Daily Verb Lesson: French for rock is bercer
The French for rock is the regular ER verb bercer.To remember this, imagine asking, "What should a BEAR SAY as she rocks her baby to sleep?"
bercer can also mean: to lull, to cradle; to nourish.
Related words include:
- le berceau (nm) : cradle, crib; birthplace.
- de berceau a la tombe : from the cradle to the grave.
- la berceuse (nf) : lullaby; rocking chair, rocker.
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 asking, "What should a BEAR SAY
as she rocks her baby to sleep?"
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Présent rock |
berce | berces | berce | berçons | bercez | bercent |
| Past Imperfect Imparfait rocked |
berçais | berçais | berçait | bercions | berciez | berçaient |
| Simple Past Passé Simple rocked |
berçai | berças | berça | berçâmes | berçâtes | bercèrent |
| Future Futur will rock |
bercerai | berceras | bercera | bercerons | bercerez | berceront |
| Conditional Conditionnel would rock |
bercerais | bercerais | bercerait | bercerions | berceriez | berceraient |
| Present Subjunctive Subjonctif may rock |
berce | berces | berce | bercions | berciez | bercent |
| Present Perfect Passé Composé have rocked |
ai bercé | as bercé | a bercé | avons bercé | avez bercé | ont bercé |
| Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had rocked |
avais bercé | avais bercé | avait bercé | avions bercé | aviez bercé | avaient bercé |
| Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have rocked |
aurai bercé | auras bercé | aura bercé | aurons bercé | aurez bercé | auront bercé |
| Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have rocked |
aurais bercé | aurais bercé | aurait bercé | aurions bercé | auriez bercé | auraient bercé |
| Imperative Imperatif rock! |
berce ! | berçons ! | bercez ! | |||
✔ bercer is a regular ER verb. There are over 5,000 ER verbs these being the most common verbs in French.
✔ Learn bercer and it will reinforce the pattern for ALL those other ER verbs.
✔ Do these verbs every day for a month and you will have a solid knowledge of the ER verbs' conjugation patterns.
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