bauger
French
Etymology
From bauge (“wallow”) + -er.
Pronunciation
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Verb
bauger
- to wallow
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written bauge- 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 bauger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | bauger | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | baugeant /bo.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | baugé /bo.ʒe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | bauge /boʒ/ | bauges /boʒ/ | bauge /boʒ/ | baugeons /bo.ʒɔ̃/ | baugez /bo.ʒe/ | baugent /boʒ/ |
imperfect | baugeais /bo.ʒɛ/ | baugeais /bo.ʒɛ/ | baugeait /bo.ʒɛ/ | baugions /bo.ʒjɔ̃/ | baugiez /bo.ʒje/ | baugeaient /bo.ʒɛ/ | |
past historic2 | baugeai /bo.ʒe/ | baugeas /bo.ʒa/ | baugea /bo.ʒa/ | baugeâmes /bo.ʒam/ | baugeâtes /bo.ʒat/ | baugèrent /bo.ʒɛʁ/ | |
future | baugerai /boʒ.ʁe/ | baugeras /boʒ.ʁa/ | baugera /boʒ.ʁa/ | baugerons /boʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | baugerez /boʒ.ʁe/ | baugeront /boʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | baugerais /boʒ.ʁɛ/ | baugerais /boʒ.ʁɛ/ | baugerait /boʒ.ʁɛ/ | baugerions /bo.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ | baugeriez /bo.ʒə.ʁje/ | baugeraient /boʒ.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 | bauge /boʒ/ | bauges /boʒ/ | bauge /boʒ/ | baugions /bo.ʒjɔ̃/ | baugiez /bo.ʒje/ | baugent /boʒ/ |
imperfect2 | baugeasse /bo.ʒas/ | baugeasses /bo.ʒas/ | baugeât /bo.ʒa/ | baugeassions /bo.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ | baugeassiez /bo.ʒa.sje/ | baugeassent /bo.ʒas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | bauge /boʒ/ | — | baugeons /bo.ʒɔ̃/ | baugez /bo.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
- “bauger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
bauger m pl
- indefinite plural of baug