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bouger
bouger
French
Verb
bouger
- to move
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written bouge- 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 bouger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | bouger | avoir bougé | |||||
| gerund | en bougeant | en ayant bougé | |||||
| present participle | bougeant /bu.ʒɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | bougé /bu.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 | bouge /buʒ/ |
bouges /buʒ/ |
bouge /buʒ/ |
bougeons /bu.ʒɔ̃/ |
bougez /bu.ʒe/ |
bougent /buʒ/ |
| imperfect | bougeais /bu.ʒɛ/ |
bougeais /bu.ʒɛ/ |
bougeait /bu.ʒɛ/ |
bougions /bu.ʒjɔ̃/ |
bougiez /bu.ʒje/ |
bougeaient /bu.ʒɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | bougeai /bu.ʒe/ |
bougeas /bu.ʒa/ |
bougea /bu.ʒa/ |
bougeâmes /bu.ʒam/ |
bougeâtes /bu.ʒat/ |
bougèrent /bu.ʒɛʁ/ |
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| future | bougerai /buʒ.ʁe/ |
bougeras /buʒ.ʁa/ |
bougera /buʒ.ʁa/ |
bougerons /buʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
bougerez /buʒ.ʁe/ |
bougeront /buʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | bougerais /buʒ.ʁɛ/ |
bougerais /buʒ.ʁɛ/ |
bougerait /buʒ.ʁɛ/ |
bougerions /bu.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
bougeriez /bu.ʒə.ʁje/ |
bougeraient /buʒ.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 | bouge /buʒ/ |
bouges /buʒ/ |
bouge /buʒ/ |
bougions /bu.ʒjɔ̃/ |
bougiez /bu.ʒje/ |
bougent /buʒ/ |
| imperfect1 |
bougeasse /bu.ʒas/ |
bougeasses /bu.ʒas/ |
bougeât /bu.ʒa/ |
bougeassions /bu.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
bougeassiez /bu.ʒa.sje/ |
bougeassent /bu.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 | – | |
| — | bouge /buʒ/ |
— | bougeons /bu.ʒɔ̃/ |
bougez /bu.ʒe/ |
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