replonger
French
Etymology
re- + plonger
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.plɔ̃.ʒe/
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Verb
replonger
- (transitive) to plunge again or back
- (transitive) to relapse
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written replonge- 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 replonger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | replonger | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | replongeant /ʁə.plɔ̃.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | replongé /ʁə.plɔ̃.ʒe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | replonge /ʁə.plɔ̃ʒ/ | replonges /ʁə.plɔ̃ʒ/ | replonge /ʁə.plɔ̃ʒ/ | replongeons /ʁə.plɔ̃.ʒɔ̃/ | replongez /ʁə.plɔ̃.ʒe/ | replongent /ʁə.plɔ̃ʒ/ |
imperfect | replongeais /ʁə.plɔ̃.ʒɛ/ | replongeais /ʁə.plɔ̃.ʒɛ/ | replongeait /ʁə.plɔ̃.ʒɛ/ | replongions /ʁə.plɔ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ | replongiez /ʁə.plɔ̃.ʒje/ | replongeaient /ʁə.plɔ̃.ʒɛ/ | |
past historic2 | replongeai /ʁə.plɔ̃.ʒe/ | replongeas /ʁə.plɔ̃.ʒa/ | replongea /ʁə.plɔ̃.ʒa/ | replongeâmes /ʁə.plɔ̃.ʒam/ | replongeâtes /ʁə.plɔ̃.ʒat/ | replongèrent /ʁə.plɔ̃.ʒɛʁ/ | |
future | replongerai /ʁə.plɔ̃ʒ.ʁe/ | replongeras /ʁə.plɔ̃ʒ.ʁa/ | replongera /ʁə.plɔ̃ʒ.ʁa/ | replongerons /ʁə.plɔ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | replongerez /ʁə.plɔ̃ʒ.ʁe/ | replongeront /ʁə.plɔ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | replongerais /ʁə.plɔ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ | replongerais /ʁə.plɔ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ | replongerait /ʁə.plɔ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ | replongerions /ʁə.plɔ̃.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ | replongeriez /ʁə.plɔ̃.ʒə.ʁje/ | replongeraient /ʁə.plɔ̃ʒ.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 | replonge /ʁə.plɔ̃ʒ/ | replonges /ʁə.plɔ̃ʒ/ | replonge /ʁə.plɔ̃ʒ/ | replongions /ʁə.plɔ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ | replongiez /ʁə.plɔ̃.ʒje/ | replongent /ʁə.plɔ̃ʒ/ |
imperfect2 | replongeasse /ʁə.plɔ̃.ʒas/ | replongeasses /ʁə.plɔ̃.ʒas/ | replongeât /ʁə.plɔ̃.ʒa/ | replongeassions /ʁə.plɔ̃.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ | replongeassiez /ʁə.plɔ̃.ʒa.sje/ | replongeassent /ʁə.plɔ̃.ʒas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | replonge /ʁə.plɔ̃ʒ/ | — | replongeons /ʁə.plɔ̃.ʒɔ̃/ | replongez /ʁə.plɔ̃.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
- “replonger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.