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vaguer
vaguer
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vagor, vagārī.
Pronunciation
Verb
vaguer
- (intransitive) to wander, to wander aimlessly
Conjugation
Conjugation of vaguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | vaguer | avoir vagué | |||||
| gerund | en vaguant | en ayant vagué | |||||
| present participle | vaguant /va.ɡɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | vagué /va.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 | vague /vaɡ/ |
vagues /vaɡ/ |
vague /vaɡ/ |
vaguons /va.ɡɔ̃/ |
vaguez /va.ɡe/ |
vaguent /vaɡ/ |
| imperfect | vaguais /va.ɡɛ/ |
vaguais /va.ɡɛ/ |
vaguait /va.ɡɛ/ |
vaguions /va.ɡjɔ̃/ |
vaguiez /va.ɡje/ |
vaguaient /va.ɡɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | vaguai /va.ɡe/ |
vaguas /va.ɡa/ |
vagua /va.ɡa/ |
vaguâmes /va.ɡam/ |
vaguâtes /va.ɡat/ |
vaguèrent /va.ɡɛʁ/ |
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| future | vaguerai /va.ɡʁe/ |
vagueras /va.ɡʁa/ |
vaguera /va.ɡʁa/ |
vaguerons /va.ɡʁɔ̃/ |
vaguerez /va.ɡʁe/ |
vagueront /va.ɡʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | vaguerais /va.ɡʁɛ/ |
vaguerais /va.ɡʁɛ/ |
vaguerait /va.ɡʁɛ/ |
vaguerions /va.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vagueriez /va.ɡə.ʁje/ |
vagueraient /va.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 | vague /vaɡ/ |
vagues /vaɡ/ |
vague /vaɡ/ |
vaguions /va.ɡjɔ̃/ |
vaguiez /va.ɡje/ |
vaguent /vaɡ/ |
| imperfect1 |
vaguasse /va.ɡas/ |
vaguasses /va.ɡas/ |
vaguât /va.ɡa/ |
vaguassions /va.ɡa.sjɔ̃/ |
vaguassiez /va.ɡa.sje/ |
vaguassent /va.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 | – | |
| — | vague /vaɡ/ |
— | vaguons /va.ɡɔ̃/ |
vaguez /va.ɡe/ |
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