propager
French
Etymology
From Latin propagō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁɔ.pa.ʒe/
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Verb
propager
- (transitive) to propagate, spread
- (reflexive) to propagate, spread
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written propage- 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 propager (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | propager | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | propageant /pʁɔ.pa.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | propagé /pʁɔ.pa.ʒe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | propage /pʁɔ.paʒ/ | propages /pʁɔ.paʒ/ | propage /pʁɔ.paʒ/ | propageons /pʁɔ.pa.ʒɔ̃/ | propagez /pʁɔ.pa.ʒe/ | propagent /pʁɔ.paʒ/ |
| imperfect | propageais /pʁɔ.pa.ʒɛ/ | propageais /pʁɔ.pa.ʒɛ/ | propageait /pʁɔ.pa.ʒɛ/ | propagions /pʁɔ.pa.ʒjɔ̃/ | propagiez /pʁɔ.pa.ʒje/ | propageaient /pʁɔ.pa.ʒɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | propageai /pʁɔ.pa.ʒe/ | propageas /pʁɔ.pa.ʒa/ | propagea /pʁɔ.pa.ʒa/ | propageâmes /pʁɔ.pa.ʒam/ | propageâtes /pʁɔ.pa.ʒat/ | propagèrent /pʁɔ.pa.ʒɛʁ/ | |
| future | propagerai /pʁɔ.paʒ.ʁe/ | propageras /pʁɔ.paʒ.ʁa/ | propagera /pʁɔ.paʒ.ʁa/ | propagerons /pʁɔ.paʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | propagerez /pʁɔ.paʒ.ʁe/ | propageront /pʁɔ.paʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | propagerais /pʁɔ.paʒ.ʁɛ/ | propagerais /pʁɔ.paʒ.ʁɛ/ | propagerait /pʁɔ.paʒ.ʁɛ/ | propagerions /pʁɔ.pa.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ | propageriez /pʁɔ.pa.ʒə.ʁje/ | propageraient /pʁɔ.paʒ.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 | propage /pʁɔ.paʒ/ | propages /pʁɔ.paʒ/ | propage /pʁɔ.paʒ/ | propagions /pʁɔ.pa.ʒjɔ̃/ | propagiez /pʁɔ.pa.ʒje/ | propagent /pʁɔ.paʒ/ |
| imperfect2 | propageasse /pʁɔ.pa.ʒas/ | propageasses /pʁɔ.pa.ʒas/ | propageât /pʁɔ.pa.ʒa/ | propageassions /pʁɔ.pa.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ | propageassiez /pʁɔ.pa.ʒa.sje/ | propageassent /pʁɔ.pa.ʒas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | propage /pʁɔ.paʒ/ | — | propageons /pʁɔ.pa.ʒɔ̃/ | propagez /pʁɔ.pa.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
- propagation
Further reading
- “propager”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
prōpāger
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of prōpāgō