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s'allonger
allonger
French
Verb
allonger
- (transitive) to lay down
- (transitive) to lengthen, to make longer, to extend
- (transitive) to extend out, to stretch
- (intransitive, of days) to lengthen
- (reflexive) to grow, to get longer
- (reflexive) to stretch out
- (reflexive) To lie, to lie down
Related terms
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written allonge- 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 allonger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | allonger | avoir allongé | |||||
| gerund | en allongeant | en ayant allongé | |||||
| present participle | allongeant /a.lɔ̃.ʒɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | allongé /a.lɔ̃.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 | allonge /a.lɔ̃ʒ/ |
allonges /a.lɔ̃ʒ/ |
allonge /a.lɔ̃ʒ/ |
allongeons /a.lɔ̃.ʒɔ̃/ |
allongez /a.lɔ̃.ʒe/ |
allongent /a.lɔ̃ʒ/ |
| imperfect | allongeais /a.lɔ̃.ʒɛ/ |
allongeais /a.lɔ̃.ʒɛ/ |
allongeait /a.lɔ̃.ʒɛ/ |
allongions /a.lɔ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ |
allongiez /a.lɔ̃.ʒje/ |
allongeaient /a.lɔ̃.ʒɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | allongeai /a.lɔ̃.ʒe/ |
allongeas /a.lɔ̃.ʒa/ |
allongea /a.lɔ̃.ʒa/ |
allongeâmes /a.lɔ̃.ʒam/ |
allongeâtes /a.lɔ̃.ʒat/ |
allongèrent /a.lɔ̃.ʒɛʁ/ |
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| future | allongerai /a.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁe/ |
allongeras /a.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁa/ |
allongera /a.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁa/ |
allongerons /a.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
allongerez /a.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁe/ |
allongeront /a.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | allongerais /a.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
allongerais /a.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
allongerait /a.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
allongerions /a.lɔ̃.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
allongeriez /a.lɔ̃.ʒə.ʁje/ |
allongeraient /a.lɔ̃ʒ.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 | allonge /a.lɔ̃ʒ/ |
allonges /a.lɔ̃ʒ/ |
allonge /a.lɔ̃ʒ/ |
allongions /a.lɔ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ |
allongiez /a.lɔ̃.ʒje/ |
allongent /a.lɔ̃ʒ/ |
| imperfect1 |
allongeasse /a.lɔ̃.ʒas/ |
allongeasses /a.lɔ̃.ʒas/ |
allongeât /a.lɔ̃.ʒa/ |
allongeassions /a.lɔ̃.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
allongeassiez /a.lɔ̃.ʒa.sje/ |
allongeassent /a.lɔ̃.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 | – | |
| — | allonge /a.lɔ̃ʒ/ |
— | allongeons /a.lɔ̃.ʒɔ̃/ |
allongez /a.lɔ̃.ʒe/ |
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