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tapager
tapager
French
Verb
tapager
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written tapage- 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 tapager (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | tapager | avoir tapagé | |||||
| gerund | en tapageant | en ayant tapagé | |||||
| present participle | tapageant /ta.pa.ʒɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | tapagé /ta.pa.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 | tapage /ta.paʒ/ |
tapages /ta.paʒ/ |
tapage /ta.paʒ/ |
tapageons /ta.pa.ʒɔ̃/ |
tapagez /ta.pa.ʒe/ |
tapagent /ta.paʒ/ |
| imperfect | tapageais /ta.pa.ʒɛ/ |
tapageais /ta.pa.ʒɛ/ |
tapageait /ta.pa.ʒɛ/ |
tapagions /ta.pa.ʒjɔ̃/ |
tapagiez /ta.pa.ʒje/ |
tapageaient /ta.pa.ʒɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | tapageai /ta.pa.ʒe/ |
tapageas /ta.pa.ʒa/ |
tapagea /ta.pa.ʒa/ |
tapageâmes /ta.pa.ʒam/ |
tapageâtes /ta.pa.ʒat/ |
tapagèrent /ta.pa.ʒɛʁ/ |
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| future | tapagerai /ta.paʒ.ʁe/ |
tapageras /ta.paʒ.ʁa/ |
tapagera /ta.paʒ.ʁa/ |
tapagerons /ta.paʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
tapagerez /ta.paʒ.ʁe/ |
tapageront /ta.paʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | tapagerais /ta.paʒ.ʁɛ/ |
tapagerais /ta.paʒ.ʁɛ/ |
tapagerait /ta.paʒ.ʁɛ/ |
tapagerions /ta.pa.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
tapageriez /ta.pa.ʒə.ʁje/ |
tapageraient /ta.paʒ.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 | tapage /ta.paʒ/ |
tapages /ta.paʒ/ |
tapage /ta.paʒ/ |
tapagions /ta.pa.ʒjɔ̃/ |
tapagiez /ta.pa.ʒje/ |
tapagent /ta.paʒ/ |
| imperfect1 |
tapageasse /ta.pa.ʒas/ |
tapageasses /ta.pa.ʒas/ |
tapageât /ta.pa.ʒa/ |
tapageassions /ta.pa.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
tapageassiez /ta.pa.ʒa.sje/ |
tapageassent /ta.pa.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 | – | |
| — | tapage /ta.paʒ/ |
— | tapageons /ta.pa.ʒɔ̃/ |
tapagez /ta.pa.ʒe/ |
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