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compenser
compenser
French
Verb
compenser
- to compensate for, to offset
Conjugation
Conjugation of compenser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | compenser | avoir compensé | |||||
| gerund | en compensant | en ayant compensé | |||||
| present participle | compensant /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | compensé /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.se/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | compense /kɔ̃.pɑ̃s/ |
compenses /kɔ̃.pɑ̃s/ |
compense /kɔ̃.pɑ̃s/ |
compensons /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sɔ̃/ |
compensez /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.se/ |
compensent /kɔ̃.pɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect | compensais /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sɛ/ |
compensais /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sɛ/ |
compensait /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sɛ/ |
compensions /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
compensiez /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sje/ |
compensaient /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | compensai /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.se/ |
compensas /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sa/ |
compensa /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sa/ |
compensâmes /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sam/ |
compensâtes /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sat/ |
compensèrent /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | compenserai /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sʁe/ |
compenseras /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sʁa/ |
compensera /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sʁa/ |
compenserons /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
compenserez /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sʁe/ |
compenseront /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | compenserais /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
compenserais /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
compenserait /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
compenserions /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
compenseriez /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sə.ʁje/ |
compenseraient /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | compense /kɔ̃.pɑ̃s/ |
compenses /kɔ̃.pɑ̃s/ |
compense /kɔ̃.pɑ̃s/ |
compensions /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
compensiez /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sje/ |
compensent /kɔ̃.pɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect1 |
compensasse /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sas/ |
compensasses /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sas/ |
compensât /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sa/ |
compensassions /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
compensassiez /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sa.sje/ |
compensassent /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | compense /kɔ̃.pɑ̃s/ |
— | compensons /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sɔ̃/ |
compensez /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.se/ |
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