Infinitive
Gerund
en començant
Participles
| Present | començant |
| Past | comencié |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | comenz |
| 2nd sing. | comences |
| 3rd sing. | comence |
| 1st plur. | començons |
| 2nd plur. | comenciez |
| 3rd plur. | comencent |
Imperfect
| 1st sing. | començoie; comenceie; començoe; comencieve |
| 2nd sing. | començoies; comenceies; començoes; comencieves |
| 3rd sing. | començoit; comenceit; començot; comencieve |
| 1st plur. | comenciiens; comenciens |
| 2nd plur. | comenciiez; comenciez |
| 3rd plur. | començoient; comenceient; començoent; comencievent |
Preterite
| 1st sing. | començai |
| 2nd sing. | començas |
| 3rd sing. | comença |
| 1st plur. | començames |
| 2nd plur. | començastes |
| 3rd plur. | comencierent |
Future
| 1st sing. | comencerai |
| 2nd sing. | comenceras |
| 3rd sing. | comencera |
| 1st plur. | comencerons |
| 2nd plur. | comenceroiz; comencereiz; comencerez |
| 3rd plur. | comenceront |
Conditional
| 1st sing. | comenceroie; comencereie |
| 2nd sing. | comenceroies; comencereies |
| 3rd sing. | comenceroit; comencereit |
| 1st plur. | comenceriiens; comenceriens |
| 2nd plur. | comenceriiez; comenceriez |
| 3rd plur. | comenceroient; comencereient |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | comenz |
| 2nd sing. | comenz |
| 3rd sing. | comenzt |
| 1st plur. | començons |
| 2nd plur. | comenciez |
| 3rd plur. | comencent |
Imperfect
| 1st sing. | començasse |
| 2nd sing. | començasses |
| 3rd sing. | començast |
| 1st plur. | comencissons; comencissiens |
| 2nd plur. | comencissoiz; comencissez; comencissiez |
| 3rd plur. | començassent |
Imperative
| 2nd sing. | comence |
| 1st plur. | començons |
| 2nd plur. | comenciez |
Verbs conjugated like comencier
chaucier,
essaucier,
anuncier,
justicier,
blecier,
dancier,
resforcier,
esforcier,
bracier,
noncier,
detrancier,
drecier,
embracier,
amercier,
adrecier,
avancier,
deschaucier,
prononcier,
comencier,
redrecier, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *cominitiāre.
Verbs referencing "comencier"
French
commencer, Middle French
commencer, Old Occitan
comensar.
Sample Sentences
Cognates
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