corriger
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin corrigēre, present active infinitive of corrigō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ.ʁi.ʒe/, /ko.ʁi.ʒe/
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Verb
corriger
- to correct
- Quelqu'un doit corriger son erreur.
- Someone must correct her error.
- (school); to grade (US), to mark (UK)
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written corrige- 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 corriger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | corriger | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | corrigeant /kɔ.ʁi.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | corrigé /kɔ.ʁi.ʒe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | corrige /kɔ.ʁiʒ/ | corriges /kɔ.ʁiʒ/ | corrige /kɔ.ʁiʒ/ | corrigeons /kɔ.ʁi.ʒɔ̃/ | corrigez /kɔ.ʁi.ʒe/ | corrigent /kɔ.ʁiʒ/ |
| imperfect | corrigeais /kɔ.ʁi.ʒɛ/ | corrigeais /kɔ.ʁi.ʒɛ/ | corrigeait /kɔ.ʁi.ʒɛ/ | corrigions /kɔ.ʁi.ʒjɔ̃/ | corrigiez /kɔ.ʁi.ʒje/ | corrigeaient /kɔ.ʁi.ʒɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | corrigeai /kɔ.ʁi.ʒe/ | corrigeas /kɔ.ʁi.ʒa/ | corrigea /kɔ.ʁi.ʒa/ | corrigeâmes /kɔ.ʁi.ʒam/ | corrigeâtes /kɔ.ʁi.ʒat/ | corrigèrent /kɔ.ʁi.ʒɛʁ/ | |
| future | corrigerai /kɔ.ʁiʒ.ʁe/ | corrigeras /kɔ.ʁiʒ.ʁa/ | corrigera /kɔ.ʁiʒ.ʁa/ | corrigerons /kɔ.ʁiʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | corrigerez /kɔ.ʁiʒ.ʁe/ | corrigeront /kɔ.ʁiʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | corrigerais /kɔ.ʁiʒ.ʁɛ/ | corrigerais /kɔ.ʁiʒ.ʁɛ/ | corrigerait /kɔ.ʁiʒ.ʁɛ/ | corrigerions /kɔ.ʁi.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ | corrigeriez /kɔ.ʁi.ʒə.ʁje/ | corrigeraient /kɔ.ʁiʒ.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 | corrige /kɔ.ʁiʒ/ | corriges /kɔ.ʁiʒ/ | corrige /kɔ.ʁiʒ/ | corrigions /kɔ.ʁi.ʒjɔ̃/ | corrigiez /kɔ.ʁi.ʒje/ | corrigent /kɔ.ʁiʒ/ |
| imperfect2 | corrigeasse /kɔ.ʁi.ʒas/ | corrigeasses /kɔ.ʁi.ʒas/ | corrigeât /kɔ.ʁi.ʒa/ | corrigeassions /kɔ.ʁi.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ | corrigeassiez /kɔ.ʁi.ʒa.sje/ | corrigeassent /kɔ.ʁi.ʒas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | corrige /kɔ.ʁiʒ/ | — | corrigeons /kɔ.ʁi.ʒɔ̃/ | corrigez /kɔ.ʁi.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
- corriger le tir
- corrigible
- incorrigible
Related terms
- correct
- correctif
- correction
- incorrect
Further reading
- “corriger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Interlingua
Verb
corriger
- to correct
Conjugation
Conjugation of corriger
| infinitive | corriger | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| participle | present | perfect | |
| corrigente | corrigite | ||
| active | simple | perfect | |
| present | corrige | ha corrigite | |
| past | corrigeva | habeva corrigite | |
| future | corrigera | habera corrigite | |
| conditional | corrigerea | haberea corrigite | |
| imperative | corrige | ||
| passive | simple | perfect | |
| present | es corrigite | ha essite corrigite | |
| past | esseva corrigite | habeva essite corrigite | |
| future | essera corrigite | habera essite corrigite | |
| conditional | esserea corrigite | haberea essite corrigite | |
| imperative | sia corrigite | ||