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ronger
ronger
French
Verb
ronger
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Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written ronge- 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 ronger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | ronger | avoir rongé | |||||
| gerund | en rongeant | en ayant rongé | |||||
| present participle | rongeant /ʁɔ̃.ʒɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | rongé /ʁɔ̃.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 | ronge /ʁɔ̃ʒ/ |
ronges /ʁɔ̃ʒ/ |
ronge /ʁɔ̃ʒ/ |
rongeons /ʁɔ̃.ʒɔ̃/ |
rongez /ʁɔ̃.ʒe/ |
rongent /ʁɔ̃ʒ/ |
| imperfect | rongeais /ʁɔ̃.ʒɛ/ |
rongeais /ʁɔ̃.ʒɛ/ |
rongeait /ʁɔ̃.ʒɛ/ |
rongions /ʁɔ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ |
rongiez /ʁɔ̃.ʒje/ |
rongeaient /ʁɔ̃.ʒɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | rongeai /ʁɔ̃.ʒe/ |
rongeas /ʁɔ̃.ʒa/ |
rongea /ʁɔ̃.ʒa/ |
rongeâmes /ʁɔ̃.ʒam/ |
rongeâtes /ʁɔ̃.ʒat/ |
rongèrent /ʁɔ̃.ʒɛʁ/ |
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| future | rongerai /ʁɔ̃ʒ.ʁe/ |
rongeras /ʁɔ̃ʒ.ʁa/ |
rongera /ʁɔ̃ʒ.ʁa/ |
rongerons /ʁɔ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
rongerez /ʁɔ̃ʒ.ʁe/ |
rongeront /ʁɔ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | rongerais /ʁɔ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
rongerais /ʁɔ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
rongerait /ʁɔ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
rongerions /ʁɔ̃.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
rongeriez /ʁɔ̃.ʒə.ʁje/ |
rongeraient /ʁɔ̃ʒ.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 | ronge /ʁɔ̃ʒ/ |
ronges /ʁɔ̃ʒ/ |
ronge /ʁɔ̃ʒ/ |
rongions /ʁɔ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ |
rongiez /ʁɔ̃.ʒje/ |
rongent /ʁɔ̃ʒ/ |
| imperfect1 |
rongeasse /ʁɔ̃.ʒas/ |
rongeasses /ʁɔ̃.ʒas/ |
rongeât /ʁɔ̃.ʒa/ |
rongeassions /ʁɔ̃.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
rongeassiez /ʁɔ̃.ʒa.sje/ |
rongeassent /ʁɔ̃.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 | – | |
| — | ronge /ʁɔ̃ʒ/ |
— | rongeons /ʁɔ̃.ʒɔ̃/ |
rongez /ʁɔ̃.ʒe/ |
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