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ériger
ériger
See also: eriger
French
Verb
ériger
- (transitive) to erect
 
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written érige- 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 ériger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | ériger | avoir érigé | |||||
| gerund | en érigeant | en ayant érigé | |||||
| present participle |  érigeant /e.ʁi.ʒɑ̃/  | 
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| past participle |  érigé /e.ʁi.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 |  érige /e.ʁiʒ/  | 
 ériges /e.ʁiʒ/  | 
 érige /e.ʁiʒ/  | 
 érigeons /e.ʁi.ʒɔ̃/  | 
 érigez /e.ʁi.ʒe/  | 
 érigent /e.ʁiʒ/  | 
| imperfect |  érigeais /e.ʁi.ʒɛ/  | 
 érigeais /e.ʁi.ʒɛ/  | 
 érigeait /e.ʁi.ʒɛ/  | 
 érigions /e.ʁi.ʒjɔ̃/  | 
 érigiez /e.ʁi.ʒje/  | 
 érigeaient /e.ʁi.ʒɛ/  | 
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| past historic1 |  érigeai /e.ʁi.ʒe/  | 
érigeas /e.ʁi.ʒa/  | 
érigea /e.ʁi.ʒa/  | 
érigeâmes /e.ʁi.ʒam/  | 
érigeâtes /e.ʁi.ʒat/  | 
érigèrent /e.ʁi.ʒɛʁ/  | 
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| future |  érigerai /e.ʁiʒ.ʁe/  | 
 érigeras /e.ʁiʒ.ʁa/  | 
 érigera /e.ʁiʒ.ʁa/  | 
 érigerons /e.ʁiʒ.ʁɔ̃/  | 
 érigerez /e.ʁiʒ.ʁe/  | 
 érigeront /e.ʁiʒ.ʁɔ̃/  | 
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| conditional |  érigerais /e.ʁiʒ.ʁɛ/  | 
 érigerais /e.ʁiʒ.ʁɛ/  | 
 érigerait /e.ʁiʒ.ʁɛ/  | 
 érigerions /e.ʁi.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/  | 
 érigeriez /e.ʁi.ʒə.ʁje/  | 
 érigeraient /e.ʁiʒ.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 |  érige /e.ʁiʒ/  | 
 ériges /e.ʁiʒ/  | 
 érige /e.ʁiʒ/  | 
 érigions /e.ʁi.ʒjɔ̃/  | 
 érigiez /e.ʁi.ʒje/  | 
 érigent /e.ʁiʒ/  | 
| imperfect1 | 
érigeasse /e.ʁi.ʒas/  | 
érigeasses /e.ʁi.ʒas/  | 
érigeât /e.ʁi.ʒa/  | 
érigeassions /e.ʁi.ʒa.sjɔ̃/  | 
érigeassiez /e.ʁi.ʒa.sje/  | 
érigeassent /e.ʁi.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 | – | |
| — |  érige /e.ʁiʒ/  | 
— |  érigeons /e.ʁi.ʒɔ̃/  | 
 érigez /e.ʁi.ʒe/  | 
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