aménager

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French

Etymology

From a- +‎ Middle French mesnagier; compare French ménager.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.me.na.ʒe/
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Verb

aménager

  1. to lay out, fit out
  2. to develop, convert (to an intended use)

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written aménage- 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 aménager (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple aménager
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple aménageant
/a.me.na.ʒɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle aménagé
/a.me.na.ʒe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present aménage
/a.me.naʒ/ 		aménages
/a.me.naʒ/ 		aménage
/a.me.naʒ/ 		aménageons
/a.me.na.ʒɔ̃/ 		aménagez
/a.me.na.ʒe/ 		aménagent
/a.me.naʒ/
imperfect aménageais
/a.me.na.ʒɛ/ 		aménageais
/a.me.na.ʒɛ/ 		aménageait
/a.me.na.ʒɛ/ 		aménagions
/a.me.na.ʒjɔ̃/ 		aménagiez
/a.me.na.ʒje/ 		aménageaient
/a.me.na.ʒɛ/
past historic2 aménageai
/a.me.na.ʒe/ 		aménageas
/a.me.na.ʒa/ 		aménagea
/a.me.na.ʒa/ 		aménageâmes
/a.me.na.ʒam/ 		aménageâtes
/a.me.na.ʒat/ 		aménagèrent
/a.me.na.ʒɛʁ/
future aménagerai
/a.me.naʒ.ʁe/ 		aménageras
/a.me.naʒ.ʁa/ 		aménagera
/a.me.naʒ.ʁa/ 		aménagerons
/a.me.naʒ.ʁɔ̃/ 		aménagerez
/a.me.naʒ.ʁe/ 		aménageront
/a.me.naʒ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional aménagerais
/a.me.naʒ.ʁɛ/ 		aménagerais
/a.me.naʒ.ʁɛ/ 		aménagerait
/a.me.naʒ.ʁɛ/ 		aménagerions
/a.me.na.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		aménageriez
/a.me.na.ʒə.ʁje/ 		aménageraient
/a.me.naʒ.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 aménage
/a.me.naʒ/ 		aménages
/a.me.naʒ/ 		aménage
/a.me.naʒ/ 		aménagions
/a.me.na.ʒjɔ̃/ 		aménagiez
/a.me.na.ʒje/ 		aménagent
/a.me.naʒ/
imperfect2 aménageasse
/a.me.na.ʒas/ 		aménageasses
/a.me.na.ʒas/ 		aménageât
/a.me.na.ʒa/ 		aménageassions
/a.me.na.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ 		aménageassiez
/a.me.na.ʒa.sje/ 		aménageassent
/a.me.na.ʒas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — aménage
/a.me.naʒ/ 		— aménageons
/a.me.na.ʒɔ̃/ 		aménagez
/a.me.na.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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