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compresser
compresser
French
Verb
compresser
- to compress
Conjugation
Conjugation of compresser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | compresser | avoir compressé | |||||
| gerund | en compressant | en ayant compressé | |||||
| present participle | compressant /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | compressé /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.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 | compresse /kɔ̃.pʁɛs/ |
compresses /kɔ̃.pʁɛs/ |
compresse /kɔ̃.pʁɛs/ |
compressons /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sɔ̃/ |
compressez /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.se/ |
compressent /kɔ̃.pʁɛs/ |
| imperfect | compressais /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sɛ/ |
compressais /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sɛ/ |
compressait /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sɛ/ |
compressions /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ |
compressiez /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sje/ |
compressaient /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | compressai /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.se/ |
compressas /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sa/ |
compressa /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sa/ |
compressâmes /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sam/ |
compressâtes /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sat/ |
compressèrent /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | compresserai /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sʁe/ |
compresseras /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sʁa/ |
compressera /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sʁa/ |
compresserons /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ |
compresserez /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sʁe/ |
compresseront /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | compresserais /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sʁɛ/ |
compresserais /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sʁɛ/ |
compresserait /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sʁɛ/ |
compresserions /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
compresseriez /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sə.ʁje/ |
compresseraient /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.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 | compresse /kɔ̃.pʁɛs/ |
compresses /kɔ̃.pʁɛs/ |
compresse /kɔ̃.pʁɛs/ |
compressions /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ |
compressiez /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sje/ |
compressent /kɔ̃.pʁɛs/ |
| imperfect1 |
compressasse /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sas/ |
compressasses /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sas/ |
compressât /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sa/ |
compressassions /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
compressassiez /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sa.sje/ |
compressassent /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.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 | – | |
| — | compresse /kɔ̃.pʁɛs/ |
— | compressons /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sɔ̃/ |
compressez /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.se/ |
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