avantager

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French

Etymology

From avantage +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

avantager

  1. (transitive) to favour
  2. to give an advantage to

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written avantage- 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 avantager (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple avantager
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple avantageant
/a.vɑ̃.ta.ʒɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle avantagé
/a.vɑ̃.ta.ʒe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present avantage
/a.vɑ̃.taʒ/ 		avantages
/a.vɑ̃.taʒ/ 		avantage
/a.vɑ̃.taʒ/ 		avantageons
/a.vɑ̃.ta.ʒɔ̃/ 		avantagez
/a.vɑ̃.ta.ʒe/ 		avantagent
/a.vɑ̃.taʒ/
imperfect avantageais
/a.vɑ̃.ta.ʒɛ/ 		avantageais
/a.vɑ̃.ta.ʒɛ/ 		avantageait
/a.vɑ̃.ta.ʒɛ/ 		avantagions
/a.vɑ̃.ta.ʒjɔ̃/ 		avantagiez
/a.vɑ̃.ta.ʒje/ 		avantageaient
/a.vɑ̃.ta.ʒɛ/
past historic2 avantageai
/a.vɑ̃.ta.ʒe/ 		avantageas
/a.vɑ̃.ta.ʒa/ 		avantagea
/a.vɑ̃.ta.ʒa/ 		avantageâmes
/a.vɑ̃.ta.ʒam/ 		avantageâtes
/a.vɑ̃.ta.ʒat/ 		avantagèrent
/a.vɑ̃.ta.ʒɛʁ/
future avantagerai
/a.vɑ̃.taʒ.ʁe/ 		avantageras
/a.vɑ̃.taʒ.ʁa/ 		avantagera
/a.vɑ̃.taʒ.ʁa/ 		avantagerons
/a.vɑ̃.taʒ.ʁɔ̃/ 		avantagerez
/a.vɑ̃.taʒ.ʁe/ 		avantageront
/a.vɑ̃.taʒ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional avantagerais
/a.vɑ̃.taʒ.ʁɛ/ 		avantagerais
/a.vɑ̃.taʒ.ʁɛ/ 		avantagerait
/a.vɑ̃.taʒ.ʁɛ/ 		avantagerions
/a.vɑ̃.ta.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		avantageriez
/a.vɑ̃.ta.ʒə.ʁje/ 		avantageraient
/a.vɑ̃.taʒ.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 avantage
/a.vɑ̃.taʒ/ 		avantages
/a.vɑ̃.taʒ/ 		avantage
/a.vɑ̃.taʒ/ 		avantagions
/a.vɑ̃.ta.ʒjɔ̃/ 		avantagiez
/a.vɑ̃.ta.ʒje/ 		avantagent
/a.vɑ̃.taʒ/
imperfect2 avantageasse
/a.vɑ̃.ta.ʒas/ 		avantageasses
/a.vɑ̃.ta.ʒas/ 		avantageât
/a.vɑ̃.ta.ʒa/ 		avantageassions
/a.vɑ̃.ta.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ 		avantageassiez
/a.vɑ̃.ta.ʒa.sje/ 		avantageassent
/a.vɑ̃.ta.ʒas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — avantage
/a.vɑ̃.taʒ/ 		— avantageons
/a.vɑ̃.ta.ʒɔ̃/ 		avantagez
/a.vɑ̃.ta.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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