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exiger
exiger
French
Verb
exiger
- to demand
Derived terms
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written exige- 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 exiger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | exiger | avoir exigé | |||||
| gerund | en exigeant | en ayant exigé | |||||
| present participle | exigeant /ɛɡ.zi.ʒɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | exigé /ɛɡ.zi.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 | exige /ɛɡ.ziʒ/ |
exiges /ɛɡ.ziʒ/ |
exige /ɛɡ.ziʒ/ |
exigeons /ɛɡ.zi.ʒɔ̃/ |
exigez /ɛɡ.zi.ʒe/ |
exigent /ɛɡ.ziʒ/ |
| imperfect | exigeais /ɛɡ.zi.ʒɛ/ |
exigeais /ɛɡ.zi.ʒɛ/ |
exigeait /ɛɡ.zi.ʒɛ/ |
exigions /ɛɡ.zi.ʒjɔ̃/ |
exigiez /ɛɡ.zi.ʒje/ |
exigeaient /ɛɡ.zi.ʒɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | exigeai /ɛɡ.zi.ʒe/ |
exigeas /ɛɡ.zi.ʒa/ |
exigea /ɛɡ.zi.ʒa/ |
exigeâmes /ɛɡ.zi.ʒam/ |
exigeâtes /ɛɡ.zi.ʒat/ |
exigèrent /ɛɡ.zi.ʒɛʁ/ |
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| future | exigerai /ɛɡ.ziʒ.ʁe/ |
exigeras /ɛɡ.ziʒ.ʁa/ |
exigera /ɛɡ.ziʒ.ʁa/ |
exigerons /ɛɡ.ziʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
exigerez /ɛɡ.ziʒ.ʁe/ |
exigeront /ɛɡ.ziʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | exigerais /ɛɡ.ziʒ.ʁɛ/ |
exigerais /ɛɡ.ziʒ.ʁɛ/ |
exigerait /ɛɡ.ziʒ.ʁɛ/ |
exigerions /ɛɡ.zi.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
exigeriez /ɛɡ.zi.ʒə.ʁje/ |
exigeraient /ɛɡ.ziʒ.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 | exige /ɛɡ.ziʒ/ |
exiges /ɛɡ.ziʒ/ |
exige /ɛɡ.ziʒ/ |
exigions /ɛɡ.zi.ʒjɔ̃/ |
exigiez /ɛɡ.zi.ʒje/ |
exigent /ɛɡ.ziʒ/ |
| imperfect1 |
exigeasse /ɛɡ.zi.ʒas/ |
exigeasses /ɛɡ.zi.ʒas/ |
exigeât /ɛɡ.zi.ʒa/ |
exigeassions /ɛɡ.zi.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
exigeassiez /ɛɡ.zi.ʒa.sje/ |
exigeassent /ɛɡ.zi.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 | – | |
| — | exige /ɛɡ.ziʒ/ |
— | exigeons /ɛɡ.zi.ʒɔ̃/ |
exigez /ɛɡ.zi.ʒe/ |
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