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patauger
patauger
French
Verb
patauger
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written patauge- 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 patauger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | patauger | avoir pataugé | |||||
| gerund | en pataugeant | en ayant pataugé | |||||
| present participle | pataugeant /pa.to.ʒɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | pataugé /pa.to.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 | patauge /pa.toʒ/ |
patauges /pa.toʒ/ |
patauge /pa.toʒ/ |
pataugeons /pa.to.ʒɔ̃/ |
pataugez /pa.to.ʒe/ |
pataugent /pa.toʒ/ |
| imperfect | pataugeais /pa.to.ʒɛ/ |
pataugeais /pa.to.ʒɛ/ |
pataugeait /pa.to.ʒɛ/ |
pataugions /pa.to.ʒjɔ̃/ |
pataugiez /pa.to.ʒje/ |
pataugeaient /pa.to.ʒɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | pataugeai /pa.to.ʒe/ |
pataugeas /pa.to.ʒa/ |
pataugea /pa.to.ʒa/ |
pataugeâmes /pa.to.ʒam/ |
pataugeâtes /pa.to.ʒat/ |
pataugèrent /pa.to.ʒɛʁ/ |
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| future | pataugerai /pa.toʒ.ʁe/ |
pataugeras /pa.toʒ.ʁa/ |
pataugera /pa.toʒ.ʁa/ |
pataugerons /pa.toʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
pataugerez /pa.toʒ.ʁe/ |
pataugeront /pa.toʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | pataugerais /pa.toʒ.ʁɛ/ |
pataugerais /pa.toʒ.ʁɛ/ |
pataugerait /pa.toʒ.ʁɛ/ |
pataugerions /pa.to.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
pataugeriez /pa.to.ʒə.ʁje/ |
pataugeraient /pa.toʒ.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 | patauge /pa.toʒ/ |
patauges /pa.toʒ/ |
patauge /pa.toʒ/ |
pataugions /pa.to.ʒjɔ̃/ |
pataugiez /pa.to.ʒje/ |
pataugent /pa.toʒ/ |
| imperfect1 |
pataugeasse /pa.to.ʒas/ |
pataugeasses /pa.to.ʒas/ |
pataugeât /pa.to.ʒa/ |
pataugeassions /pa.to.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
pataugeassiez /pa.to.ʒa.sje/ |
pataugeassent /pa.to.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 | – | |
| — | patauge /pa.toʒ/ |
— | pataugeons /pa.to.ʒɔ̃/ |
pataugez /pa.to.ʒe/ |
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