damager
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Etymology
Verb
damager
Conjugation
- This verb is part of an group of -er verbs, for which ‘g’ is softened to a ‘j’ before the vowels ‘a’ and ‘o’ to keep the /dʒ/ sound in tact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of damager (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | damager | avoir damagé, damagez | |||||
| gerund | en damajant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | damajant | ||||||
| past participle | damagé, damagez | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jeo, jou | tu | il | nos, nous | vos, vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | damage | damages | damage | damajons | damagez, damagés | damagent |
| imperfect | damajoe, damageie, damajoie | damajoes, damageies, damajoies | damajot, damageit, damajoit | damagions, damagiions | damagiez, damagiiez | damajoent, damagient, damajoient | |
| past historic | damaja | damajas | damaja | damajames | damajastes | damagerent | |
| future | damagerai | damageras | damagera | damagerons | damagerez, damagereiz | damageront | |
| conditional | damageroe, damagereie, damageroie | damageroes, damagereied, damageroied | damagerot, damagereie, damageroie | damagerions, damageriions | damageriez, damageriiez | damageroent, damagereient, damageroient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jeo, jou | que tu | qu’il | que nos, nous | que vos, vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | damage | damages | damage | damajons | damagez | damagent |
| imperfect | damajasse | damajasses | damajast | damagissons | damagissez, damagissiez | damajassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos, nous | vos, vous | – | |
| — | damage | — | damajons | damagez | — | ||
Descendants
- English: to damage