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Gager
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Gager
GA'GER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
gager
gager
See also: Gager
French
Etymology
From gage or from Old French guagier, itself from guage or from a derivative of Frankish *waddi, *wadja, possibly through a Vulgar Latin intermediate *wadiare from *wadium. Compare English to wage and wager, which came from the same source via an Anglo-Norman/Old Northern French variant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡaʒe/
Verb
gager
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written gage- 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 gager (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | gager | avoir gagé | |||||
| gerund | en gageant | en ayant gagé | |||||
| present participle | gageant /ɡa.ʒɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | gagé /ɡa.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 | gage /ɡaʒ/ |
gages /ɡaʒ/ |
gage /ɡaʒ/ |
gageons /ɡa.ʒɔ̃/ |
gagez /ɡa.ʒe/ |
gagent /ɡaʒ/ |
| imperfect | gageais /ɡa.ʒɛ/ |
gageais /ɡa.ʒɛ/ |
gageait /ɡa.ʒɛ/ |
gagions /ɡa.ʒjɔ̃/ |
gagiez /ɡa.ʒje/ |
gageaient /ɡa.ʒɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | gageai /ɡa.ʒe/ |
gageas /ɡa.ʒa/ |
gagea /ɡa.ʒa/ |
gageâmes /ɡa.ʒam/ |
gageâtes /ɡa.ʒat/ |
gagèrent /ɡa.ʒɛʁ/ |
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| future | gagerai /ɡaʒ.ʁe/ |
gageras /ɡaʒ.ʁa/ |
gagera /ɡaʒ.ʁa/ |
gagerons /ɡaʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
gagerez /ɡaʒ.ʁe/ |
gageront /ɡaʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | gagerais /ɡaʒ.ʁɛ/ |
gagerais /ɡaʒ.ʁɛ/ |
gagerait /ɡaʒ.ʁɛ/ |
gagerions /ɡa.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
gageriez /ɡa.ʒə.ʁje/ |
gageraient /ɡaʒ.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 | gage /ɡaʒ/ |
gages /ɡaʒ/ |
gage /ɡaʒ/ |
gagions /ɡa.ʒjɔ̃/ |
gagiez /ɡa.ʒje/ |
gagent /ɡaʒ/ |
| imperfect1 |
gageasse /ɡa.ʒas/ |
gageasses /ɡa.ʒas/ |
gageât /ɡa.ʒa/ |
gageassions /ɡa.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
gageassiez /ɡa.ʒa.sje/ |
gageassent /ɡa.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 | – | |
| — | gage /ɡaʒ/ |
— | gageons /ɡa.ʒɔ̃/ |
gagez /ɡa.ʒe/ |
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