commer

French

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Verb

commer

1. to compare

   Synonym: comparer

Conjugation

Conjugation of commer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	commer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	commant /kɔ.mɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		commé /kɔ.me/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	comme /kɔm/	commes /kɔm/	comme /kɔm/	commons /kɔ.mɔ̃/	commez /kɔ.me/	comment /kɔm/
	imperfect	commais /kɔ.mɛ/	commais /kɔ.mɛ/	commait /kɔ.mɛ/	commions /kɔ.mjɔ̃/	commiez /kɔ.mje/	commaient /kɔ.mɛ/
	past historic2	commai /kɔ.me/	commas /kɔ.ma/	comma /kɔ.ma/	commâmes /kɔ.mam/	commâtes /kɔ.mat/	commèrent /kɔ.mɛʁ/
	future	commerai /kɔm.ʁe/	commeras /kɔm.ʁa/	commera /kɔm.ʁa/	commerons /kɔm.ʁɔ̃/	commerez /kɔm.ʁe/	commeront /kɔm.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	commerais /kɔm.ʁɛ/	commerais /kɔm.ʁɛ/	commerait /kɔm.ʁɛ/	commerions /kɔ.mə.ʁjɔ̃/	commeriez /kɔ.mə.ʁje/	commeraient /kɔm.ʁɛ/
(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	comme /kɔm/	commes /kɔm/	comme /kɔm/	commions /kɔ.mjɔ̃/	commiez /kɔ.mje/	comment /kɔm/
	imperfect2	commasse /kɔ.mas/	commasses /kɔ.mas/	commât /kɔ.ma/	commassions /kɔ.ma.sjɔ̃/	commassiez /kɔ.ma.sje/	commassent /kɔ.mas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	comme /kɔm/	—	commons /kɔ.mɔ̃/	commez /kɔ.me/	—
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).