endommager
French
Etymology
en- + dommage + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒe/
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Verb
endommager
- to damage (to cause damage to something)
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written endommage- 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 endommager (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | endommager | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | endommageant /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | endommagé /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | endommage /ɑ̃.dɔ.maʒ/ | endommages /ɑ̃.dɔ.maʒ/ | endommage /ɑ̃.dɔ.maʒ/ | endommageons /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒɔ̃/ | endommagez /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒe/ | endommagent /ɑ̃.dɔ.maʒ/ |
imperfect | endommageais /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒɛ/ | endommageais /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒɛ/ | endommageait /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒɛ/ | endommagions /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒjɔ̃/ | endommagiez /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒje/ | endommageaient /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒɛ/ | |
past historic2 | endommageai /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒe/ | endommageas /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒa/ | endommagea /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒa/ | endommageâmes /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒam/ | endommageâtes /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒat/ | endommagèrent /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒɛʁ/ | |
future | endommagerai /ɑ̃.dɔ.maʒ.ʁe/ | endommageras /ɑ̃.dɔ.maʒ.ʁa/ | endommagera /ɑ̃.dɔ.maʒ.ʁa/ | endommagerons /ɑ̃.dɔ.maʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | endommagerez /ɑ̃.dɔ.maʒ.ʁe/ | endommageront /ɑ̃.dɔ.maʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | endommagerais /ɑ̃.dɔ.maʒ.ʁɛ/ | endommagerais /ɑ̃.dɔ.maʒ.ʁɛ/ | endommagerait /ɑ̃.dɔ.maʒ.ʁɛ/ | endommagerions /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ | endommageriez /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒə.ʁje/ | endommageraient /ɑ̃.dɔ.maʒ.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 | endommage /ɑ̃.dɔ.maʒ/ | endommages /ɑ̃.dɔ.maʒ/ | endommage /ɑ̃.dɔ.maʒ/ | endommagions /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒjɔ̃/ | endommagiez /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒje/ | endommagent /ɑ̃.dɔ.maʒ/ |
imperfect2 | endommageasse /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒas/ | endommageasses /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒas/ | endommageât /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒa/ | endommageassions /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ | endommageassiez /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒa.sje/ | endommageassent /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | endommage /ɑ̃.dɔ.maʒ/ | — | endommageons /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒɔ̃/ | endommagez /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.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). |
Related terms
- dommage
Further reading
- “endommager”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- “endommager” in Dictionnaire Français en ligne Larousse.
- “endommager” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.