changer
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[edit] English
[edit] Noun
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Singular |
Plural |
changer (plural changers)
- Someone or something who changes things.
[edit] Usage notes
- Usually used together with another noun, eg, automatic tool changer, shape changer, mind changer
[edit] French
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Etymology
Late Latin cambire
[edit] Verb
changer
- to change
[edit] Conjugation
- This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written change- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /ʒ/ and not a “hard” /g/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.
Conjugation of changer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | changer | avoir changé | |||||
| gerund | en changeant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | changeant | ||||||
| past participle | changé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | change | changes | change | changeons | changez | changent |
| imperfect | changeais | changeais | changeait | changions | changiez | changeaient | |
| past historic | changeai | changeas | changea | changeâmes | changeâtes | changèrent | |
| future | changerai | changeras | changera | changerons | changerez | changeront | |
| conditional | changerais | changerais | changerait | changerions | changeriez | changeraient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | change | changes | change | changions | changiez | changent |
| imperfect | changeasse | changeasses | changeât | changeassions | changeassiez | changeassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | change | — | changeons | changez | — | ||
