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Gouger
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gouger
gouger
French
Etymology
From gouge.
Pronunciation
Verb
gouger
- (transitive) to work (a material) with a gouge
- (transitive) to do (a soldered joint) again to eliminate the asperities by deepening it
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written gouge- 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 gouger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | gouger | avoir gougé | |||||
| gerund | en gougeant | en ayant gougé | |||||
| present participle | gougeant /ɡu.ʒɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | gougé /ɡu.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 | gouge /ɡuʒ/ |
gouges /ɡuʒ/ |
gouge /ɡuʒ/ |
gougeons /ɡu.ʒɔ̃/ |
gougez /ɡu.ʒe/ |
gougent /ɡuʒ/ |
| imperfect | gougeais /ɡu.ʒɛ/ |
gougeais /ɡu.ʒɛ/ |
gougeait /ɡu.ʒɛ/ |
gougions /ɡu.ʒjɔ̃/ |
gougiez /ɡu.ʒje/ |
gougeaient /ɡu.ʒɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | gougeai /ɡu.ʒe/ |
gougeas /ɡu.ʒa/ |
gougea /ɡu.ʒa/ |
gougeâmes /ɡu.ʒam/ |
gougeâtes /ɡu.ʒat/ |
gougèrent /ɡu.ʒɛʁ/ |
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| future | gougerai /ɡuʒ.ʁe/ |
gougeras /ɡuʒ.ʁa/ |
gougera /ɡuʒ.ʁa/ |
gougerons /ɡuʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
gougerez /ɡuʒ.ʁe/ |
gougeront /ɡuʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | gougerais /ɡuʒ.ʁɛ/ |
gougerais /ɡuʒ.ʁɛ/ |
gougerait /ɡuʒ.ʁɛ/ |
gougerions /ɡu.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
gougeriez /ɡu.ʒə.ʁje/ |
gougeraient /ɡuʒ.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 | gouge /ɡuʒ/ |
gouges /ɡuʒ/ |
gouge /ɡuʒ/ |
gougions /ɡu.ʒjɔ̃/ |
gougiez /ɡu.ʒje/ |
gougent /ɡuʒ/ |
| imperfect1 |
gougeasse /ɡu.ʒas/ |
gougeasses /ɡu.ʒas/ |
gougeât /ɡu.ʒa/ |
gougeassions /ɡu.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
gougeassiez /ɡu.ʒa.sje/ |
gougeassent /ɡu.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 | – | |
| — | gouge /ɡuʒ/ |
— | gougeons /ɡu.ʒɔ̃/ |
gougez /ɡu.ʒe/ |
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