corriger

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin corrigēre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ.ʁi.ʒe/, /ko.ʁi.ʒe/
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Verb

corriger

  1. to correct
    Quelqu’un doit corriger son erreur.
    Someone must correct her error.
  2. (school); to grade (US), to mark (UK)

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written corrige- 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 corriger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple corriger
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple corrigeant
/kɔ.ʁi.ʒɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle corrigé
/kɔ.ʁi.ʒe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present corrige
/kɔ.ʁiʒ/ 		corriges
/kɔ.ʁiʒ/ 		corrige
/kɔ.ʁiʒ/ 		corrigeons
/kɔ.ʁi.ʒɔ̃/ 		corrigez
/kɔ.ʁi.ʒe/ 		corrigent
/kɔ.ʁiʒ/
imperfect corrigeais
/kɔ.ʁi.ʒɛ/ 		corrigeais
/kɔ.ʁi.ʒɛ/ 		corrigeait
/kɔ.ʁi.ʒɛ/ 		corrigions
/kɔ.ʁi.ʒjɔ̃/ 		corrigiez
/kɔ.ʁi.ʒje/ 		corrigeaient
/kɔ.ʁi.ʒɛ/
past historic2 corrigeai
/kɔ.ʁi.ʒe/ 		corrigeas
/kɔ.ʁi.ʒa/ 		corrigea
/kɔ.ʁi.ʒa/ 		corrigeâmes
/kɔ.ʁi.ʒam/ 		corrigeâtes
/kɔ.ʁi.ʒat/ 		corrigèrent
/kɔ.ʁi.ʒɛʁ/
future corrigerai
/kɔ.ʁiʒ.ʁe/ 		corrigeras
/kɔ.ʁiʒ.ʁa/ 		corrigera
/kɔ.ʁiʒ.ʁa/ 		corrigerons
/kɔ.ʁiʒ.ʁɔ̃/ 		corrigerez
/kɔ.ʁiʒ.ʁe/ 		corrigeront
/kɔ.ʁiʒ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional corrigerais
/kɔ.ʁiʒ.ʁɛ/ 		corrigerais
/kɔ.ʁiʒ.ʁɛ/ 		corrigerait
/kɔ.ʁiʒ.ʁɛ/ 		corrigerions
/kɔ.ʁi.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		corrigeriez
/kɔ.ʁi.ʒə.ʁje/ 		corrigeraient
/kɔ.ʁiʒ.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 corrige
/kɔ.ʁiʒ/ 		corriges
/kɔ.ʁiʒ/ 		corrige
/kɔ.ʁiʒ/ 		corrigions
/kɔ.ʁi.ʒjɔ̃/ 		corrigiez
/kɔ.ʁi.ʒje/ 		corrigent
/kɔ.ʁiʒ/
imperfect2 corrigeasse
/kɔ.ʁi.ʒas/ 		corrigeasses
/kɔ.ʁi.ʒas/ 		corrigeât
/kɔ.ʁi.ʒa/ 		corrigeassions
/kɔ.ʁi.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ 		corrigeassiez
/kɔ.ʁi.ʒa.sje/ 		corrigeassent
/kɔ.ʁi.ʒas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — corrige
/kɔ.ʁiʒ/ 		— corrigeons
/kɔ.ʁi.ʒɔ̃/ 		corrigez
/kɔ.ʁi.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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Verb

corriger

  1. to correct

Conjugation

    Conjugation of corriger
infinitive corriger
participle present perfect
corrigente corrigite
active simple perfect
present corrige ha corrigite
past corrigeva habeva corrigite
future corrigera habera corrigite
conditional corrigerea haberea corrigite
imperative corrige
passive simple perfect
present es corrigite ha essite corrigite
past esseva corrigite habeva essite corrigite
future essera corrigite habera essite corrigite
conditional esserea corrigite haberea essite corrigite
imperative sia corrigite
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