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louanger
louanger
French
Verb
louanger
- to praise; to laud
- Si déjà je louangeais l'hôtel de Sotchi, que dirai-je de celui de Sinop, près de Soukhoum, bien supérieur. (André Gide, Retour de l’U.R.S.S., 1936)
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written louange- 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 louanger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | louanger | avoir louangé | |||||
| gerund | en louangeant | en ayant louangé | |||||
| present participle | louangeant /lwɑ̃.ʒɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | louangé /lwɑ̃.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 | louange /lwɑ̃ʒ/ |
louanges /lwɑ̃ʒ/ |
louange /lwɑ̃ʒ/ |
louangeons /lwɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/ |
louangez /lwɑ̃.ʒe/ |
louangent /lwɑ̃ʒ/ |
| imperfect | louangeais /lwɑ̃.ʒɛ/ |
louangeais /lwɑ̃.ʒɛ/ |
louangeait /lwɑ̃.ʒɛ/ |
louangions /lwɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ |
louangiez /lwɑ̃.ʒje/ |
louangeaient /lwɑ̃.ʒɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | louangeai /lwɑ̃.ʒe/ |
louangeas /lwɑ̃.ʒa/ |
louangea /lwɑ̃.ʒa/ |
louangeâmes /lwɑ̃.ʒam/ |
louangeâtes /lwɑ̃.ʒat/ |
louangèrent /lwɑ̃.ʒɛʁ/ |
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| future | louangerai /lwɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/ |
louangeras /lwɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/ |
louangera /lwɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/ |
louangerons /lwɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
louangerez /lwɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/ |
louangeront /lwɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | louangerais /lwɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
louangerais /lwɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
louangerait /lwɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
louangerions /lwɑ̃.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
louangeriez /lwɑ̃.ʒə.ʁje/ |
louangeraient /lwɑ̃ʒ.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 | louange /lwɑ̃ʒ/ |
louanges /lwɑ̃ʒ/ |
louange /lwɑ̃ʒ/ |
louangions /lwɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ |
louangiez /lwɑ̃.ʒje/ |
louangent /lwɑ̃ʒ/ |
| imperfect1 |
louangeasse /lwɑ̃.ʒas/ |
louangeasses /lwɑ̃.ʒas/ |
louangeât /lwɑ̃.ʒa/ |
louangeassions /lwɑ̃.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
louangeassiez /lwɑ̃.ʒa.sje/ |
louangeassent /lwɑ̃.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 | – | |
| — | louange /lwɑ̃ʒ/ |
— | louangeons /lwɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/ |
louangez /lwɑ̃.ʒe/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Usage notes
The proper verb is louer but due to its polysemy, louanger is used in particular when ambiguity arises.