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marger
marger
French
Verb
marger
- to margin (to give something a margin)
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written marge- 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 marger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | marger | avoir margé | |||||
| gerund | en margeant | en ayant margé | |||||
| present participle | margeant /maʁ.ʒɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | margé /maʁ.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 | marge /maʁʒ/ |
marges /maʁʒ/ |
marge /maʁʒ/ |
margeons /maʁ.ʒɔ̃/ |
margez /maʁ.ʒe/ |
margent /maʁʒ/ |
| imperfect | margeais /maʁ.ʒɛ/ |
margeais /maʁ.ʒɛ/ |
margeait /maʁ.ʒɛ/ |
margions /maʁ.ʒjɔ̃/ |
margiez /maʁ.ʒje/ |
margeaient /maʁ.ʒɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | margeai /maʁ.ʒe/ |
margeas /maʁ.ʒa/ |
margea /maʁ.ʒa/ |
margeâmes /maʁ.ʒam/ |
margeâtes /maʁ.ʒat/ |
margèrent /maʁ.ʒɛʁ/ |
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| future | margerai /maʁ.ʒə.ʁe/ |
margeras /maʁ.ʒə.ʁa/ |
margera /maʁ.ʒə.ʁa/ |
margerons /maʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/ |
margerez /maʁ.ʒə.ʁe/ |
margeront /maʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | margerais /maʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ |
margerais /maʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ |
margerait /maʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ |
margerions /maʁ.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
margeriez /maʁ.ʒə.ʁje/ |
margeraient /maʁ.ʒə.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 | marge /maʁʒ/ |
marges /maʁʒ/ |
marge /maʁʒ/ |
margions /maʁ.ʒjɔ̃/ |
margiez /maʁ.ʒje/ |
margent /maʁʒ/ |
| imperfect1 |
margeasse /maʁ.ʒas/ |
margeasses /maʁ.ʒas/ |
margeât /maʁ.ʒa/ |
margeassions /maʁ.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
margeassiez /maʁ.ʒa.sje/ |
margeassent /maʁ.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 | – | |
| — | marge /maʁʒ/ |
— | margeons /maʁ.ʒɔ̃/ |
margez /maʁ.ʒe/ |
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