méjuger
French
Etymology
mé- + juger
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /me.ʒy.ʒe/
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Verb
méjuger
- (transitive) to misjudge
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written méjuge- 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 méjuger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | méjuger | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | méjugeant /me.ʒy.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | méjugé /me.ʒy.ʒe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | méjuge /me.ʒyʒ/ | méjuges /me.ʒyʒ/ | méjuge /me.ʒyʒ/ | méjugeons /me.ʒy.ʒɔ̃/ | méjugez /me.ʒy.ʒe/ | méjugent /me.ʒyʒ/ |
imperfect | méjugeais /me.ʒy.ʒɛ/ | méjugeais /me.ʒy.ʒɛ/ | méjugeait /me.ʒy.ʒɛ/ | méjugions /me.ʒy.ʒjɔ̃/ | méjugiez /me.ʒy.ʒje/ | méjugeaient /me.ʒy.ʒɛ/ | |
past historic2 | méjugeai /me.ʒy.ʒe/ | méjugeas /me.ʒy.ʒa/ | méjugea /me.ʒy.ʒa/ | méjugeâmes /me.ʒy.ʒam/ | méjugeâtes /me.ʒy.ʒat/ | méjugèrent /me.ʒy.ʒɛʁ/ | |
future | méjugerai /me.ʒyʒ.ʁe/ | méjugeras /me.ʒyʒ.ʁa/ | méjugera /me.ʒyʒ.ʁa/ | méjugerons /me.ʒyʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | méjugerez /me.ʒyʒ.ʁe/ | méjugeront /me.ʒyʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | méjugerais /me.ʒyʒ.ʁɛ/ | méjugerais /me.ʒyʒ.ʁɛ/ | méjugerait /me.ʒyʒ.ʁɛ/ | méjugerions /me.ʒy.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ | méjugeriez /me.ʒy.ʒə.ʁje/ | méjugeraient /me.ʒyʒ.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 | méjuge /me.ʒyʒ/ | méjuges /me.ʒyʒ/ | méjuge /me.ʒyʒ/ | méjugions /me.ʒy.ʒjɔ̃/ | méjugiez /me.ʒy.ʒje/ | méjugent /me.ʒyʒ/ |
imperfect2 | méjugeasse /me.ʒy.ʒas/ | méjugeasses /me.ʒy.ʒas/ | méjugeât /me.ʒy.ʒa/ | méjugeassions /me.ʒy.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ | méjugeassiez /me.ʒy.ʒa.sje/ | méjugeassent /me.ʒy.ʒas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | méjuge /me.ʒyʒ/ | — | méjugeons /me.ʒy.ʒɔ̃/ | méjugez /me.ʒy.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
- “méjuger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.