préjuger
French
Etymology
pré- + juger; adaptation of Latin praeiudicare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁe.ʒy.ʒe/
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Verb
préjuger
- (transitive) to prejudge
- to foresee; say in advance
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written préjuge- 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 préjuger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | préjuger | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | préjugeant /pʁe.ʒy.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | préjugé /pʁe.ʒy.ʒe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | préjuge /pʁe.ʒyʒ/ | préjuges /pʁe.ʒyʒ/ | préjuge /pʁe.ʒyʒ/ | préjugeons /pʁe.ʒy.ʒɔ̃/ | préjugez /pʁe.ʒy.ʒe/ | préjugent /pʁe.ʒyʒ/ |
| imperfect | préjugeais /pʁe.ʒy.ʒɛ/ | préjugeais /pʁe.ʒy.ʒɛ/ | préjugeait /pʁe.ʒy.ʒɛ/ | préjugions /pʁe.ʒy.ʒjɔ̃/ | préjugiez /pʁe.ʒy.ʒje/ | préjugeaient /pʁe.ʒy.ʒɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | préjugeai /pʁe.ʒy.ʒe/ | préjugeas /pʁe.ʒy.ʒa/ | préjugea /pʁe.ʒy.ʒa/ | préjugeâmes /pʁe.ʒy.ʒam/ | préjugeâtes /pʁe.ʒy.ʒat/ | préjugèrent /pʁe.ʒy.ʒɛʁ/ | |
| future | préjugerai /pʁe.ʒyʒ.ʁe/ | préjugeras /pʁe.ʒyʒ.ʁa/ | préjugera /pʁe.ʒyʒ.ʁa/ | préjugerons /pʁe.ʒyʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | préjugerez /pʁe.ʒyʒ.ʁe/ | préjugeront /pʁe.ʒyʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | préjugerais /pʁe.ʒyʒ.ʁɛ/ | préjugerais /pʁe.ʒyʒ.ʁɛ/ | préjugerait /pʁe.ʒyʒ.ʁɛ/ | préjugerions /pʁe.ʒy.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ | préjugeriez /pʁe.ʒy.ʒə.ʁje/ | préjugeraient /pʁe.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 | préjuge /pʁe.ʒyʒ/ | préjuges /pʁe.ʒyʒ/ | préjuge /pʁe.ʒyʒ/ | préjugions /pʁe.ʒy.ʒjɔ̃/ | préjugiez /pʁe.ʒy.ʒje/ | préjugent /pʁe.ʒyʒ/ |
| imperfect2 | préjugeasse /pʁe.ʒy.ʒas/ | préjugeasses /pʁe.ʒy.ʒas/ | préjugeât /pʁe.ʒy.ʒa/ | préjugeassions /pʁe.ʒy.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ | préjugeassiez /pʁe.ʒy.ʒa.sje/ | préjugeassent /pʁe.ʒy.ʒas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | préjuge /pʁe.ʒyʒ/ | — | préjugeons /pʁe.ʒy.ʒɔ̃/ | préjugez /pʁe.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- préjugé
Related terms
- préjudice
Further reading
- “préjuger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.