affourager
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
affourager
- to fodder
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written affourage- 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 affourager (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | affourager | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | affourageant /a.fu.ʁa.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | affouragé /a.fu.ʁa.ʒe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | affourage /a.fu.ʁaʒ/ | affourages /a.fu.ʁaʒ/ | affourage /a.fu.ʁaʒ/ | affourageons /a.fu.ʁa.ʒɔ̃/ | affouragez /a.fu.ʁa.ʒe/ | affouragent /a.fu.ʁaʒ/ |
imperfect | affourageais /a.fu.ʁa.ʒɛ/ | affourageais /a.fu.ʁa.ʒɛ/ | affourageait /a.fu.ʁa.ʒɛ/ | affouragions /a.fu.ʁa.ʒjɔ̃/ | affouragiez /a.fu.ʁa.ʒje/ | affourageaient /a.fu.ʁa.ʒɛ/ | |
past historic2 | affourageai /a.fu.ʁa.ʒe/ | affourageas /a.fu.ʁa.ʒa/ | affouragea /a.fu.ʁa.ʒa/ | affourageâmes /a.fu.ʁa.ʒam/ | affourageâtes /a.fu.ʁa.ʒat/ | affouragèrent /a.fu.ʁa.ʒɛʁ/ | |
future | affouragerai /a.fu.ʁaʒ.ʁe/ | affourageras /a.fu.ʁaʒ.ʁa/ | affouragera /a.fu.ʁaʒ.ʁa/ | affouragerons /a.fu.ʁaʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | affouragerez /a.fu.ʁaʒ.ʁe/ | affourageront /a.fu.ʁaʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | affouragerais /a.fu.ʁaʒ.ʁɛ/ | affouragerais /a.fu.ʁaʒ.ʁɛ/ | affouragerait /a.fu.ʁaʒ.ʁɛ/ | affouragerions /a.fu.ʁa.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ | affourageriez /a.fu.ʁa.ʒə.ʁje/ | affourageraient /a.fu.ʁaʒ.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 | affourage /a.fu.ʁaʒ/ | affourages /a.fu.ʁaʒ/ | affourage /a.fu.ʁaʒ/ | affouragions /a.fu.ʁa.ʒjɔ̃/ | affouragiez /a.fu.ʁa.ʒje/ | affouragent /a.fu.ʁaʒ/ |
imperfect2 | affourageasse /a.fu.ʁa.ʒas/ | affourageasses /a.fu.ʁa.ʒas/ | affourageât /a.fu.ʁa.ʒa/ | affourageassions /a.fu.ʁa.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ | affourageassiez /a.fu.ʁa.ʒa.sje/ | affourageassent /a.fu.ʁa.ʒas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | affourage /a.fu.ʁaʒ/ | — | affourageons /a.fu.ʁa.ʒɔ̃/ | affouragez /a.fu.ʁa.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
- “affourager”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.