paysager
French
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editpaysager (feminine paysagère, masculine plural paysagers, feminine plural paysagères)
Derived terms
editVerb
editpaysager
- to do landscaping; to landscape
Conjugation
editThis is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written paysage- 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 paysager (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | paysager | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | paysageant /pɛ.i.za.ʒɑ̃/ or /pe.i.za.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | paysagé /pɛ.i.za.ʒe/ or /pe.i.za.ʒe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | paysage /pɛ.i.zaʒ/ or /pe.i.zaʒ/ |
paysages /pɛ.i.zaʒ/ or /pe.i.zaʒ/ |
paysage /pɛ.i.zaʒ/ or /pe.i.zaʒ/ |
paysageons /pɛ.i.za.ʒɔ̃/ or /pe.i.za.ʒɔ̃/ |
paysagez /pɛ.i.za.ʒe/ or /pe.i.za.ʒe/ |
paysagent /pɛ.i.zaʒ/ or /pe.i.zaʒ/ |
imperfect | paysageais /pɛ.i.za.ʒɛ/ or /pe.i.za.ʒɛ/ |
paysageais /pɛ.i.za.ʒɛ/ or /pe.i.za.ʒɛ/ |
paysageait /pɛ.i.za.ʒɛ/ or /pe.i.za.ʒɛ/ |
paysagions /pɛ.i.za.ʒjɔ̃/ or /pe.i.za.ʒjɔ̃/ |
paysagiez /pɛ.i.za.ʒje/ or /pe.i.za.ʒje/ |
paysageaient /pɛ.i.za.ʒɛ/ or /pe.i.za.ʒɛ/ | |
past historic2 | paysageai /pɛ.i.za.ʒe/ or /pe.i.za.ʒe/ |
paysageas /pɛ.i.za.ʒa/ or /pe.i.za.ʒa/ |
paysagea /pɛ.i.za.ʒa/ or /pe.i.za.ʒa/ |
paysageâmes /pɛ.i.za.ʒam/ or /pe.i.za.ʒam/ |
paysageâtes /pɛ.i.za.ʒat/ or /pe.i.za.ʒat/ |
paysagèrent /pɛ.i.za.ʒɛʁ/ or /pe.i.za.ʒɛʁ/ | |
future | paysagerai /pɛ.i.zaʒ.ʁe/ or /pe.i.zaʒ.ʁe/ |
paysageras /pɛ.i.zaʒ.ʁa/ or /pe.i.zaʒ.ʁa/ |
paysagera /pɛ.i.zaʒ.ʁa/ or /pe.i.zaʒ.ʁa/ |
paysagerons /pɛ.i.zaʒ.ʁɔ̃/ or /pe.i.zaʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
paysagerez /pɛ.i.zaʒ.ʁe/ or /pe.i.zaʒ.ʁe/ |
paysageront /pɛ.i.zaʒ.ʁɔ̃/ or /pe.i.zaʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | paysagerais /pɛ.i.zaʒ.ʁɛ/ or /pe.i.zaʒ.ʁɛ/ |
paysagerais /pɛ.i.zaʒ.ʁɛ/ or /pe.i.zaʒ.ʁɛ/ |
paysagerait /pɛ.i.zaʒ.ʁɛ/ or /pe.i.zaʒ.ʁɛ/ |
paysagerions /pɛ.i.za.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /pe.i.za.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
paysageriez /pɛ.i.za.ʒə.ʁje/ or /pe.i.za.ʒə.ʁje/ |
paysageraient /pɛ.i.zaʒ.ʁɛ/ or /pe.i.zaʒ.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 | paysage /pɛ.i.zaʒ/ or /pe.i.zaʒ/ |
paysages /pɛ.i.zaʒ/ or /pe.i.zaʒ/ |
paysage /pɛ.i.zaʒ/ or /pe.i.zaʒ/ |
paysagions /pɛ.i.za.ʒjɔ̃/ or /pe.i.za.ʒjɔ̃/ |
paysagiez /pɛ.i.za.ʒje/ or /pe.i.za.ʒje/ |
paysagent /pɛ.i.zaʒ/ or /pe.i.zaʒ/ |
imperfect2 | paysageasse /pɛ.i.za.ʒas/ or /pe.i.za.ʒas/ |
paysageasses /pɛ.i.za.ʒas/ or /pe.i.za.ʒas/ |
paysageât /pɛ.i.za.ʒa/ or /pe.i.za.ʒa/ |
paysageassions /pɛ.i.za.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ or /pe.i.za.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
paysageassiez /pɛ.i.za.ʒa.sje/ or /pe.i.za.ʒa.sje/ |
paysageassent /pɛ.i.za.ʒas/ or /pe.i.za.ʒas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | paysage /pɛ.i.zaʒ/ or /pe.i.zaʒ/ |
— | paysageons /pɛ.i.za.ʒɔ̃/ or /pe.i.za.ʒɔ̃/ |
paysagez /pɛ.i.za.ʒe/ or /pe.i.za.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). |
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “paysager”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.