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échanger
échanger
French
Verb
échanger
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Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written échange- 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 échanger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | échanger | avoir échangé | |||||
| gerund | en échangeant | en ayant échangé | |||||
| present participle | échangeant /e.ʃɑ̃.ʒɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | échangé /e.ʃɑ̃.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 | échange /e.ʃɑ̃ʒ/ |
échanges /e.ʃɑ̃ʒ/ |
échange /e.ʃɑ̃ʒ/ |
échangeons /e.ʃɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/ |
échangez /e.ʃɑ̃.ʒe/ |
échangent /e.ʃɑ̃ʒ/ |
| imperfect | échangeais /e.ʃɑ̃.ʒɛ/ |
échangeais /e.ʃɑ̃.ʒɛ/ |
échangeait /e.ʃɑ̃.ʒɛ/ |
échangions /e.ʃɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ |
échangiez /e.ʃɑ̃.ʒje/ |
échangeaient /e.ʃɑ̃.ʒɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | échangeai /e.ʃɑ̃.ʒe/ |
échangeas /e.ʃɑ̃.ʒa/ |
échangea /e.ʃɑ̃.ʒa/ |
échangeâmes /e.ʃɑ̃.ʒam/ |
échangeâtes /e.ʃɑ̃.ʒat/ |
échangèrent /e.ʃɑ̃.ʒɛʁ/ |
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| future | échangerai /e.ʃɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/ |
échangeras /e.ʃɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/ |
échangera /e.ʃɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/ |
échangerons /e.ʃɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
échangerez /e.ʃɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/ |
échangeront /e.ʃɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | échangerais /e.ʃɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
échangerais /e.ʃɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
échangerait /e.ʃɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
échangerions /e.ʃɑ̃.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
échangeriez /e.ʃɑ̃.ʒə.ʁje/ |
échangeraient /e.ʃɑ̃ʒ.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 | échange /e.ʃɑ̃ʒ/ |
échanges /e.ʃɑ̃ʒ/ |
échange /e.ʃɑ̃ʒ/ |
échangions /e.ʃɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ |
échangiez /e.ʃɑ̃.ʒje/ |
échangent /e.ʃɑ̃ʒ/ |
| imperfect1 |
échangeasse /e.ʃɑ̃.ʒas/ |
échangeasses /e.ʃɑ̃.ʒas/ |
échangeât /e.ʃɑ̃.ʒa/ |
échangeassions /e.ʃɑ̃.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
échangeassiez /e.ʃɑ̃.ʒa.sje/ |
échangeassent /e.ʃɑ̃.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 | – | |
| — | échange /e.ʃɑ̃ʒ/ |
— | échangeons /e.ʃɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/ |
échangez /e.ʃɑ̃.ʒe/ |
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