adjuger

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French ajugier, inherited from Latin adiūdicāre. The d was reintroduced.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.dʒy.ʒe/
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Verb

adjuger

  1. to auction
  2. to adjudicate
  3. (pronominal, s'adjuger) to take (all for oneself), to grant (oneself) the prerogative to

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written adjuge- 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 adjuger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple adjuger
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple adjugeant
/a.dʒy.ʒɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle adjugé
/a.dʒy.ʒe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present adjuge
/a.dʒyʒ/ 		adjuges
/a.dʒyʒ/ 		adjuge
/a.dʒyʒ/ 		adjugeons
/a.dʒy.ʒɔ̃/ 		adjugez
/a.dʒy.ʒe/ 		adjugent
/a.dʒyʒ/
imperfect adjugeais
/a.dʒy.ʒɛ/ 		adjugeais
/a.dʒy.ʒɛ/ 		adjugeait
/a.dʒy.ʒɛ/ 		adjugions
/a.dʒy.ʒjɔ̃/ 		adjugiez
/a.dʒy.ʒje/ 		adjugeaient
/a.dʒy.ʒɛ/
past historic2 adjugeai
/a.dʒy.ʒe/ 		adjugeas
/a.dʒy.ʒa/ 		adjugea
/a.dʒy.ʒa/ 		adjugeâmes
/a.dʒy.ʒam/ 		adjugeâtes
/a.dʒy.ʒat/ 		adjugèrent
/a.dʒy.ʒɛʁ/
future adjugerai
/a.dʒyʒ.ʁe/ 		adjugeras
/a.dʒyʒ.ʁa/ 		adjugera
/a.dʒyʒ.ʁa/ 		adjugerons
/a.dʒyʒ.ʁɔ̃/ 		adjugerez
/a.dʒyʒ.ʁe/ 		adjugeront
/a.dʒyʒ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional adjugerais
/a.dʒyʒ.ʁɛ/ 		adjugerais
/a.dʒyʒ.ʁɛ/ 		adjugerait
/a.dʒyʒ.ʁɛ/ 		adjugerions
/a.dʒy.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		adjugeriez
/a.dʒy.ʒə.ʁje/ 		adjugeraient
/a.dʒyʒ.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 adjuge
/a.dʒyʒ/ 		adjuges
/a.dʒyʒ/ 		adjuge
/a.dʒyʒ/ 		adjugions
/a.dʒy.ʒjɔ̃/ 		adjugiez
/a.dʒy.ʒje/ 		adjugent
/a.dʒyʒ/
imperfect2 adjugeasse
/a.dʒy.ʒas/ 		adjugeasses
/a.dʒy.ʒas/ 		adjugeât
/a.dʒy.ʒa/ 		adjugeassions
/a.dʒy.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ 		adjugeassiez
/a.dʒy.ʒa.sje/ 		adjugeassent
/a.dʒy.ʒas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — adjuge
/a.dʒyʒ/ 		— adjugeons
/a.dʒy.ʒɔ̃/ 		adjugez
/a.dʒy.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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Latin

Verb

adjuger

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of adjugō
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