négliger

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin negligāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ne.ɡli.ʒe/
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Verb

négliger

  1. to neglect
  2. to ignore (a detail)

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written néglige- 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 négliger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple négliger
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple négligeant
/ne.ɡli.ʒɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle négligé
/ne.ɡli.ʒe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present néglige
/ne.ɡliʒ/ 		négliges
/ne.ɡliʒ/ 		néglige
/ne.ɡliʒ/ 		négligeons
/ne.ɡli.ʒɔ̃/ 		négligez
/ne.ɡli.ʒe/ 		négligent
/ne.ɡliʒ/
imperfect négligeais
/ne.ɡli.ʒɛ/ 		négligeais
/ne.ɡli.ʒɛ/ 		négligeait
/ne.ɡli.ʒɛ/ 		négligions
/ne.ɡli.ʒjɔ̃/ 		négligiez
/ne.ɡli.ʒje/ 		négligeaient
/ne.ɡli.ʒɛ/
past historic2 négligeai
/ne.ɡli.ʒe/ 		négligeas
/ne.ɡli.ʒa/ 		négligea
/ne.ɡli.ʒa/ 		négligeâmes
/ne.ɡli.ʒam/ 		négligeâtes
/ne.ɡli.ʒat/ 		négligèrent
/ne.ɡli.ʒɛʁ/
future négligerai
/ne.ɡliʒ.ʁe/ 		négligeras
/ne.ɡliʒ.ʁa/ 		négligera
/ne.ɡliʒ.ʁa/ 		négligerons
/ne.ɡliʒ.ʁɔ̃/ 		négligerez
/ne.ɡliʒ.ʁe/ 		négligeront
/ne.ɡliʒ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional négligerais
/ne.ɡliʒ.ʁɛ/ 		négligerais
/ne.ɡliʒ.ʁɛ/ 		négligerait
/ne.ɡliʒ.ʁɛ/ 		négligerions
/ne.ɡli.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		négligeriez
/ne.ɡli.ʒə.ʁje/ 		négligeraient
/ne.ɡliʒ.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 néglige
/ne.ɡliʒ/ 		négliges
/ne.ɡliʒ/ 		néglige
/ne.ɡliʒ/ 		négligions
/ne.ɡli.ʒjɔ̃/ 		négligiez
/ne.ɡli.ʒje/ 		négligent
/ne.ɡliʒ/
imperfect2 négligeasse
/ne.ɡli.ʒas/ 		négligeasses
/ne.ɡli.ʒas/ 		négligeât
/ne.ɡli.ʒa/ 		négligeassions
/ne.ɡli.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ 		négligeassiez
/ne.ɡli.ʒa.sje/ 		négligeassent
/ne.ɡli.ʒas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — néglige
/ne.ɡliʒ/ 		— négligeons
/ne.ɡli.ʒɔ̃/ 		négligez
/ne.ɡli.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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