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reléguer
reléguer
French
Verb
reléguer
- to relegate
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated like céder. It is a regular -er verb, except that its last stem vowel alternates between /e/ (written ‘é’) and /ɛ/ (written ‘è’), with the latter being used before mute ‘e’. One special case is the future stem, used in the future and the conditional. Before 1990, the future stem of such verbs was written reléguer-, reflecting the historic pronunciation /e/. In 1990, the French Academy recommended that it be written relèguer-, reflecting the now common pronunciation /ɛ/, thereby making this distinction consistent throughout the conjugation (and also matching in this regard the conjugations of verbs like lever and jeter). Both spellings are in use today, and both are therefore given here.
Conjugation of reléguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | reléguer | avoir relégué | |||||
| gerund | en reléguant | en ayant relégué | |||||
| present participle | reléguant /ʁə.le.ɡɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | relégué /ʁə.le.ɡe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | relègue /ʁə.lɛɡ/ |
relègues /ʁə.lɛɡ/ |
relègue /ʁə.lɛɡ/ |
reléguons /ʁə.le.ɡɔ̃/ |
reléguez /ʁə.le.ɡe/ |
relèguent /ʁə.lɛɡ/ |
| imperfect | reléguais /ʁə.le.ɡɛ/ |
reléguais /ʁə.le.ɡɛ/ |
reléguait /ʁə.le.ɡɛ/ |
reléguions /ʁə.le.ɡjɔ̃/ |
reléguiez /ʁə.le.ɡje/ |
reléguaient /ʁə.le.ɡɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | reléguai /ʁə.le.ɡe/ |
reléguas /ʁə.le.ɡa/ |
relégua /ʁə.le.ɡa/ |
reléguâmes /ʁə.le.ɡam/ |
reléguâtes /ʁə.le.ɡat/ |
reléguèrent /ʁə.le.ɡɛʁ/ |
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| future | relèguerai or reléguerai /ʁə.lɛ.ɡʁe/ |
relègueras or relégueras /ʁə.lɛ.ɡʁa/ |
relèguera or reléguera /ʁə.lɛ.ɡʁa/ |
relèguerons or reléguerons /ʁə.lɛ.ɡʁɔ̃/ |
relèguerez or reléguerez /ʁə.lɛ.ɡʁe/ |
relègueront or relégueront /ʁə.lɛ.ɡʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | relèguerais or reléguerais /ʁə.lɛ.ɡʁɛ/ |
relèguerais or reléguerais /ʁə.lɛ.ɡʁɛ/ |
relèguerait or reléguerait /ʁə.lɛ.ɡʁɛ/ |
relèguerions or reléguerions /ʁə.lɛ.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
relègueriez or relégueriez /ʁə.lɛ.ɡə.ʁje/ |
relègueraient or relégueraient /ʁə.lɛ.ɡʁɛ/ |
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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 | relègue /ʁə.lɛɡ/ |
relègues /ʁə.lɛɡ/ |
relègue /ʁə.lɛɡ/ |
reléguions /ʁə.le.ɡjɔ̃/ |
reléguiez /ʁə.le.ɡje/ |
relèguent /ʁə.lɛɡ/ |
| imperfect1 |
reléguasse /ʁə.le.ɡas/ |
reléguasses /ʁə.le.ɡas/ |
reléguât /ʁə.le.ɡa/ |
reléguassions /ʁə.le.ɡa.sjɔ̃/ |
reléguassiez /ʁə.le.ɡa.sje/ |
reléguassent /ʁə.le.ɡas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | relègue /ʁə.lɛɡ/ |
— | reléguons /ʁə.le.ɡɔ̃/ |
reléguez /ʁə.le.ɡe/ |
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