vidanger
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vi.dɑ̃.ʒe/
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Verb
vidanger
- to empty a reservoir, cesspit etc.
- to change the oil in the motor of a vehicle
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written vidange- 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 vidanger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | vidanger | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | vidangeant /vi.dɑ̃.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | vidangé /vi.dɑ̃.ʒe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | vidange /vi.dɑ̃ʒ/ | vidanges /vi.dɑ̃ʒ/ | vidange /vi.dɑ̃ʒ/ | vidangeons /vi.dɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/ | vidangez /vi.dɑ̃.ʒe/ | vidangent /vi.dɑ̃ʒ/ |
| imperfect | vidangeais /vi.dɑ̃.ʒɛ/ | vidangeais /vi.dɑ̃.ʒɛ/ | vidangeait /vi.dɑ̃.ʒɛ/ | vidangions /vi.dɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ | vidangiez /vi.dɑ̃.ʒje/ | vidangeaient /vi.dɑ̃.ʒɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | vidangeai /vi.dɑ̃.ʒe/ | vidangeas /vi.dɑ̃.ʒa/ | vidangea /vi.dɑ̃.ʒa/ | vidangeâmes /vi.dɑ̃.ʒam/ | vidangeâtes /vi.dɑ̃.ʒat/ | vidangèrent /vi.dɑ̃.ʒɛʁ/ | |
| future | vidangerai /vi.dɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/ | vidangeras /vi.dɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/ | vidangera /vi.dɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/ | vidangerons /vi.dɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | vidangerez /vi.dɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/ | vidangeront /vi.dɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | vidangerais /vi.dɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ | vidangerais /vi.dɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ | vidangerait /vi.dɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ | vidangerions /vi.dɑ̃.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ | vidangeriez /vi.dɑ̃.ʒə.ʁje/ | vidangeraient /vi.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 | vidange /vi.dɑ̃ʒ/ | vidanges /vi.dɑ̃ʒ/ | vidange /vi.dɑ̃ʒ/ | vidangions /vi.dɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ | vidangiez /vi.dɑ̃.ʒje/ | vidangent /vi.dɑ̃ʒ/ |
| imperfect2 | vidangeasse /vi.dɑ̃.ʒas/ | vidangeasses /vi.dɑ̃.ʒas/ | vidangeât /vi.dɑ̃.ʒa/ | vidangeassions /vi.dɑ̃.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ | vidangeassiez /vi.dɑ̃.ʒa.sje/ | vidangeassent /vi.dɑ̃.ʒas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | vidange /vi.dɑ̃ʒ/ | — | vidangeons /vi.dɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/ | vidangez /vi.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- vidangeur
See also
- vidange
- vider
Further reading
- “vidanger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.