désavantager
French
Etymology
From dés- + avantager.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒe/
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Verb
désavantager
- to disadvantage; hinder
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written désavantage- 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 désavantager (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | désavantager | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | désavantageant /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | désavantagé /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | désavantage /de.za.vɑ̃.taʒ/ | désavantages /de.za.vɑ̃.taʒ/ | désavantage /de.za.vɑ̃.taʒ/ | désavantageons /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒɔ̃/ | désavantagez /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒe/ | désavantagent /de.za.vɑ̃.taʒ/ |
imperfect | désavantageais /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒɛ/ | désavantageais /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒɛ/ | désavantageait /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒɛ/ | désavantagions /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒjɔ̃/ | désavantagiez /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒje/ | désavantageaient /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒɛ/ | |
past historic2 | désavantageai /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒe/ | désavantageas /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒa/ | désavantagea /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒa/ | désavantageâmes /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒam/ | désavantageâtes /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒat/ | désavantagèrent /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒɛʁ/ | |
future | désavantagerai /de.za.vɑ̃.taʒ.ʁe/ | désavantageras /de.za.vɑ̃.taʒ.ʁa/ | désavantagera /de.za.vɑ̃.taʒ.ʁa/ | désavantagerons /de.za.vɑ̃.taʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | désavantagerez /de.za.vɑ̃.taʒ.ʁe/ | désavantageront /de.za.vɑ̃.taʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | désavantagerais /de.za.vɑ̃.taʒ.ʁɛ/ | désavantagerais /de.za.vɑ̃.taʒ.ʁɛ/ | désavantagerait /de.za.vɑ̃.taʒ.ʁɛ/ | désavantagerions /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ | désavantageriez /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒə.ʁje/ | désavantageraient /de.za.vɑ̃.taʒ.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 | désavantage /de.za.vɑ̃.taʒ/ | désavantages /de.za.vɑ̃.taʒ/ | désavantage /de.za.vɑ̃.taʒ/ | désavantagions /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒjɔ̃/ | désavantagiez /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒje/ | désavantagent /de.za.vɑ̃.taʒ/ |
imperfect2 | désavantageasse /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒas/ | désavantageasses /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒas/ | désavantageât /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒa/ | désavantageassions /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ | désavantageassiez /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒa.sje/ | désavantageassent /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | désavantage /de.za.vɑ̃.taʒ/ | — | désavantageons /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒɔ̃/ | désavantagez /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.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). |
Further reading
- “désavantager”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.