amancher

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.mɑ̃.ʃe/

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Verb

amancher

1. (Quebec) to arrange or adjust
2. (Louisiana, transitive) to put a handle on a tool, assemble various parts
   1. (figurative) to start an affair, a business etc...

Conjugation

Conjugation of amancher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	amancher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	amanchant /a.mɑ̃.ʃɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		amanché /a.mɑ̃.ʃe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	amanche /a.mɑ̃ʃ/	amanches /a.mɑ̃ʃ/	amanche /a.mɑ̃ʃ/	amanchons /a.mɑ̃.ʃɔ̃/	amanchez /a.mɑ̃.ʃe/	amanchent /a.mɑ̃ʃ/
	imperfect	amanchais /a.mɑ̃.ʃɛ/	amanchais /a.mɑ̃.ʃɛ/	amanchait /a.mɑ̃.ʃɛ/	amanchions /a.mɑ̃.ʃjɔ̃/	amanchiez /a.mɑ̃.ʃje/	amanchaient /a.mɑ̃.ʃɛ/
	past historic2	amanchai /a.mɑ̃.ʃe/	amanchas /a.mɑ̃.ʃa/	amancha /a.mɑ̃.ʃa/	amanchâmes /a.mɑ̃.ʃam/	amanchâtes /a.mɑ̃.ʃat/	amanchèrent /a.mɑ̃.ʃɛʁ/
	future	amancherai /a.mɑ̃ʃ.ʁe/	amancheras /a.mɑ̃ʃ.ʁa/	amanchera /a.mɑ̃ʃ.ʁa/	amancherons /a.mɑ̃ʃ.ʁɔ̃/	amancherez /a.mɑ̃ʃ.ʁe/	amancheront /a.mɑ̃ʃ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	amancherais /a.mɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/	amancherais /a.mɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/	amancherait /a.mɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/	amancherions /a.mɑ̃.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/	amancheriez /a.mɑ̃.ʃə.ʁje/	amancheraient /a.mɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	amanche /a.mɑ̃ʃ/	amanches /a.mɑ̃ʃ/	amanche /a.mɑ̃ʃ/	amanchions /a.mɑ̃.ʃjɔ̃/	amanchiez /a.mɑ̃.ʃje/	amanchent /a.mɑ̃ʃ/
	imperfect2	amanchasse /a.mɑ̃.ʃas/	amanchasses /a.mɑ̃.ʃas/	amanchât /a.mɑ̃.ʃa/	amanchassions /a.mɑ̃.ʃa.sjɔ̃/	amanchassiez /a.mɑ̃.ʃa.sje/	amanchassent /a.mɑ̃.ʃas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	amanche /a.mɑ̃ʃ/	—	amanchons /a.mɑ̃.ʃɔ̃/	amanchez /a.mɑ̃.ʃe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + 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).