préjuger

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French

Etymology

From pré- +‎ juger; adaptation of Latin praeiudicare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʁe.ʒy.ʒe/
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Verb

préjuger

  1. (transitive) to prejudge
  2. to foresee; say in advance

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written préjuge- 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 préjuger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple préjuger
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple préjugeant
/pʁe.ʒy.ʒɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle préjugé
/pʁe.ʒy.ʒe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present préjuge
/pʁe.ʒyʒ/ 		préjuges
/pʁe.ʒyʒ/ 		préjuge
/pʁe.ʒyʒ/ 		préjugeons
/pʁe.ʒy.ʒɔ̃/ 		préjugez
/pʁe.ʒy.ʒe/ 		préjugent
/pʁe.ʒyʒ/
imperfect préjugeais
/pʁe.ʒy.ʒɛ/ 		préjugeais
/pʁe.ʒy.ʒɛ/ 		préjugeait
/pʁe.ʒy.ʒɛ/ 		préjugions
/pʁe.ʒy.ʒjɔ̃/ 		préjugiez
/pʁe.ʒy.ʒje/ 		préjugeaient
/pʁe.ʒy.ʒɛ/
past historic2 préjugeai
/pʁe.ʒy.ʒe/ 		préjugeas
/pʁe.ʒy.ʒa/ 		préjugea
/pʁe.ʒy.ʒa/ 		préjugeâmes
/pʁe.ʒy.ʒam/ 		préjugeâtes
/pʁe.ʒy.ʒat/ 		préjugèrent
/pʁe.ʒy.ʒɛʁ/
future préjugerai
/pʁe.ʒyʒ.ʁe/ 		préjugeras
/pʁe.ʒyʒ.ʁa/ 		préjugera
/pʁe.ʒyʒ.ʁa/ 		préjugerons
/pʁe.ʒyʒ.ʁɔ̃/ 		préjugerez
/pʁe.ʒyʒ.ʁe/ 		préjugeront
/pʁe.ʒyʒ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional préjugerais
/pʁe.ʒyʒ.ʁɛ/ 		préjugerais
/pʁe.ʒyʒ.ʁɛ/ 		préjugerait
/pʁe.ʒyʒ.ʁɛ/ 		préjugerions
/pʁe.ʒy.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		préjugeriez
/pʁe.ʒy.ʒə.ʁje/ 		préjugeraient
/pʁe.ʒyʒ.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 préjuge
/pʁe.ʒyʒ/ 		préjuges
/pʁe.ʒyʒ/ 		préjuge
/pʁe.ʒyʒ/ 		préjugions
/pʁe.ʒy.ʒjɔ̃/ 		préjugiez
/pʁe.ʒy.ʒje/ 		préjugent
/pʁe.ʒyʒ/
imperfect2 préjugeasse
/pʁe.ʒy.ʒas/ 		préjugeasses
/pʁe.ʒy.ʒas/ 		préjugeât
/pʁe.ʒy.ʒa/ 		préjugeassions
/pʁe.ʒy.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ 		préjugeassiez
/pʁe.ʒy.ʒa.sje/ 		préjugeassent
/pʁe.ʒy.ʒas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — préjuge
/pʁe.ʒyʒ/ 		— préjugeons
/pʁe.ʒy.ʒɔ̃/ 		préjugez
/pʁe.ʒy.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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