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entre-manger
entre-manger
French
Verb
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written entre-mange- 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 entre-manger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | entre-manger | avoir entre-mangé | |||||
| gerund | en entre-mangeant | en ayant entre-mangé | |||||
| present participle | entre-mangeant /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | entre-mangé /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | entre-mange /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃ʒ/ |
entre-manges /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃ʒ/ |
entre-mange /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃ʒ/ |
entre-mangeons /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/ |
entre-mangez /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒe/ |
entre-mangent /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃ʒ/ |
| imperfect | entre-mangeais /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒɛ/ |
entre-mangeais /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒɛ/ |
entre-mangeait /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒɛ/ |
entre-mangions /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ |
entre-mangiez /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒje/ |
entre-mangeaient /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | entre-mangeai /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒe/ |
entre-mangeas /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒa/ |
entre-mangea /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒa/ |
entre-mangeâmes /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒam/ |
entre-mangeâtes /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒat/ |
entre-mangèrent /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒɛʁ/ |
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| future | entre-mangerai /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/ |
entre-mangeras /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/ |
entre-mangera /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/ |
entre-mangerons /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
entre-mangerez /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/ |
entre-mangeront /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | entre-mangerais /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
entre-mangerais /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
entre-mangerait /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
entre-mangerions /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
entre-mangeriez /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒə.ʁje/ |
entre-mangeraient /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
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| 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 | entre-mange /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃ʒ/ |
entre-manges /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃ʒ/ |
entre-mange /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃ʒ/ |
entre-mangions /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ |
entre-mangiez /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒje/ |
entre-mangent /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃ʒ/ |
| imperfect1 |
entre-mangeasse /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒas/ |
entre-mangeasses /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒas/ |
entre-mangeât /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒa/ |
entre-mangeassions /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
entre-mangeassiez /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒa.sje/ |
entre-mangeassent /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | entre-mange /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃ʒ/ |
— | entre-mangeons /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/ |
entre-mangez /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒe/ |
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