maganer
French
Alternative forms
- maganner
Etymology
Inherited from Old French mehaignier, from Frankish *maidijaną (“cripper, injure”). Cognate with English maim.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.ɡa.ne/
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Verb
maganer
- (North America, transitive) to damage, mistreat
- Synonyms: endommager, abîmer, maltraiter
Conjugation
Conjugation of maganer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | maganer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | maganant /ma.ɡa.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | magané /ma.ɡa.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | magane /ma.ɡan/ |
maganes /ma.ɡan/ |
magane /ma.ɡan/ |
maganons /ma.ɡa.nɔ̃/ |
maganez /ma.ɡa.ne/ |
maganent /ma.ɡan/ |
| imperfect | maganais /ma.ɡa.nɛ/ |
maganais /ma.ɡa.nɛ/ |
maganait /ma.ɡa.nɛ/ |
maganions /ma.ɡa.njɔ̃/ |
maganiez /ma.ɡa.nje/ |
maganaient /ma.ɡa.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | maganai /ma.ɡa.ne/ |
maganas /ma.ɡa.na/ |
magana /ma.ɡa.na/ |
maganâmes /ma.ɡa.nam/ |
maganâtes /ma.ɡa.nat/ |
maganèrent /ma.ɡa.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | maganerai /ma.ɡan.ʁe/ |
maganeras /ma.ɡan.ʁa/ |
maganera /ma.ɡan.ʁa/ |
maganerons /ma.ɡan.ʁɔ̃/ |
maganerez /ma.ɡan.ʁe/ |
maganeront /ma.ɡan.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | maganerais /ma.ɡan.ʁɛ/ |
maganerais /ma.ɡan.ʁɛ/ |
maganerait /ma.ɡan.ʁɛ/ |
maganerions /ma.ɡa.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
maganeriez /ma.ɡa.nə.ʁje/ |
maganeraient /ma.ɡan.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 | magane /ma.ɡan/ |
maganes /ma.ɡan/ |
magane /ma.ɡan/ |
maganions /ma.ɡa.njɔ̃/ |
maganiez /ma.ɡa.nje/ |
maganent /ma.ɡan/ |
| imperfect2 | maganasse /ma.ɡa.nas/ |
maganasses /ma.ɡa.nas/ |
maganât /ma.ɡa.na/ |
maganassions /ma.ɡa.na.sjɔ̃/ |
maganassiez /ma.ɡa.na.sje/ |
maganassent /ma.ɡa.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | magane /ma.ɡan/ |
— | maganons /ma.ɡa.nɔ̃/ |
maganez /ma.ɡa.ne/ |
— | |
| 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
Further reading
- “maganer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN)