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diverger
diverger
French
Verb
diverger
- to diverge
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written diverge- 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 diverger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | diverger | avoir divergé | |||||
| gerund | en divergeant | en ayant divergé | |||||
| present participle | divergeant /di.vɛʁ.ʒɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | divergé /di.vɛʁ.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 | diverge /di.vɛʁʒ/ |
diverges /di.vɛʁʒ/ |
diverge /di.vɛʁʒ/ |
divergeons /di.vɛʁ.ʒɔ̃/ |
divergez /di.vɛʁ.ʒe/ |
divergent /di.vɛʁʒ/ |
| imperfect | divergeais /di.vɛʁ.ʒɛ/ |
divergeais /di.vɛʁ.ʒɛ/ |
divergeait /di.vɛʁ.ʒɛ/ |
divergions /di.vɛʁ.ʒjɔ̃/ |
divergiez /di.vɛʁ.ʒje/ |
divergeaient /di.vɛʁ.ʒɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | divergeai /di.vɛʁ.ʒe/ |
divergeas /di.vɛʁ.ʒa/ |
divergea /di.vɛʁ.ʒa/ |
divergeâmes /di.vɛʁ.ʒam/ |
divergeâtes /di.vɛʁ.ʒat/ |
divergèrent /di.vɛʁ.ʒɛʁ/ |
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| future | divergerai /di.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁe/ |
divergeras /di.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁa/ |
divergera /di.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁa/ |
divergerons /di.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/ |
divergerez /di.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁe/ |
divergeront /di.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | divergerais /di.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ |
divergerais /di.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ |
divergerait /di.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ |
divergerions /di.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
divergeriez /di.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁje/ |
divergeraient /di.vɛʁ.ʒə.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 | diverge /di.vɛʁʒ/ |
diverges /di.vɛʁʒ/ |
diverge /di.vɛʁʒ/ |
divergions /di.vɛʁ.ʒjɔ̃/ |
divergiez /di.vɛʁ.ʒje/ |
divergent /di.vɛʁʒ/ |
| imperfect1 |
divergeasse /di.vɛʁ.ʒas/ |
divergeasses /di.vɛʁ.ʒas/ |
divergeât /di.vɛʁ.ʒa/ |
divergeassions /di.vɛʁ.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
divergeassiez /di.vɛʁ.ʒa.sje/ |
divergeassent /di.vɛʁ.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 | – | |
| — | diverge /di.vɛʁʒ/ |
— | divergeons /di.vɛʁ.ʒɔ̃/ |
divergez /di.vɛʁ.ʒe/ |
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