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envisager
envisager
French
Verb
envisager
- to envisage; to contemplate.
- J'envisage de partir demain matin
- I intend to leave tomorrow morning
- J'envisage de partir demain matin
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written envisage- 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 envisager (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | envisager | avoir envisagé | |||||
| gerund | en envisageant | en ayant envisagé | |||||
| present participle | envisageant /ɑ̃.vi.za.ʒɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | envisagé /ɑ̃.vi.za.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 | envisage /ɑ̃.vi.zaʒ/ |
envisages /ɑ̃.vi.zaʒ/ |
envisage /ɑ̃.vi.zaʒ/ |
envisageons /ɑ̃.vi.za.ʒɔ̃/ |
envisagez /ɑ̃.vi.za.ʒe/ |
envisagent /ɑ̃.vi.zaʒ/ |
| imperfect | envisageais /ɑ̃.vi.za.ʒɛ/ |
envisageais /ɑ̃.vi.za.ʒɛ/ |
envisageait /ɑ̃.vi.za.ʒɛ/ |
envisagions /ɑ̃.vi.za.ʒjɔ̃/ |
envisagiez /ɑ̃.vi.za.ʒje/ |
envisageaient /ɑ̃.vi.za.ʒɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | envisageai /ɑ̃.vi.za.ʒe/ |
envisageas /ɑ̃.vi.za.ʒa/ |
envisagea /ɑ̃.vi.za.ʒa/ |
envisageâmes /ɑ̃.vi.za.ʒam/ |
envisageâtes /ɑ̃.vi.za.ʒat/ |
envisagèrent /ɑ̃.vi.za.ʒɛʁ/ |
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| future | envisagerai /ɑ̃.vi.zaʒ.ʁe/ |
envisageras /ɑ̃.vi.zaʒ.ʁa/ |
envisagera /ɑ̃.vi.zaʒ.ʁa/ |
envisagerons /ɑ̃.vi.zaʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
envisagerez /ɑ̃.vi.zaʒ.ʁe/ |
envisageront /ɑ̃.vi.zaʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | envisagerais /ɑ̃.vi.zaʒ.ʁɛ/ |
envisagerais /ɑ̃.vi.zaʒ.ʁɛ/ |
envisagerait /ɑ̃.vi.zaʒ.ʁɛ/ |
envisagerions /ɑ̃.vi.za.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
envisageriez /ɑ̃.vi.za.ʒə.ʁje/ |
envisageraient /ɑ̃.vi.zaʒ.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 | envisage /ɑ̃.vi.zaʒ/ |
envisages /ɑ̃.vi.zaʒ/ |
envisage /ɑ̃.vi.zaʒ/ |
envisagions /ɑ̃.vi.za.ʒjɔ̃/ |
envisagiez /ɑ̃.vi.za.ʒje/ |
envisagent /ɑ̃.vi.zaʒ/ |
| imperfect1 |
envisageasse /ɑ̃.vi.za.ʒas/ |
envisageasses /ɑ̃.vi.za.ʒas/ |
envisageât /ɑ̃.vi.za.ʒa/ |
envisageassions /ɑ̃.vi.za.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
envisageassiez /ɑ̃.vi.za.ʒa.sje/ |
envisageassent /ɑ̃.vi.za.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 | – | |
| — | envisage /ɑ̃.vi.zaʒ/ |
— | envisageons /ɑ̃.vi.za.ʒɔ̃/ |
envisagez /ɑ̃.vi.za.ʒe/ |
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