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neiger
neiger
French
Verb
neiger (impersonal)
- (impersonal) to snow
- Il neigeait.
- It was snowing.
- Il neigeait.
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written neige- 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 bouger and manger. This verb is impersonal and is conjugated only in the third-person singular.
Conjugation of neiger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | neiger | avoir neigé | |||||
| gerund | en neigeant | en ayant neigé | |||||
| present participle | neigeant /nɛ.ʒɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | neigé /nɛ.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 | — | — | neige /nɛʒ/ |
— | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | neigeait /nɛ.ʒɛ/ |
— | — | — | |
| past historic1 | — | — |
neigea /nɛ.ʒa/ |
— | — | — | |
| future | — | — | neigera /nɛʒ.ʁa/ |
— | — | — | |
| conditional | — | — | neigerait /nɛʒ.ʁɛ/ |
— | — | — | |
| 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 | — | — | neige /nɛʒ/ |
— | — | — |
| imperfect1 | — | — |
neigeât /nɛ.ʒa/ |
— | — | — | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
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