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FRENCH VERB

annoncer

to announce

  • #293 most used
  • Regular -er verb
  • Past participle: annoncé
  • Present participle: annonçant

Conjugation

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Present

Présent · now, habits and facts

  1. je I announce
  2. tu you announce
  3. il, elle, on he/she announces
  4. nous we announce
  5. vous you announce
  6. ils, elles they announce

Past

Passé composé · finished actions

  1. je I announced
  2. tu you announced
  3. il, elle, on he/she announced
  4. nous we announced
  5. vous you announced
  6. ils, elles they announced

Imperfect

Imparfait · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. je I used to announce
  2. tu you used to announce
  3. il, elle, on he/she used to announce
  4. nous we used to announce
  5. vous you used to announce
  6. ils, elles they used to announce

Future

Futur simple · plans; in speech, “je vais parler” is just as common

  1. je I will announce
  2. tu you will announce
  3. il, elle, on he/she will announce
  4. nous we will announce
  5. vous you will announce
  6. ils, elles they will announce

Conditional

Conditionnel · “would”, polite requests

  1. je I would announce
  2. tu you would announce
  3. il, elle, on he/she would announce
  4. nous we would announce
  5. vous you would announce
  6. ils, elles they would announce

Present subjunctive

Subjonctif présent · wishes, doubts, “il faut que …”

  1. je (that) I announce
  2. tu (that) you announce
  3. il, elle, on (that) he/she announce
  4. nous (that) we announce
  5. vous (that) you announce
  6. ils, elles (that) they announce

Imperative

Impératif · requests and orders

  1. tu announce!
  2. nous announce! (let’s)
  3. vous announce! (plural, or formal)

How to use annoncer

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    La météo annonce de la neige pour ce week-end.

    The forecast says snow for this weekend.

  2. Past

    Ils ont annoncé leur mariage à toute la famille.

    They announced their wedding to the whole family.

  3. Imperfect

    Le chauffeur annonçait chaque arrêt au micro.

    The driver announced every stop over the microphone.

  4. Future

    On annoncera les résultats vendredi après-midi.

    We'll announce the results on Friday afternoon.

  5. Conditional

    Comment tu annoncerais ça à tes parents ?

    How would you break it to your parents?

  6. Present subjunctive

    Il faut que j'annonce la nouvelle à mon chef.

    I have to tell my boss the news.

  7. Imperative

    Annonce-leur la bonne nouvelle toi-même.

    Tell them the good news yourself.

Good to know

  • Annoncer une nouvelle à quelqu'un; ça s'annonce bien is it's looking good.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -er verb.