rallonger
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒe/
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Verb
rallonger
- to lengthen (to make longer)
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written rallonge- 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 rallonger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | rallonger | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | rallongeant /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | rallongé /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | rallonge /ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ/ |
rallonges /ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ/ |
rallonge /ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ/ |
rallongeons /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒɔ̃/ |
rallongez /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒe/ |
rallongent /ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ/ |
| imperfect | rallongeais /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒɛ/ |
rallongeais /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒɛ/ |
rallongeait /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒɛ/ |
rallongions /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ |
rallongiez /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒje/ |
rallongeaient /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | rallongeai /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒe/ |
rallongeas /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒa/ |
rallongea /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒa/ |
rallongeâmes /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒam/ |
rallongeâtes /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒat/ |
rallongèrent /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒɛʁ/ | |
| future | rallongerai /ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁe/ |
rallongeras /ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁa/ |
rallongera /ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁa/ |
rallongerons /ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
rallongerez /ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁe/ |
rallongeront /ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | rallongerais /ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
rallongerais /ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
rallongerait /ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
rallongerions /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
rallongeriez /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒə.ʁje/ |
rallongeraient /ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ.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 | rallonge /ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ/ |
rallonges /ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ/ |
rallonge /ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ/ |
rallongions /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ |
rallongiez /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒje/ |
rallongent /ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ/ |
| imperfect2 | rallongeasse /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒas/ |
rallongeasses /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒas/ |
rallongeât /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒa/ |
rallongeassions /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
rallongeassiez /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒa.sje/ |
rallongeassent /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | rallonge /ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ/ |
— | rallongeons /ʁa.lɔ̃.ʒɔ̃/ |
rallongez /ʁa.lɔ̃.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
- “rallonger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.