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alléguer
alléguer
See also: alleguer
French
Verb
alléguer
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated like céder. It is a regular -er verb, except that its last stem vowel alternates between /e/ (written ‘é’) and /ɛ/ (written ‘è’), with the latter being used before mute ‘e’. One special case is the future stem, used in the future and the conditional. Before 1990, the future stem of such verbs was written alléguer-, reflecting the historic pronunciation /e/. In 1990, the French Academy recommended that it be written allèguer-, reflecting the now common pronunciation /ɛ/, thereby making this distinction consistent throughout the conjugation (and also matching in this regard the conjugations of verbs like lever and jeter). Both spellings are in use today, and both are therefore given here.
Conjugation of alléguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | alléguer | avoir allégué | |||||
| gerund | en alléguant | en ayant allégué | |||||
| present participle | alléguant /a.le.ɡɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | allégué /a.le.ɡe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | allègue /a.lɛɡ/ |
allègues /a.lɛɡ/ |
allègue /a.lɛɡ/ |
alléguons /a.le.ɡɔ̃/ |
alléguez /a.le.ɡe/ |
allèguent /a.lɛɡ/ |
| imperfect | alléguais /a.le.ɡɛ/ |
alléguais /a.le.ɡɛ/ |
alléguait /a.le.ɡɛ/ |
alléguions /a.le.ɡjɔ̃/ |
alléguiez /a.le.ɡje/ |
alléguaient /a.le.ɡɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | alléguai /a.le.ɡe/ |
alléguas /a.le.ɡa/ |
allégua /a.le.ɡa/ |
alléguâmes /a.le.ɡam/ |
alléguâtes /a.le.ɡat/ |
alléguèrent /a.le.ɡɛʁ/ |
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| future | allèguerai or alléguerai /a.lɛ.ɡʁe/ |
allègueras or allégueras /a.lɛ.ɡʁa/ |
allèguera or alléguera /a.lɛ.ɡʁa/ |
allèguerons or alléguerons /a.lɛ.ɡʁɔ̃/ |
allèguerez or alléguerez /a.lɛ.ɡʁe/ |
allègueront or allégueront /a.lɛ.ɡʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | allèguerais or alléguerais /a.lɛ.ɡʁɛ/ |
allèguerais or alléguerais /a.lɛ.ɡʁɛ/ |
allèguerait or alléguerait /a.lɛ.ɡʁɛ/ |
allèguerions or alléguerions /a.lɛ.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
allègueriez or allégueriez /a.lɛ.ɡə.ʁje/ |
allègueraient or allégueraient /a.lɛ.ɡʁɛ/ |
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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 | allègue /a.lɛɡ/ |
allègues /a.lɛɡ/ |
allègue /a.lɛɡ/ |
alléguions /a.le.ɡjɔ̃/ |
alléguiez /a.le.ɡje/ |
allèguent /a.lɛɡ/ |
| imperfect1 |
alléguasse /a.le.ɡas/ |
alléguasses /a.le.ɡas/ |
alléguât /a.le.ɡa/ |
alléguassions /a.le.ɡa.sjɔ̃/ |
alléguassiez /a.le.ɡa.sje/ |
alléguassent /a.le.ɡas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | allègue /a.lɛɡ/ |
— | alléguons /a.le.ɡɔ̃/ |
alléguez /a.le.ɡe/ |
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