vendanger
French
Etymology
From Latin vindēmiāre. By surface analysis, vendange + -er.
Pronunciation
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Verb
vendanger
- to vintage
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written vendange- 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 vendanger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | vendanger | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | vendangeant /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | vendangé /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | vendange /vɑ̃.dɑ̃ʒ/ | vendanges /vɑ̃.dɑ̃ʒ/ | vendange /vɑ̃.dɑ̃ʒ/ | vendangeons /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/ | vendangez /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒe/ | vendangent /vɑ̃.dɑ̃ʒ/ |
imperfect | vendangeais /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒɛ/ | vendangeais /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒɛ/ | vendangeait /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒɛ/ | vendangions /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ | vendangiez /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒje/ | vendangeaient /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒɛ/ | |
past historic2 | vendangeai /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒe/ | vendangeas /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒa/ | vendangea /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒa/ | vendangeâmes /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒam/ | vendangeâtes /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒat/ | vendangèrent /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒɛʁ/ | |
future | vendangerai /vɑ̃.dɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/ | vendangeras /vɑ̃.dɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/ | vendangera /vɑ̃.dɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/ | vendangerons /vɑ̃.dɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | vendangerez /vɑ̃.dɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/ | vendangeront /vɑ̃.dɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | vendangerais /vɑ̃.dɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ | vendangerais /vɑ̃.dɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ | vendangerait /vɑ̃.dɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ | vendangerions /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ | vendangeriez /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒə.ʁje/ | vendangeraient /vɑ̃.dɑ̃ʒ.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 | vendange /vɑ̃.dɑ̃ʒ/ | vendanges /vɑ̃.dɑ̃ʒ/ | vendange /vɑ̃.dɑ̃ʒ/ | vendangions /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ | vendangiez /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒje/ | vendangent /vɑ̃.dɑ̃ʒ/ |
imperfect2 | vendangeasse /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒas/ | vendangeasses /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒas/ | vendangeât /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒa/ | vendangeassions /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ | vendangeassiez /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒa.sje/ | vendangeassent /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | vendange /vɑ̃.dɑ̃ʒ/ | — | vendangeons /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/ | vendangez /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.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
- “vendanger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.