Probably of Germanic origin, compare Old Norse laga (“to prepare”) as well as Dutch lalten.
élaguer
| infinitive | simple | élaguer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | élaguant /e.la.ɡɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | élagué /e.la.ɡe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | élague /e.laɡ/ |
élagues /e.laɡ/ |
élague /e.laɡ/ |
élaguons /e.la.ɡɔ̃/ |
élaguez /e.la.ɡe/ |
élaguent /e.laɡ/ |
| imperfect | élaguais /e.la.ɡɛ/ |
élaguais /e.la.ɡɛ/ |
élaguait /e.la.ɡɛ/ |
élaguions /e.la.ɡjɔ̃/ |
élaguiez /e.la.ɡje/ |
élaguaient /e.la.ɡɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | élaguai /e.la.ɡe/ |
élaguas /e.la.ɡa/ |
élagua /e.la.ɡa/ |
élaguâmes /e.la.ɡam/ |
élaguâtes /e.la.ɡat/ |
élaguèrent /e.la.ɡɛʁ/ | |
| future | élaguerai /e.la.ɡʁe/ |
élagueras /e.la.ɡʁa/ |
élaguera /e.la.ɡʁa/ |
élaguerons /e.la.ɡʁɔ̃/ |
élaguerez /e.la.ɡʁe/ |
élagueront /e.la.ɡʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | élaguerais /e.la.ɡʁɛ/ |
élaguerais /e.la.ɡʁɛ/ |
élaguerait /e.la.ɡʁɛ/ |
élaguerions /e.la.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
élagueriez /e.la.ɡə.ʁje/ |
élagueraient /e.la.ɡʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | élague /e.laɡ/ |
élagues /e.laɡ/ |
élague /e.laɡ/ |
élaguions /e.la.ɡjɔ̃/ |
élaguiez /e.la.ɡje/ |
élaguent /e.laɡ/ |
| imperfect2 | élaguasse /e.la.ɡas/ |
élaguasses /e.la.ɡas/ |
élaguât /e.la.ɡa/ |
élaguassions /e.la.ɡa.sjɔ̃/ |
élaguassiez /e.la.ɡa.sje/ |
élaguassent /e.la.ɡas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | élague /e.laɡ/ |
— | élaguons /e.la.ɡɔ̃/ |
élaguez /e.la.ɡe/ |
— | |
| 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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||