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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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