ensemencer
French
    
    
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.se/
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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 ensemencer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | ensemencer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | ensemençant /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | ensemencé /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | ensemence /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃s/ | ensemences /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃s/ | ensemence /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃s/ | ensemençons /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sɔ̃/ | ensemencez /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.se/ | ensemencent /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃s/ | 
| imperfect | ensemençais /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sɛ/ | ensemençais /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sɛ/ | ensemençait /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sɛ/ | ensemencions /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ | ensemenciez /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sje/ | ensemençaient /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | ensemençai /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.se/ | ensemenças /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sa/ | ensemença /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sa/ | ensemençâmes /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sam/ | ensemençâtes /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sat/ | ensemencèrent /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | ensemencerai /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sʁe/ | ensemenceras /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sʁa/ | ensemencera /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sʁa/ | ensemencerons /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ | ensemencerez /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sʁe/ | ensemenceront /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | ensemencerais /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sʁɛ/ | ensemencerais /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sʁɛ/ | ensemencerait /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sʁɛ/ | ensemencerions /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | ensemenceriez /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sə.ʁje/ | ensemenceraient /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.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 | ensemence /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃s/ | ensemences /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃s/ | ensemence /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃s/ | ensemencions /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ | ensemenciez /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sje/ | ensemencent /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃s/ | 
| imperfect2 | ensemençasse /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sas/ | ensemençasses /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sas/ | ensemençât /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sa/ | ensemençassions /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ | ensemençassiez /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sa.sje/ | ensemençassent /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | ensemence /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃s/ | — | ensemençons /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sɔ̃/ | ensemencez /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.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
    
- “ensemencer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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