exiger
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛɡ.zi.ʒe/
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Verb
exiger
- to demand, require
- une tâche qui exige des compétences
- a task which requires skill
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written exige- 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 exiger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | exiger | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | exigeant /ɛɡ.zi.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | exigé /ɛɡ.zi.ʒe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | exige /ɛɡ.ziʒ/ | exiges /ɛɡ.ziʒ/ | exige /ɛɡ.ziʒ/ | exigeons /ɛɡ.zi.ʒɔ̃/ | exigez /ɛɡ.zi.ʒe/ | exigent /ɛɡ.ziʒ/ |
imperfect | exigeais /ɛɡ.zi.ʒɛ/ | exigeais /ɛɡ.zi.ʒɛ/ | exigeait /ɛɡ.zi.ʒɛ/ | exigions /ɛɡ.zi.ʒjɔ̃/ | exigiez /ɛɡ.zi.ʒje/ | exigeaient /ɛɡ.zi.ʒɛ/ | |
past historic2 | exigeai /ɛɡ.zi.ʒe/ | exigeas /ɛɡ.zi.ʒa/ | exigea /ɛɡ.zi.ʒa/ | exigeâmes /ɛɡ.zi.ʒam/ | exigeâtes /ɛɡ.zi.ʒat/ | exigèrent /ɛɡ.zi.ʒɛʁ/ | |
future | exigerai /ɛɡ.ziʒ.ʁe/ | exigeras /ɛɡ.ziʒ.ʁa/ | exigera /ɛɡ.ziʒ.ʁa/ | exigerons /ɛɡ.ziʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | exigerez /ɛɡ.ziʒ.ʁe/ | exigeront /ɛɡ.ziʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | exigerais /ɛɡ.ziʒ.ʁɛ/ | exigerais /ɛɡ.ziʒ.ʁɛ/ | exigerait /ɛɡ.ziʒ.ʁɛ/ | exigerions /ɛɡ.zi.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ | exigeriez /ɛɡ.zi.ʒə.ʁje/ | exigeraient /ɛɡ.ziʒ.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 | exige /ɛɡ.ziʒ/ | exiges /ɛɡ.ziʒ/ | exige /ɛɡ.ziʒ/ | exigions /ɛɡ.zi.ʒjɔ̃/ | exigiez /ɛɡ.zi.ʒje/ | exigent /ɛɡ.ziʒ/ |
imperfect2 | exigeasse /ɛɡ.zi.ʒas/ | exigeasses /ɛɡ.zi.ʒas/ | exigeât /ɛɡ.zi.ʒa/ | exigeassions /ɛɡ.zi.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ | exigeassiez /ɛɡ.zi.ʒa.sje/ | exigeassent /ɛɡ.zi.ʒas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | exige /ɛɡ.ziʒ/ | — | exigeons /ɛɡ.zi.ʒɔ̃/ | exigez /ɛɡ.zi.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
- exigence
Further reading
- “exiger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.