attiger
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
attiger
- Synonym of exagérer
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written attige- 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 attiger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | attiger | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | attigeant /a.ti.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | attigé /a.ti.ʒe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | attige /a.tiʒ/ | attiges /a.tiʒ/ | attige /a.tiʒ/ | attigeons /a.ti.ʒɔ̃/ | attigez /a.ti.ʒe/ | attigent /a.tiʒ/ |
imperfect | attigeais /a.ti.ʒɛ/ | attigeais /a.ti.ʒɛ/ | attigeait /a.ti.ʒɛ/ | attigions /a.ti.ʒjɔ̃/ | attigiez /a.ti.ʒje/ | attigeaient /a.ti.ʒɛ/ | |
past historic2 | attigeai /a.ti.ʒe/ | attigeas /a.ti.ʒa/ | attigea /a.ti.ʒa/ | attigeâmes /a.ti.ʒam/ | attigeâtes /a.ti.ʒat/ | attigèrent /a.ti.ʒɛʁ/ | |
future | attigerai /a.tiʒ.ʁe/ | attigeras /a.tiʒ.ʁa/ | attigera /a.tiʒ.ʁa/ | attigerons /a.tiʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | attigerez /a.tiʒ.ʁe/ | attigeront /a.tiʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | attigerais /a.tiʒ.ʁɛ/ | attigerais /a.tiʒ.ʁɛ/ | attigerait /a.tiʒ.ʁɛ/ | attigerions /a.ti.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ | attigeriez /a.ti.ʒə.ʁje/ | attigeraient /a.tiʒ.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 | attige /a.tiʒ/ | attiges /a.tiʒ/ | attige /a.tiʒ/ | attigions /a.ti.ʒjɔ̃/ | attigiez /a.ti.ʒje/ | attigent /a.tiʒ/ |
imperfect2 | attigeasse /a.ti.ʒas/ | attigeasses /a.ti.ʒas/ | attigeât /a.ti.ʒa/ | attigeassions /a.ti.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ | attigeassiez /a.ti.ʒa.sje/ | attigeassent /a.ti.ʒas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | attige /a.tiʒ/ | — | attigeons /a.ti.ʒɔ̃/ | attigez /a.ti.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
- “attiger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.