas/ |
espaçons /ɛs.pa.sɔ̃/ |
espacez /ɛs.pa.se/ |
espacent /ɛs.pas/ |
| imperfect | espaçais /ɛs.pa.sɛ/ |
espaçais /ɛs.pa.sɛ/ |
espaçait /ɛs.pa.sɛ/ |
espacions /ɛs.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
espaciez /ɛs.pa.sje/ |
espaçaient /ɛs.pa.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | espaçai /ɛs.pa.se/ |
espaças /ɛs.pa.sa/ |
espaça /ɛs.pa.sa/ |
espaçâmes /ɛs.pa.sam/ |
espaçâtes /ɛs.pa.sat/ |
espacèrent /ɛs.pa.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | espacerai /ɛs.pa.sʁe/ |
espaceras /ɛs.pa.sʁa/ |
espacera /ɛs.pa.sʁa/ |
espacerons /ɛs.pa.sʁɔ̃/ |
espacerez /ɛs.pa.sʁe/ |
espaceront /ɛs.pa.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | espacerais /ɛs.pa.sʁɛ/ |
espacerais /ɛs.pa.sʁɛ/ |
espacerait /ɛs.pa.sʁɛ/ |
espacerions /ɛs.pa.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
espaceriez /ɛs.pa.sə.ʁje/ |
espaceraient /ɛs.pa.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 | espace /ɛs.pas/ |
espaces /ɛs.pas/ |
espace /ɛs.pas/ |
espacions /ɛs.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
espaciez /ɛs.pa.sje/ |
espacent /ɛs.pas/ |
| imperfect2 | espaçasse /ɛs.pa.sas/ |
espaçasses /ɛs.pa.sas/ |
espaçât /ɛs.pa.sa/ |
espaçassions /ɛs.pa.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
espaçassiez /ɛs.pa.sa.sje/ |
espaçassent /ɛs.pa.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | espace /ɛs.pas/ |
— | espaçons /ɛs.pa.sɔ̃/ |
espacez /ɛs.pa.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
- “espacer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.