affourager
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
affourager
- to fodder
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written affourage- 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 affourager (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | affourager | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | affourageant /a.fu.ʁa.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | affouragé /a.fu.ʁa.ʒe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | affourage /a.fu.ʁaʒ/ |
affourages /a.fu.ʁaʒ/ |
affourage /a.fu.ʁaʒ/ |
affourageons /a.fu.ʁa.ʒɔ̃/ |
affouragez /a.fu.ʁa.ʒe/ |
affouragent /a.fu.ʁaʒ/ |
| imperfect | affourageais /a.fu.ʁa.ʒɛ/ |
affourageais /a.fu.ʁa.ʒɛ/ |
affourageait /a.fu.ʁa.ʒɛ/ |
affouragions /a.fu.ʁa.ʒjɔ̃/ |
affouragiez /a.fu.ʁa.ʒje/ |
affourageaient /a.fu.ʁa.ʒɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | affourageai /a.fu.ʁa.ʒe/ |
affourageas /a.fu.ʁa.ʒa/ |
affouragea /a.fu.ʁa.ʒa/ |
affourageâmes /a.fu.ʁa.ʒam/ |
affourageâtes /a.fu.ʁa.ʒat/ |
affouragèrent /a.fu.ʁa.ʒɛʁ/ | |
| future | affouragerai /a.fu.ʁaʒ.ʁe/ |
affourageras /a.fu.ʁaʒ.ʁa/ |
affouragera /a.fu.ʁaʒ.ʁa/ |
affouragerons /a.fu.ʁaʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
affouragerez /a.fu.ʁaʒ.ʁe/ |
affourageront /a.fu.ʁaʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | affouragerais /a.fu.ʁaʒ.ʁɛ/ |
affouragerais /a.fu.ʁaʒ.ʁɛ/ |
affouragerait /a.fu.ʁaʒ.ʁɛ/ |
affouragerions /a.fu.ʁa.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
affourageriez /a.fu.ʁa.ʒə.ʁje/ |
affourageraient /a.fu.ʁaʒ.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 | affourage /a.fu.ʁaʒ/ |
affourages /a.fu.ʁaʒ/ |
affourage /a.fu.ʁaʒ/ |
affouragions /a.fu.ʁa.ʒjɔ̃/ |
affouragiez /a.fu.ʁa.ʒje/ |
affouragent /a.fu.ʁaʒ/ |
| imperfect2 | affourageasse /a.fu.ʁa.ʒas/ |
affourageasses /a.fu.ʁa.ʒas/ |
affourageât /a.fu.ʁa.ʒa/ |
affourageassions /a.fu.ʁa.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
affourageassiez /a.fu.ʁa.ʒa.sje/ |
affourageassent /a.fu.ʁa.ʒas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | affourage /a.fu.ʁaʒ/ |
— | affourageons /a.fu.ʁa.ʒɔ̃/ |
affouragez /a.fu.ʁa.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
- “affourager”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.