méjuger

French

Etymology

From mé- +‎ juger.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me.ʒy.ʒe/

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Verb

méjuger

1. (transitive) to misjudge

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written méjuge- 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 méjuger (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	méjuger
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	méjugeant /me.ʒy.ʒɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		méjugé /me.ʒy.ʒe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	méjuge /me.ʒyʒ/	méjuges /me.ʒyʒ/	méjuge /me.ʒyʒ/	méjugeons /me.ʒy.ʒɔ̃/	méjugez /me.ʒy.ʒe/	méjugent /me.ʒyʒ/
	imperfect	méjugeais /me.ʒy.ʒɛ/	méjugeais /me.ʒy.ʒɛ/	méjugeait /me.ʒy.ʒɛ/	méjugions /me.ʒy.ʒjɔ̃/	méjugiez /me.ʒy.ʒje/	méjugeaient /me.ʒy.ʒɛ/
	past historic2	méjugeai /me.ʒy.ʒe/	méjugeas /me.ʒy.ʒa/	méjugea /me.ʒy.ʒa/	méjugeâmes /me.ʒy.ʒam/	méjugeâtes /me.ʒy.ʒat/	méjugèrent /me.ʒy.ʒɛʁ/
	future	méjugerai /me.ʒyʒ.ʁe/	méjugeras /me.ʒyʒ.ʁa/	méjugera /me.ʒyʒ.ʁa/	méjugerons /me.ʒyʒ.ʁɔ̃/	méjugerez /me.ʒyʒ.ʁe/	méjugeront /me.ʒyʒ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	méjugerais /me.ʒyʒ.ʁɛ/	méjugerais /me.ʒyʒ.ʁɛ/	méjugerait /me.ʒyʒ.ʁɛ/	méjugerions /me.ʒy.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/	méjugeriez /me.ʒy.ʒə.ʁje/	méjugeraient /me.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	méjuge /me.ʒyʒ/	méjuges /me.ʒyʒ/	méjuge /me.ʒyʒ/	méjugions /me.ʒy.ʒjɔ̃/	méjugiez /me.ʒy.ʒje/	méjugent /me.ʒyʒ/
	imperfect2	méjugeasse /me.ʒy.ʒas/	méjugeasses /me.ʒy.ʒas/	méjugeât /me.ʒy.ʒa/	méjugeassions /me.ʒy.ʒa.sjɔ̃/	méjugeassiez /me.ʒy.ʒa.sje/	méjugeassent /me.ʒy.ʒas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	méjuge /me.ʒyʒ/	—	méjugeons /me.ʒy.ʒɔ̃/	méjugez /me.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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “méjuger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.