affourager

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French

Pronunciation

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Verb

affourager

  1. to fodder

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written affourage- 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 affourager (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple affourager
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple affourageant
/a.fu.ʁa.ʒɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle affouragé
/a.fu.ʁa.ʒe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present affourage
/a.fu.ʁaʒ/ 		affourages
/a.fu.ʁaʒ/ 		affourage
/a.fu.ʁaʒ/ 		affourageons
/a.fu.ʁa.ʒɔ̃/ 		affouragez
/a.fu.ʁa.ʒe/ 		affouragent
/a.fu.ʁaʒ/
imperfect affourageais
/a.fu.ʁa.ʒɛ/ 		affourageais
/a.fu.ʁa.ʒɛ/ 		affourageait
/a.fu.ʁa.ʒɛ/ 		affouragions
/a.fu.ʁa.ʒjɔ̃/ 		affouragiez
/a.fu.ʁa.ʒje/ 		affourageaient
/a.fu.ʁa.ʒɛ/
past historic2 affourageai
/a.fu.ʁa.ʒe/ 		affourageas
/a.fu.ʁa.ʒa/ 		affouragea
/a.fu.ʁa.ʒa/ 		affourageâmes
/a.fu.ʁa.ʒam/ 		affourageâtes
/a.fu.ʁa.ʒat/ 		affouragèrent
/a.fu.ʁa.ʒɛʁ/
future affouragerai
/a.fu.ʁaʒ.ʁe/ 		affourageras
/a.fu.ʁaʒ.ʁa/ 		affouragera
/a.fu.ʁaʒ.ʁa/ 		affouragerons
/a.fu.ʁaʒ.ʁɔ̃/ 		affouragerez
/a.fu.ʁaʒ.ʁe/ 		affourageront
/a.fu.ʁaʒ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional affouragerais
/a.fu.ʁaʒ.ʁɛ/ 		affouragerais
/a.fu.ʁaʒ.ʁɛ/ 		affouragerait
/a.fu.ʁaʒ.ʁɛ/ 		affouragerions
/a.fu.ʁa.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		affourageriez
/a.fu.ʁa.ʒə.ʁje/ 		affourageraient
/a.fu.ʁaʒ.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 affourage
/a.fu.ʁaʒ/ 		affourages
/a.fu.ʁaʒ/ 		affourage
/a.fu.ʁaʒ/ 		affouragions
/a.fu.ʁa.ʒjɔ̃/ 		affouragiez
/a.fu.ʁa.ʒje/ 		affouragent
/a.fu.ʁaʒ/
imperfect2 affourageasse
/a.fu.ʁa.ʒas/ 		affourageasses
/a.fu.ʁa.ʒas/ 		affourageât
/a.fu.ʁa.ʒa/ 		affourageassions
/a.fu.ʁa.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ 		affourageassiez
/a.fu.ʁa.ʒa.sje/ 		affourageassent
/a.fu.ʁa.ʒas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — affourage
/a.fu.ʁaʒ/ 		— affourageons
/a.fu.ʁa.ʒɔ̃/ 		affouragez
/a.fu.ʁa.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).

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