entre-manger
French
Alternative forms
- entremanger
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒe/
Verb
entre-manger
- (reflexive) to eat one another
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written entre-mange- 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 entre-manger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | entre-mangeant /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | entre-mangé /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒe/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | entre-manger | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | entre-mangeant /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒɑ̃/ | ||||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | entre-mange /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃ʒ/ | entre-manges /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃ʒ/ | entre-mange /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃ʒ/ | entre-mangeons /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/ | entre-mangez /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒe/ | entre-mangent /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃ʒ/ |
| imperfect | entre-mangeais /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒɛ/ | entre-mangeais /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒɛ/ | entre-mangeait /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒɛ/ | entre-mangions /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ | entre-mangiez /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒje/ | entre-mangeaient /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | entre-mangeai /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒe/ | entre-mangeas /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒa/ | entre-mangea /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒa/ | entre-mangeâmes /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒam/ | entre-mangeâtes /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒat/ | entre-mangèrent /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒɛʁ/ | |
| future | entre-mangerai /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/ | entre-mangeras /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/ | entre-mangera /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/ | entre-mangerons /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | entre-mangerez /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/ | entre-mangeront /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | entre-mangerais /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ | entre-mangerais /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ | entre-mangerait /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ | entre-mangerions /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ | entre-mangeriez /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒə.ʁje/ | entre-mangeraient /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃ʒ.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 | entre-mange /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃ʒ/ | entre-manges /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃ʒ/ | entre-mange /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃ʒ/ | entre-mangions /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ | entre-mangiez /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒje/ | entre-mangent /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃ʒ/ |
| imperfect2 | entre-mangeasse /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒas/ | entre-mangeasses /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒas/ | entre-mangeât /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒa/ | entre-mangeassions /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ | entre-mangeassiez /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒa.sje/ | entre-mangeassent /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | entre-mange /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃ʒ/ | — | entre-mangeons /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/ | entre-mangez /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɑ̃.ʒe/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 Only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||