ensauvager
French
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Verb
editensauvager
- to make wild
Conjugation
editThis is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written ensauvage- 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 ensauvager (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | ensauvager | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | ensauvageant /ɑ̃.so.va.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | ensauvagé /ɑ̃.so.va.ʒe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | ensauvage /ɑ̃.so.vaʒ/ |
ensauvages /ɑ̃.so.vaʒ/ |
ensauvage /ɑ̃.so.vaʒ/ |
ensauvageons /ɑ̃.so.va.ʒɔ̃/ |
ensauvagez /ɑ̃.so.va.ʒe/ |
ensauvagent /ɑ̃.so.vaʒ/ |
imperfect | ensauvageais /ɑ̃.so.va.ʒɛ/ |
ensauvageais /ɑ̃.so.va.ʒɛ/ |
ensauvageait /ɑ̃.so.va.ʒɛ/ |
ensauvagions /ɑ̃.so.va.ʒjɔ̃/ |
ensauvagiez /ɑ̃.so.va.ʒje/ |
ensauvageaient /ɑ̃.so.va.ʒɛ/ | |
past historic2 | ensauvageai /ɑ̃.so.va.ʒe/ |
ensauvageas /ɑ̃.so.va.ʒa/ |
ensauvagea /ɑ̃.so.va.ʒa/ |
ensauvageâmes /ɑ̃.so.va.ʒam/ |
ensauvageâtes /ɑ̃.so.va.ʒat/ |
ensauvagèrent /ɑ̃.so.va.ʒɛʁ/ | |
future | ensauvagerai /ɑ̃.so.vaʒ.ʁe/ |
ensauvageras /ɑ̃.so.vaʒ.ʁa/ |
ensauvagera /ɑ̃.so.vaʒ.ʁa/ |
ensauvagerons /ɑ̃.so.vaʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
ensauvagerez /ɑ̃.so.vaʒ.ʁe/ |
ensauvageront /ɑ̃.so.vaʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | ensauvagerais /ɑ̃.so.vaʒ.ʁɛ/ |
ensauvagerais /ɑ̃.so.vaʒ.ʁɛ/ |
ensauvagerait /ɑ̃.so.vaʒ.ʁɛ/ |
ensauvagerions /ɑ̃.so.va.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ensauvageriez /ɑ̃.so.va.ʒə.ʁje/ |
ensauvageraient /ɑ̃.so.vaʒ.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 | ensauvage /ɑ̃.so.vaʒ/ |
ensauvages /ɑ̃.so.vaʒ/ |
ensauvage /ɑ̃.so.vaʒ/ |
ensauvagions /ɑ̃.so.va.ʒjɔ̃/ |
ensauvagiez /ɑ̃.so.va.ʒje/ |
ensauvagent /ɑ̃.so.vaʒ/ |
imperfect2 | ensauvageasse /ɑ̃.so.va.ʒas/ |
ensauvageasses /ɑ̃.so.va.ʒas/ |
ensauvageât /ɑ̃.so.va.ʒa/ |
ensauvageassions /ɑ̃.so.va.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
ensauvageassiez /ɑ̃.so.va.ʒa.sje/ |
ensauvageassent /ɑ̃.so.va.ʒas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | ensauvage /ɑ̃.so.vaʒ/ |
— | ensauvageons /ɑ̃.so.va.ʒɔ̃/ |
ensauvagez /ɑ̃.so.va.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). |
Further reading
edit- “ensauvager”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.