Uncertain. Suggestions include:
langer (plural langers)
langer
Related to langes (“swaddling clothes”).
langer
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written lange- 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.
infinitive | simple | langer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | langeant /lɑ̃.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | langé /lɑ̃.ʒe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | lange /lɑ̃ʒ/ |
langes /lɑ̃ʒ/ |
lange /lɑ̃ʒ/ |
langeons /lɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/ |
langez /lɑ̃.ʒe/ |
langent /lɑ̃ʒ/ |
imperfect | langeais /lɑ̃.ʒɛ/ |
langeais /lɑ̃.ʒɛ/ |
langeait /lɑ̃.ʒɛ/ |
langions /lɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ |
langiez /lɑ̃.ʒje/ |
langeaient /lɑ̃.ʒɛ/ | |
past historic2 | langeai /lɑ̃.ʒe/ |
langeas /lɑ̃.ʒa/ |
langea /lɑ̃.ʒa/ |
langeâmes /lɑ̃.ʒam/ |
langeâtes /lɑ̃.ʒat/ |
langèrent /lɑ̃.ʒɛʁ/ | |
future | langerai /lɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/ |
langeras /lɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/ |
langera /lɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/ |
langerons /lɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
langerez /lɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/ |
langeront /lɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | langerais /lɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
langerais /lɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
langerait /lɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
langerions /lɑ̃.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
langeriez /lɑ̃.ʒə.ʁje/ |
langeraient /lɑ̃ʒ.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 | lange /lɑ̃ʒ/ |
langes /lɑ̃ʒ/ |
lange /lɑ̃ʒ/ |
langions /lɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ |
langiez /lɑ̃.ʒje/ |
langent /lɑ̃ʒ/ |
imperfect2 | langeasse /lɑ̃.ʒas/ |
langeasses /lɑ̃.ʒas/ |
langeât /lɑ̃.ʒa/ |
langeassions /lɑ̃.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
langeassiez /lɑ̃.ʒa.sje/ |
langeassent /lɑ̃.ʒas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | lange /lɑ̃ʒ/ |
— | langeons /lɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/ |
langez /lɑ̃.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:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
langer
lange (“send, deal”) + -er (“-er”, agent nominalization suffix)
langer m (definite singular langeren, indefinite plural langere, definite plural langerne)
langer
From Old Norse langr, from Proto-Germanic *langaz.
langer
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
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nominative | langer | lang | langt |
accusative | langan | langa | langt |
dative | langum langom |
langri langre |
langu lango |
genitive | langs | langrar | langs |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | langir langer |
langar | lang |
accusative | langa | langar | lang |
dative | langum langom |
langum langom |
langum langom |
genitive | langra langa |
langra langa |
langra langa |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | langi lange |
langa | langa |
accusative | langa | langu lango |
langa |
dative | langa | langu lango |
langa |
genitive | langa | langu lango |
langa |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | langu lango |
langu lango |
langu lango |
accusative | langu lango |
langu lango |
langu lango |
dative | langu lango |
langu lango |
langu lango |
genitive | langu lango |
langu lango |
langu lango |
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