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Boulanger
boulanger
boulanger
See also: Boulanger
French
Noun
boulanger m (plural boulangers, feminine boulangère)
Derived terms
Verb
boulanger
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written boulange- 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 boulanger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | boulanger | avoir boulangé | |||||
| gerund | en boulangeant | en ayant boulangé | |||||
| present participle | boulangeant /bu.lɑ̃.ʒɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | boulangé /bu.lɑ̃.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 | boulange /bu.lɑ̃ʒ/ |
boulanges /bu.lɑ̃ʒ/ |
boulange /bu.lɑ̃ʒ/ |
boulangeons /bu.lɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/ |
boulangez /bu.lɑ̃.ʒe/ |
boulangent /bu.lɑ̃ʒ/ |
| imperfect | boulangeais /bu.lɑ̃.ʒɛ/ |
boulangeais /bu.lɑ̃.ʒɛ/ |
boulangeait /bu.lɑ̃.ʒɛ/ |
boulangions /bu.lɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ |
boulangiez /bu.lɑ̃.ʒje/ |
boulangeaient /bu.lɑ̃.ʒɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | boulangeai /bu.lɑ̃.ʒe/ |
boulangeas /bu.lɑ̃.ʒa/ |
boulangea /bu.lɑ̃.ʒa/ |
boulangeâmes /bu.lɑ̃.ʒam/ |
boulangeâtes /bu.lɑ̃.ʒat/ |
boulangèrent /bu.lɑ̃.ʒɛʁ/ |
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| future | boulangerai /bu.lɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/ |
boulangeras /bu.lɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/ |
boulangera /bu.lɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/ |
boulangerons /bu.lɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
boulangerez /bu.lɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/ |
boulangeront /bu.lɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | boulangerais /bu.lɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
boulangerais /bu.lɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
boulangerait /bu.lɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
boulangerions /bu.lɑ̃.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
boulangeriez /bu.lɑ̃.ʒə.ʁje/ |
boulangeraient /bu.lɑ̃ʒ.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 | boulange /bu.lɑ̃ʒ/ |
boulanges /bu.lɑ̃ʒ/ |
boulange /bu.lɑ̃ʒ/ |
boulangions /bu.lɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ |
boulangiez /bu.lɑ̃.ʒje/ |
boulangent /bu.lɑ̃ʒ/ |
| imperfect1 |
boulangeasse /bu.lɑ̃.ʒas/ |
boulangeasses /bu.lɑ̃.ʒas/ |
boulangeât /bu.lɑ̃.ʒa/ |
boulangeassions /bu.lɑ̃.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
boulangeassiez /bu.lɑ̃.ʒa.sje/ |
boulangeassent /bu.lɑ̃.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 | – | |
| — | boulange /bu.lɑ̃ʒ/ |
— | boulangeons /bu.lɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/ |
boulangez /bu.lɑ̃.ʒe/ |
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