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surgeler
surgeler
French
Verb
surgeler
- to deep-freeze
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated mostly like the regular -er verbs (parler and chanter and so on), but the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-. For example, in the third-person singular present indicative, we have il surgèle rather than *il surgele. Other verbs conjugated this way include lever and mener. Related but distinct conjugations include those of appeler and préférer.
Conjugation of surgeler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | surgeler | avoir surgelé | |||||
| gerund | en surgelant | en ayant surgelé | |||||
| present participle | surgelant /syʁ.ʒə.lɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | surgelé /syʁ.ʒə.le/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | surgèle /syʁ.ʒɛl/ |
surgèles /syʁ.ʒɛl/ |
surgèle /syʁ.ʒɛl/ |
surgelons /syʁ.ʒə.lɔ̃/ |
surgelez /syʁ.ʒə.le/ |
surgèlent /syʁ.ʒɛl/ |
| imperfect | surgelais /syʁ.ʒə.lɛ/ |
surgelais /syʁ.ʒə.lɛ/ |
surgelait /syʁ.ʒə.lɛ/ |
surgelions /syʁ.ʒə.ljɔ̃/ |
surgeliez /syʁ.ʒə.lje/ |
surgelaient /syʁ.ʒə.lɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | surgelai /syʁ.ʒə.le/ |
surgelas /syʁ.ʒə.la/ |
surgela /syʁ.ʒə.la/ |
surgelâmes /syʁ.ʒə.lam/ |
surgelâtes /syʁ.ʒə.lat/ |
surgelèrent /syʁ.ʒə.lɛʁ/ |
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| future | surgèlerai /syʁ.ʒɛl.ʁe/ |
surgèleras /syʁ.ʒɛl.ʁa/ |
surgèlera /syʁ.ʒɛl.ʁa/ |
surgèlerons /syʁ.ʒɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
surgèlerez /syʁ.ʒɛl.ʁe/ |
surgèleront /syʁ.ʒɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | surgèlerais /syʁ.ʒɛl.ʁɛ/ |
surgèlerais /syʁ.ʒɛl.ʁɛ/ |
surgèlerait /syʁ.ʒɛl.ʁɛ/ |
surgèlerions /syʁ.ʒɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
surgèleriez /syʁ.ʒɛ.lə.ʁje/ |
surgèleraient /syʁ.ʒɛl.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 | surgèle /syʁ.ʒɛl/ |
surgèles /syʁ.ʒɛl/ |
surgèle /syʁ.ʒɛl/ |
surgelions /syʁ.ʒə.ljɔ̃/ |
surgeliez /syʁ.ʒə.lje/ |
surgèlent /syʁ.ʒɛl/ |
| imperfect1 |
surgelasse /syʁ.ʒə.las/ |
surgelasses /syʁ.ʒə.las/ |
surgelât /syʁ.ʒə.la/ |
surgelassions /syʁ.ʒə.la.sjɔ̃/ |
surgelassiez /syʁ.ʒə.la.sje/ |
surgelassent /syʁ.ʒə.las/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | surgèle /syʁ.ʒɛl/ |
— | surgelons /syʁ.ʒə.lɔ̃/ |
surgelez /syʁ.ʒə.le/ |
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