exiger

French

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ɛɡ.zi.ʒe/, X-SAMPA: /Eg.zi.Ze/

Verb

exiger

1. to demand

Derived terms

• exigence

Conjugation

• This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written exige- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /ʒ/ and not a “hard” /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

   Conjugation of exiger (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		exiger			avoir exigé
gerund		en exigeant			en ayant exigé
present participle		exigeant
past participle		exigé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	exige	exiges	exige	exigeons	exigez	exigent
	imperfect	exigeais	exigeais	exigeait	exigions	exigiez	exigeaient
	past historic1	exigeai	exigeas	exigea	exigeâmes	exigeâtes	exigèrent
	future	exigerai	exigeras	exigera	exigerons	exigerez	exigeront
	conditional	exigerais	exigerais	exigerait	exigerions	exigeriez	exigeraient
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 anterior1	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 je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	exige	exiges	exige	exigions	exigiez	exigent
	imperfect1	exigeasse	exigeasses	exigeât	exigeassions	exigeassiez	exigeassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	exige	—	exigeons	exigez	—
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