propager
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propager
Conjugation edit
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written propage- 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 propager (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | propager | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | propageant /pʁɔ.pa.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | propagé /pʁɔ.pa.ʒe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | propage /pʁɔ.paʒ/ |
propages /pʁɔ.paʒ/ |
propage /pʁɔ.paʒ/ |
propageons /pʁɔ.pa.ʒɔ̃/ |
propagez /pʁɔ.pa.ʒe/ |
propagent /pʁɔ.paʒ/ |
| imperfect | propageais /pʁɔ.pa.ʒɛ/ |
propageais /pʁɔ.pa.ʒɛ/ |
propageait /pʁɔ.pa.ʒɛ/ |
propagions /pʁɔ.pa.ʒjɔ̃/ |
propagiez /pʁɔ.pa.ʒje/ |
propageaient /pʁɔ.pa.ʒɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | propageai /pʁɔ.pa.ʒe/ |
propageas /pʁɔ.pa.ʒa/ |
propagea /pʁɔ.pa.ʒa/ |
propageâmes /pʁɔ.pa.ʒam/ |
propageâtes /pʁɔ.pa.ʒat/ |
propagèrent /pʁɔ.pa.ʒɛʁ/ | |
| future | propagerai /pʁɔ.paʒ.ʁe/ |
propageras /pʁɔ.paʒ.ʁa/ |
propagera /pʁɔ.paʒ.ʁa/ |
propagerons /pʁɔ.paʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
propagerez /pʁɔ.paʒ.ʁe/ |
propageront /pʁɔ.paʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | propagerais /pʁɔ.paʒ.ʁɛ/ |
propagerais /pʁɔ.paʒ.ʁɛ/ |
propagerait /pʁɔ.paʒ.ʁɛ/ |
propagerions /pʁɔ.pa.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
propageriez /pʁɔ.pa.ʒə.ʁje/ |
propageraient /pʁɔ.paʒ.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 | propage /pʁɔ.paʒ/ |
propages /pʁɔ.paʒ/ |
propage /pʁɔ.paʒ/ |
propagions /pʁɔ.pa.ʒjɔ̃/ |
propagiez /pʁɔ.pa.ʒje/ |
propagent /pʁɔ.paʒ/ |
| imperfect2 | propageasse /pʁɔ.pa.ʒas/ |
propageasses /pʁɔ.pa.ʒas/ |
propageât /pʁɔ.pa.ʒa/ |
propageassions /pʁɔ.pa.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
propageassiez /pʁɔ.pa.ʒa.sje/ |
propageassent /pʁɔ.pa.ʒas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | propage /pʁɔ.paʒ/ |
— | propageons /pʁɔ.pa.ʒɔ̃/ |
propagez /pʁɔ.pa.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). | |||||||
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “propager”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Verb edit
prōpāger