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figer
figer
French
Verb
figer
Derived terms
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written fige- 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 figer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | figer | avoir figé | |||||
| gerund | en figeant | en ayant figé | |||||
| present participle | figeant /fi.ʒɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | figé /fi.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 | fige /fiʒ/ |
figes /fiʒ/ |
fige /fiʒ/ |
figeons /fi.ʒɔ̃/ |
figez /fi.ʒe/ |
figent /fiʒ/ |
| imperfect | figeais /fi.ʒɛ/ |
figeais /fi.ʒɛ/ |
figeait /fi.ʒɛ/ |
figions /fi.ʒjɔ̃/ |
figiez /fi.ʒje/ |
figeaient /fi.ʒɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | figeai /fi.ʒe/ |
figeas /fi.ʒa/ |
figea /fi.ʒa/ |
figeâmes /fi.ʒam/ |
figeâtes /fi.ʒat/ |
figèrent /fi.ʒɛʁ/ |
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| future | figerai /fiʒ.ʁe/ |
figeras /fiʒ.ʁa/ |
figera /fiʒ.ʁa/ |
figerons /fiʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
figerez /fiʒ.ʁe/ |
figeront /fiʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | figerais /fiʒ.ʁɛ/ |
figerais /fiʒ.ʁɛ/ |
figerait /fiʒ.ʁɛ/ |
figerions /fi.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
figeriez /fi.ʒə.ʁje/ |
figeraient /fiʒ.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 | fige /fiʒ/ |
figes /fiʒ/ |
fige /fiʒ/ |
figions /fi.ʒjɔ̃/ |
figiez /fi.ʒje/ |
figent /fiʒ/ |
| imperfect1 |
figeasse /fi.ʒas/ |
figeasses /fi.ʒas/ |
figeât /fi.ʒa/ |
figeassions /fi.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
figeassiez /fi.ʒa.sje/ |
figeassent /fi.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 | – | |
| — | fige /fiʒ/ |
— | figeons /fi.ʒɔ̃/ |
figez /fi.ʒe/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||