allonger
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French edit
Etymology edit
Most likely from a- + long + -er, or possibly from a Vulgar Latin root *allongāre, from ad + Late Latin longāre, from Latin longus.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
allonger
- (transitive) to lay down
- (transitive) to lengthen, to make longer, to extend
- (transitive) to extend out, to stretch
- (intransitive, of days) to lengthen
- (reflexive) to grow, to get longer
- (reflexive) to stretch out
- (reflexive) to lie, to lie down
Conjugation edit
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written allonge- 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 allonger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | allonger | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | allongeant /a.lɔ̃.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | allongé /a.lɔ̃.ʒe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | allonge /a.lɔ̃ʒ/ |
allonges /a.lɔ̃ʒ/ |
allonge /a.lɔ̃ʒ/ |
allongeons /a.lɔ̃.ʒɔ̃/ |
allongez /a.lɔ̃.ʒe/ |
allongent /a.lɔ̃ʒ/ |
| imperfect | allongeais /a.lɔ̃.ʒɛ/ |
allongeais /a.lɔ̃.ʒɛ/ |
allongeait /a.lɔ̃.ʒɛ/ |
allongions /a.lɔ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ |
allongiez /a.lɔ̃.ʒje/ |
allongeaient /a.lɔ̃.ʒɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | allongeai /a.lɔ̃.ʒe/ |
allongeas /a.lɔ̃.ʒa/ |
allongea /a.lɔ̃.ʒa/ |
allongeâmes /a.lɔ̃.ʒam/ |
allongeâtes /a.lɔ̃.ʒat/ |
allongèrent /a.lɔ̃.ʒɛʁ/ | |
| future | allongerai /a.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁe/ |
allongeras /a.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁa/ |
allongera /a.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁa/ |
allongerons /a.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
allongerez /a.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁe/ |
allongeront /a.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | allongerais /a.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
allongerais /a.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
allongerait /a.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
allongerions /a.lɔ̃.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
allongeriez /a.lɔ̃.ʒə.ʁje/ |
allongeraient /a.lɔ̃ʒ.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 | allonge /a.lɔ̃ʒ/ |
allonges /a.lɔ̃ʒ/ |
allonge /a.lɔ̃ʒ/ |
allongions /a.lɔ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ |
allongiez /a.lɔ̃.ʒje/ |
allongent /a.lɔ̃ʒ/ |
| imperfect2 | allongeasse /a.lɔ̃.ʒas/ |
allongeasses /a.lɔ̃.ʒas/ |
allongeât /a.lɔ̃.ʒa/ |
allongeassions /a.lɔ̃.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
allongeassiez /a.lɔ̃.ʒa.sje/ |
allongeassent /a.lɔ̃.ʒas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | allonge /a.lɔ̃ʒ/ |
— | allongeons /a.lɔ̃.ʒɔ̃/ |
allongez /a.lɔ̃.ʒe/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
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Further reading edit
- “allonger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.