désavantager
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒe/
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Verb
désavantager
- to disadvantage; hinder
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written désavantage- 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 désavantager (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | désavantager | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | désavantageant /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | désavantagé /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | désavantage /de.za.vɑ̃.taʒ/ |
désavantages /de.za.vɑ̃.taʒ/ |
désavantage /de.za.vɑ̃.taʒ/ |
désavantageons /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒɔ̃/ |
désavantagez /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒe/ |
désavantagent /de.za.vɑ̃.taʒ/ |
| imperfect | désavantageais /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒɛ/ |
désavantageais /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒɛ/ |
désavantageait /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒɛ/ |
désavantagions /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒjɔ̃/ |
désavantagiez /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒje/ |
désavantageaient /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | désavantageai /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒe/ |
désavantageas /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒa/ |
désavantagea /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒa/ |
désavantageâmes /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒam/ |
désavantageâtes /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒat/ |
désavantagèrent /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒɛʁ/ | |
| future | désavantagerai /de.za.vɑ̃.taʒ.ʁe/ |
désavantageras /de.za.vɑ̃.taʒ.ʁa/ |
désavantagera /de.za.vɑ̃.taʒ.ʁa/ |
désavantagerons /de.za.vɑ̃.taʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
désavantagerez /de.za.vɑ̃.taʒ.ʁe/ |
désavantageront /de.za.vɑ̃.taʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | désavantagerais /de.za.vɑ̃.taʒ.ʁɛ/ |
désavantagerais /de.za.vɑ̃.taʒ.ʁɛ/ |
désavantagerait /de.za.vɑ̃.taʒ.ʁɛ/ |
désavantagerions /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
désavantageriez /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒə.ʁje/ |
désavantageraient /de.za.vɑ̃.taʒ.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 | désavantage /de.za.vɑ̃.taʒ/ |
désavantages /de.za.vɑ̃.taʒ/ |
désavantage /de.za.vɑ̃.taʒ/ |
désavantagions /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒjɔ̃/ |
désavantagiez /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒje/ |
désavantagent /de.za.vɑ̃.taʒ/ |
| imperfect2 | désavantageasse /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒas/ |
désavantageasses /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒas/ |
désavantageât /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒa/ |
désavantageassions /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
désavantageassiez /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒa.sje/ |
désavantageassent /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | désavantage /de.za.vɑ̃.taʒ/ |
— | désavantageons /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.ʒɔ̃/ |
désavantagez /de.za.vɑ̃.ta.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
- “désavantager”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.