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voguer
voguer
French
Etymology
From Italian vogare, or alternatively possibly of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *wagōną (“to sway, fluctuate”).
Verb
voguer
- (intransitive) to travel through the water
Conjugation
Conjugation of voguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | voguer | avoir vogué | |||||
| gerund | en voguant | en ayant vogué | |||||
| present participle | voguant /vɔ.ɡɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | vogué /vɔ.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 | vogue /vɔɡ/ |
vogues /vɔɡ/ |
vogue /vɔɡ/ |
voguons /vɔ.ɡɔ̃/ |
voguez /vɔ.ɡe/ |
voguent /vɔɡ/ |
| imperfect | voguais /vɔ.ɡɛ/ |
voguais /vɔ.ɡɛ/ |
voguait /vɔ.ɡɛ/ |
voguions /vɔ.ɡjɔ̃/ |
voguiez /vɔ.ɡje/ |
voguaient /vɔ.ɡɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | voguai /vɔ.ɡe/ |
voguas /vɔ.ɡa/ |
vogua /vɔ.ɡa/ |
voguâmes /vɔ.ɡam/ |
voguâtes /vɔ.ɡat/ |
voguèrent /vɔ.ɡɛʁ/ |
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| future | voguerai /vɔ.ɡʁe/ |
vogueras /vɔ.ɡʁa/ |
voguera /vɔ.ɡʁa/ |
voguerons /vɔ.ɡʁɔ̃/ |
voguerez /vɔ.ɡʁe/ |
vogueront /vɔ.ɡʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | voguerais /vɔ.ɡʁɛ/ |
voguerais /vɔ.ɡʁɛ/ |
voguerait /vɔ.ɡʁɛ/ |
voguerions /vɔ.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vogueriez /vɔ.ɡə.ʁje/ |
vogueraient /vɔ.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 | vogue /vɔɡ/ |
vogues /vɔɡ/ |
vogue /vɔɡ/ |
voguions /vɔ.ɡjɔ̃/ |
voguiez /vɔ.ɡje/ |
voguent /vɔɡ/ |
| imperfect1 |
voguasse /vɔ.ɡas/ |
voguasses /vɔ.ɡas/ |
voguât /vɔ.ɡa/ |
voguassions /vɔ.ɡa.sjɔ̃/ |
voguassiez /vɔ.ɡa.sje/ |
voguassent /vɔ.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 | – | |
| — | vogue /vɔɡ/ |
— | voguons /vɔ.ɡɔ̃/ |
voguez /vɔ.ɡe/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Derived terms
- vogueur
See also
References
- “voguer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).