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naufrager
naufrager
French
Verb
naufrager
- (archaic, intransitive, of a vessel) to sink, go down
- (intransitive, of a person) to be on a sinking vessel, go down
- (intransitive, figuratively) to be on a sinking ship
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written naufrage- 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 naufrager (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | naufrager | avoir naufragé | |||||
| gerund | en naufrageant | en ayant naufragé | |||||
| present participle | naufrageant /no.fʁa.ʒɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | naufragé /no.fʁa.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 | naufrage /no.fʁaʒ/ |
naufrages /no.fʁaʒ/ |
naufrage /no.fʁaʒ/ |
naufrageons /no.fʁa.ʒɔ̃/ |
naufragez /no.fʁa.ʒe/ |
naufragent /no.fʁaʒ/ |
| imperfect | naufrageais /no.fʁa.ʒɛ/ |
naufrageais /no.fʁa.ʒɛ/ |
naufrageait /no.fʁa.ʒɛ/ |
naufragions /no.fʁa.ʒjɔ̃/ |
naufragiez /no.fʁa.ʒje/ |
naufrageaient /no.fʁa.ʒɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | naufrageai /no.fʁa.ʒe/ |
naufrageas /no.fʁa.ʒa/ |
naufragea /no.fʁa.ʒa/ |
naufrageâmes /no.fʁa.ʒam/ |
naufrageâtes /no.fʁa.ʒat/ |
naufragèrent /no.fʁa.ʒɛʁ/ |
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| future | naufragerai /no.fʁaʒ.ʁe/ |
naufrageras /no.fʁaʒ.ʁa/ |
naufragera /no.fʁaʒ.ʁa/ |
naufragerons /no.fʁaʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
naufragerez /no.fʁaʒ.ʁe/ |
naufrageront /no.fʁaʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | naufragerais /no.fʁaʒ.ʁɛ/ |
naufragerais /no.fʁaʒ.ʁɛ/ |
naufragerait /no.fʁaʒ.ʁɛ/ |
naufragerions /no.fʁa.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
naufrageriez /no.fʁa.ʒə.ʁje/ |
naufrageraient /no.fʁaʒ.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 | naufrage /no.fʁaʒ/ |
naufrages /no.fʁaʒ/ |
naufrage /no.fʁaʒ/ |
naufragions /no.fʁa.ʒjɔ̃/ |
naufragiez /no.fʁa.ʒje/ |
naufragent /no.fʁaʒ/ |
| imperfect1 |
naufrageasse /no.fʁa.ʒas/ |
naufrageasses /no.fʁa.ʒas/ |
naufrageât /no.fʁa.ʒa/ |
naufrageassions /no.fʁa.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
naufrageassiez /no.fʁa.ʒa.sje/ |
naufrageassent /no.fʁa.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 | – | |
| — | naufrage /no.fʁaʒ/ |
— | naufrageons /no.fʁa.ʒɔ̃/ |
naufragez /no.fʁa.ʒe/ |
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