French Verb Conjugations
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Conditional | Subjunctive | Imperfect subj. | |||
| je | renforce | renforçais | renforcerai | renforcerais | renforce | renforçasse | ||
| tu | renforces | renforçais | renforceras | renforcerais | renforces | renforçasses | ||
| il | renforce | renforçait | renforcera | renforcerait | renforce | renforçât | ||
| nous | renforçons | renforcions | renforcerons | renforcerions | renforcions | renforçassions | ||
| vous | renforcez | renforciez | renforcerez | renforceriez | renforciez | renforçassiez | ||
| ils | renforcent | renforçaient | renforceront | renforceraient | renforcent | renforçassent | ||
| Passé composé | Past perfect | Future perfect | Past conditional | Past subjunctive | Pluperfect subj. | |||
| j’ | ai renforcé | avais renforcé | aurai renforcé | aurais renforcé | aie renforcé | eusse renforcé | ||
| tu | as renforcé | avais renforcé | auras renforcé | aurais renforcé | aies renforcé | eusses renforcé | ||
| il | a renforcé | avait renforcé | aura renforcé | aurait renforcé | ait renforcé | eût renforcé | ||
| nous | avons renforcé | avions renforcé | aurons renforcé | aurions renforcé | ayons renforcé | eussions renforcé | ||
| vous | avez renforcé | aviez renforcé | aurez renforcé | auriez renforcé | ayez renforcé | eussiez renforcé | ||
| ils | ont renforcé | avaient renforcé | auront renforcé | auraient renforcé | aient renforcé | eussent renforcé | ||
| Passé simple | Past anterior | Imperative | Participles | |||||
| je / j’ | renforçai | eus renforcé | (tu) | renforce | Present | renforçant | ||
| tu | renforças | eus renforcé | (nous) | renforçons | Past | renforcé | ||
| il | renforça | eut renforcé | (vous) | renforcez | Perfect | ayant renforcé | ||
| nous | renforçâmes | eûmes renforcé | Past imperative | |||||
| vous | renforçâtes | eûtes renforcé | (tu) | aie renforcé | Past infinitive | |||
| ils | renforcèrent | eurent renforcé | (nous) | ayons renforcé | avoir renforcé | |||
| (vous) | ayez renforcé | |||||||
Renforcer is a spelling change verb (c to ç).




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