efforcer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *exfortiāre, ultimately from Latin fortis (“strong”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.fɔʁ.se/

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Verb

efforcer

1. (reflexive, with de) to make efforts towards, to try hard to, to endeavour

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 s'efforcer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	s'efforcer
	compound	s'être + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	s’efforçant /se.fɔʁ.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant or étant + past participle
past participle		efforcé /e.fɔʁ.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	m’efforce /me.fɔʁs/	t’efforces /te.fɔʁs/	s’efforce /se.fɔʁs/	nous efforçons /nu.z‿e.fɔʁ.sɔ̃/	vous efforcez /vu.z‿e.fɔʁ.se/	s’efforcent /se.fɔʁs/
	imperfect	m’efforçais /me.fɔʁ.sɛ/	t’efforçais /te.fɔʁ.sɛ/	s’efforçait /se.fɔʁ.sɛ/	nous efforcions /nu.z‿e.fɔʁ.sjɔ̃/	vous efforciez /vu.z‿e.fɔʁ.sje/	s’efforçaient /se.fɔʁ.sɛ/
	past historic2	m’efforçai /me.fɔʁ.se/	t’efforças /te.fɔʁ.sa/	s’efforça /se.fɔʁ.sa/	nous efforçâmes /nu.z‿e.fɔʁ.sam/	vous efforçâtes /vu.z‿e.fɔʁ.sat/	s’efforcèrent /se.fɔʁ.sɛʁ/
	future	m’efforcerai /me.fɔʁ.sə.ʁe/	t’efforceras /te.fɔʁ.sə.ʁa/	s’efforcera /se.fɔʁ.sə.ʁa/	nous efforcerons /nu.z‿e.fɔʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/	vous efforcerez /vu.z‿e.fɔʁ.sə.ʁe/	s’efforceront /se.fɔʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	m’efforcerais /me.fɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/	t’efforcerais /te.fɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/	s’efforcerait /se.fɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/	nous efforcerions /nu.z‿e.fɔʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	vous efforceriez /vu.z‿e.fɔʁ.sə.ʁje/	s’efforceraient /se.fɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of s'être + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of s'être + past participle
	future perfect	future of s'être + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	m’efforce /me.fɔʁs/	t’efforces /te.fɔʁs/	s’efforce /se.fɔʁs/	nous efforcions /nu.z‿e.fɔʁ.sjɔ̃/	vous efforciez /vu.z‿e.fɔʁ.sje/	s’efforcent /se.fɔʁs/
	imperfect2	m’efforçasse /me.fɔʁ.sas/	t’efforçasses /te.fɔʁ.sas/	s’efforçât /se.fɔʁ.sa/	nous efforçassions /nu.z‿e.fɔʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/	vous efforçassiez /vu.z‿e.fɔʁ.sa.sje/	s’efforçassent /se.fɔʁ.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	efforce-toi /e.fɔʁs.twa/	—	efforçons-nous /e.fɔʁ.sɔ̃.nu/	efforcez-vous /e.fɔʁ.se.vu/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	simple imperative of s'être + 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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• effort
• forcer

Further reading

• “efforcer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.