Daily Verb Lesson: French for pinch is pincer
The French for pinch is the regular ER verb pincer.To remember this, imagine the crab pinches with his PINCERS!
pincer can also mean: to nip; to squeeze, to catch (thief); to pluck (music).
Related words include:
- la pince (nf) : threat, pince.
- se pincer (vr) : to pinch oneself, to catch oneself.
- se pincer le nez : to hold one's nose.
- le humour pince-sans-rire (nm) : dry wit, deadpan sense of humour.
About 143 ER verbs end in CER. Before the letter a or o, the c changes to ç so that the c remains soft (like the c in cedilla rather than c in cat).
Examples of this family of verb conjugations: bercer, effacer, enfoncer, foncer, menacer, pincer, remplacer.
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Imagine the crab pinches with his PINCERS!
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Présent pinch |
pince | pinces | pince | pinçons | pincez | pincent |
| Past Imperfect Imparfait pinched |
pinçais | pinçais | pinçait | pincions | pinciez | pinçaient |
| Simple Past Passé Simple pinched |
pinçai | pinças | pinça | pinçâmes | pinçâtes | pincèrent |
| Future Futur will pinch |
pincerai | pinceras | pincera | pincerons | pincerez | pinceront |
| Conditional Conditionnel would pinch |
pincerais | pincerais | pincerait | pincerions | pinceriez | pinceraient |
| Present Subjunctive Subjonctif may pinch |
pince | pinces | pince | pincions | pinciez | pincent |
| Present Perfect Passé Composé have pinched |
ai pincé | as pincé | a pincé | avons pincé | avez pincé | ont pincé |
| Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had pinched |
avais pincé | avais pincé | avait pincé | avions pincé | aviez pincé | avaient pincé |
| Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have pinched |
aurai pincé | auras pincé | aura pincé | aurons pincé | aurez pincé | auront pincé |
| Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have pinched |
aurais pincé | aurais pincé | aurait pincé | aurions pincé | auriez pincé | auraient pincé |
| Imperative Imperatif Pinch! |
pince ! | pinçons ! | pincez ! | |||
✔ pincer is a regular ER verb. There are over 5,000 ER verbs these being the most common verbs in French.
✔ Learn pincer and it will reinforce the pattern for ALL those other ER verbs.
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