rengager
French
Etymology
re- + engager
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁɑ̃.ɡa.ʒe/
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Verb
rengager
- (transitive) to reengage
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written rengage- 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 rengager (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | rengager | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | rengageant /ʁɑ̃.ɡa.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | rengagé /ʁɑ̃.ɡa.ʒe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | rengage /ʁɑ̃.ɡaʒ/ | rengages /ʁɑ̃.ɡaʒ/ | rengage /ʁɑ̃.ɡaʒ/ | rengageons /ʁɑ̃.ɡa.ʒɔ̃/ | rengagez /ʁɑ̃.ɡa.ʒe/ | rengagent /ʁɑ̃.ɡaʒ/ |
imperfect | rengageais /ʁɑ̃.ɡa.ʒɛ/ | rengageais /ʁɑ̃.ɡa.ʒɛ/ | rengageait /ʁɑ̃.ɡa.ʒɛ/ | rengagions /ʁɑ̃.ɡa.ʒjɔ̃/ | rengagiez /ʁɑ̃.ɡa.ʒje/ | rengageaient /ʁɑ̃.ɡa.ʒɛ/ | |
past historic2 | rengageai /ʁɑ̃.ɡa.ʒe/ | rengageas /ʁɑ̃.ɡa.ʒa/ | rengagea /ʁɑ̃.ɡa.ʒa/ | rengageâmes /ʁɑ̃.ɡa.ʒam/ | rengageâtes /ʁɑ̃.ɡa.ʒat/ | rengagèrent /ʁɑ̃.ɡa.ʒɛʁ/ | |
future | rengagerai /ʁɑ̃.ɡaʒ.ʁe/ | rengageras /ʁɑ̃.ɡaʒ.ʁa/ | rengagera /ʁɑ̃.ɡaʒ.ʁa/ | rengagerons /ʁɑ̃.ɡaʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | rengagerez /ʁɑ̃.ɡaʒ.ʁe/ | rengageront /ʁɑ̃.ɡaʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | rengagerais /ʁɑ̃.ɡaʒ.ʁɛ/ | rengagerais /ʁɑ̃.ɡaʒ.ʁɛ/ | rengagerait /ʁɑ̃.ɡaʒ.ʁɛ/ | rengagerions /ʁɑ̃.ɡa.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ | rengageriez /ʁɑ̃.ɡa.ʒə.ʁje/ | rengageraient /ʁɑ̃.ɡaʒ.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 | rengage /ʁɑ̃.ɡaʒ/ | rengages /ʁɑ̃.ɡaʒ/ | rengage /ʁɑ̃.ɡaʒ/ | rengagions /ʁɑ̃.ɡa.ʒjɔ̃/ | rengagiez /ʁɑ̃.ɡa.ʒje/ | rengagent /ʁɑ̃.ɡaʒ/ |
imperfect2 | rengageasse /ʁɑ̃.ɡa.ʒas/ | rengageasses /ʁɑ̃.ɡa.ʒas/ | rengageât /ʁɑ̃.ɡa.ʒa/ | rengageassions /ʁɑ̃.ɡa.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ | rengageassiez /ʁɑ̃.ɡa.ʒa.sje/ | rengageassent /ʁɑ̃.ɡa.ʒas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | rengage /ʁɑ̃.ɡaʒ/ | — | rengageons /ʁɑ̃.ɡa.ʒɔ̃/ | rengagez /ʁɑ̃.ɡa.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
- “rengager”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.