rechanger
French
Etymology
From re- + changer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.ʃɑ̃.ʒe/
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Verb
rechanger
- to change again
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written rechange- 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 rechanger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | rechanger | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | rechangeant /ʁə.ʃɑ̃.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | rechangé /ʁə.ʃɑ̃.ʒe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | rechange /ʁə.ʃɑ̃ʒ/ | rechanges /ʁə.ʃɑ̃ʒ/ | rechange /ʁə.ʃɑ̃ʒ/ | rechangeons /ʁə.ʃɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/ | rechangez /ʁə.ʃɑ̃.ʒe/ | rechangent /ʁə.ʃɑ̃ʒ/ |
| imperfect | rechangeais /ʁə.ʃɑ̃.ʒɛ/ | rechangeais /ʁə.ʃɑ̃.ʒɛ/ | rechangeait /ʁə.ʃɑ̃.ʒɛ/ | rechangions /ʁə.ʃɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ | rechangiez /ʁə.ʃɑ̃.ʒje/ | rechangeaient /ʁə.ʃɑ̃.ʒɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | rechangeai /ʁə.ʃɑ̃.ʒe/ | rechangeas /ʁə.ʃɑ̃.ʒa/ | rechangea /ʁə.ʃɑ̃.ʒa/ | rechangeâmes /ʁə.ʃɑ̃.ʒam/ | rechangeâtes /ʁə.ʃɑ̃.ʒat/ | rechangèrent /ʁə.ʃɑ̃.ʒɛʁ/ | |
| future | rechangerai /ʁə.ʃɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/ | rechangeras /ʁə.ʃɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/ | rechangera /ʁə.ʃɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/ | rechangerons /ʁə.ʃɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | rechangerez /ʁə.ʃɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/ | rechangeront /ʁə.ʃɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | rechangerais /ʁə.ʃɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ | rechangerais /ʁə.ʃɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ | rechangerait /ʁə.ʃɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ | rechangerions /ʁə.ʃɑ̃.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ | rechangeriez /ʁə.ʃɑ̃.ʒə.ʁje/ | rechangeraient /ʁə.ʃɑ̃ʒ.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 | rechange /ʁə.ʃɑ̃ʒ/ | rechanges /ʁə.ʃɑ̃ʒ/ | rechange /ʁə.ʃɑ̃ʒ/ | rechangions /ʁə.ʃɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ | rechangiez /ʁə.ʃɑ̃.ʒje/ | rechangent /ʁə.ʃɑ̃ʒ/ |
| imperfect2 | rechangeasse /ʁə.ʃɑ̃.ʒas/ | rechangeasses /ʁə.ʃɑ̃.ʒas/ | rechangeât /ʁə.ʃɑ̃.ʒa/ | rechangeassions /ʁə.ʃɑ̃.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ | rechangeassiez /ʁə.ʃɑ̃.ʒa.sje/ | rechangeassent /ʁə.ʃɑ̃.ʒas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | rechange /ʁə.ʃɑ̃ʒ/ | — | rechangeons /ʁə.ʃɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/ | rechangez /ʁə.ʃɑ̃.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
- “rechanger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.