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plonger
plonger
French
Verb
plonger
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written plonge- 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 plonger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | plonger | avoir plongé | |||||
| gerund | en plongeant | en ayant plongé | |||||
| present participle | plongeant /plɔ̃.ʒɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | plongé /plɔ̃.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 | plonge /plɔ̃ʒ/ |
plonges /plɔ̃ʒ/ |
plonge /plɔ̃ʒ/ |
plongeons /plɔ̃.ʒɔ̃/ |
plongez /plɔ̃.ʒe/ |
plongent /plɔ̃ʒ/ |
| imperfect | plongeais /plɔ̃.ʒɛ/ |
plongeais /plɔ̃.ʒɛ/ |
plongeait /plɔ̃.ʒɛ/ |
plongions /plɔ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ |
plongiez /plɔ̃.ʒje/ |
plongeaient /plɔ̃.ʒɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | plongeai /plɔ̃.ʒe/ |
plongeas /plɔ̃.ʒa/ |
plongea /plɔ̃.ʒa/ |
plongeâmes /plɔ̃.ʒam/ |
plongeâtes /plɔ̃.ʒat/ |
plongèrent /plɔ̃.ʒɛʁ/ |
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| future | plongerai /plɔ̃ʒ.ʁe/ |
plongeras /plɔ̃ʒ.ʁa/ |
plongera /plɔ̃ʒ.ʁa/ |
plongerons /plɔ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
plongerez /plɔ̃ʒ.ʁe/ |
plongeront /plɔ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | plongerais /plɔ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
plongerais /plɔ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
plongerait /plɔ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
plongerions /plɔ̃.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
plongeriez /plɔ̃.ʒə.ʁje/ |
plongeraient /plɔ̃ʒ.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 | plonge /plɔ̃ʒ/ |
plonges /plɔ̃ʒ/ |
plonge /plɔ̃ʒ/ |
plongions /plɔ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ |
plongiez /plɔ̃.ʒje/ |
plongent /plɔ̃ʒ/ |
| imperfect1 |
plongeasse /plɔ̃.ʒas/ |
plongeasses /plɔ̃.ʒas/ |
plongeât /plɔ̃.ʒa/ |
plongeassions /plɔ̃.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
plongeassiez /plɔ̃.ʒa.sje/ |
plongeassent /plɔ̃.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 | – | |
| — | plonge /plɔ̃ʒ/ |
— | plongeons /plɔ̃.ʒɔ̃/ |
plongez /plɔ̃.ʒe/ |
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