exiger
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]exiger
Conjugation
[edit]This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written exige- 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 exiger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | exiger | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | exigeant /ɛɡ.zi.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | exigé /ɛɡ.zi.ʒe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | exige /ɛɡ.ziʒ/ |
exiges /ɛɡ.ziʒ/ |
exige /ɛɡ.ziʒ/ |
exigeons /ɛɡ.zi.ʒɔ̃/ |
exigez /ɛɡ.zi.ʒe/ |
exigent /ɛɡ.ziʒ/ |
| imperfect | exigeais /ɛɡ.zi.ʒɛ/ |
exigeais /ɛɡ.zi.ʒɛ/ |
exigeait /ɛɡ.zi.ʒɛ/ |
exigions /ɛɡ.zi.ʒjɔ̃/ |
exigiez /ɛɡ.zi.ʒje/ |
exigeaient /ɛɡ.zi.ʒɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | exigeai /ɛɡ.zi.ʒe/ |
exigeas /ɛɡ.zi.ʒa/ |
exigea /ɛɡ.zi.ʒa/ |
exigeâmes /ɛɡ.zi.ʒam/ |
exigeâtes /ɛɡ.zi.ʒat/ |
exigèrent /ɛɡ.zi.ʒɛʁ/ | |
| future | exigerai /ɛɡ.ziʒ.ʁe/ |
exigeras /ɛɡ.ziʒ.ʁa/ |
exigera /ɛɡ.ziʒ.ʁa/ |
exigerons /ɛɡ.ziʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
exigerez /ɛɡ.ziʒ.ʁe/ |
exigeront /ɛɡ.ziʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | exigerais /ɛɡ.ziʒ.ʁɛ/ |
exigerais /ɛɡ.ziʒ.ʁɛ/ |
exigerait /ɛɡ.ziʒ.ʁɛ/ |
exigerions /ɛɡ.zi.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
exigeriez /ɛɡ.zi.ʒə.ʁje/ |
exigeraient /ɛɡ.ziʒ.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | exige /ɛɡ.ziʒ/ |
exiges /ɛɡ.ziʒ/ |
exige /ɛɡ.ziʒ/ |
exigions /ɛɡ.zi.ʒjɔ̃/ |
exigiez /ɛɡ.zi.ʒje/ |
exigent /ɛɡ.ziʒ/ |
| imperfect2 | exigeasse /ɛɡ.zi.ʒas/ |
exigeasses /ɛɡ.zi.ʒas/ |
exigeât /ɛɡ.zi.ʒa/ |
exigeassions /ɛɡ.zi.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
exigeassiez /ɛɡ.zi.ʒa.sje/ |
exigeassent /ɛɡ.zi.ʒas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | exige /ɛɡ.ziʒ/ |
— | exigeons /ɛɡ.zi.ʒɔ̃/ |
exigez /ɛɡ.zi.ʒe/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “exiger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.