rallonger
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒe/
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Verb
rallonger
- to lengthen (to make longer)
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written rallonge- 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 rallonger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | rallonger | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | rallongeant /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | rallongé /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | rallonge /ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ/ | rallonges /ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ/ | rallonge /ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ/ | rallongeons /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒɔ̃/ | rallongez /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒe/ | rallongent /ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ/ |
imperfect | rallongeais /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒɛ/ | rallongeais /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒɛ/ | rallongeait /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒɛ/ | rallongions /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ | rallongiez /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒje/ | rallongeaient /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒɛ/ | |
past historic2 | rallongeai /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒe/ | rallongeas /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒa/ | rallongea /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒa/ | rallongeâmes /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒam/ | rallongeâtes /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒat/ | rallongèrent /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒɛʁ/ | |
future | rallongerai /ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁe/ | rallongeras /ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁa/ | rallongera /ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁa/ | rallongerons /ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | rallongerez /ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁe/ | rallongeront /ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | rallongerais /ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ | rallongerais /ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ | rallongerait /ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ | rallongerions /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ | rallongeriez /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒə.ʁje/ | rallongeraient /ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ.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 | rallonge /ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ/ | rallonges /ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ/ | rallonge /ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ/ | rallongions /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ | rallongiez /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒje/ | rallongent /ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ/ |
imperfect2 | rallongeasse /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒas/ | rallongeasses /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒas/ | rallongeât /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒa/ | rallongeassions /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ | rallongeassiez /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒa.sje/ | rallongeassent /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | rallonge /ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ/ | — | rallongeons /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒɔ̃/ | rallongez /ʁa.lɔ̃.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
- “rallonger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.