diverger
English
Etymology
Noun
diverger (plural divergers)
- One who diverges.
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
diverger
- to diverge
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written diverge- 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 diverger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | diverger | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | divergeant /di.vɛʁ.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | divergé /di.vɛʁ.ʒe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | diverge /di.vɛʁʒ/ |
diverges /di.vɛʁʒ/ |
diverge /di.vɛʁʒ/ |
divergeons /di.vɛʁ.ʒɔ̃/ |
divergez /di.vɛʁ.ʒe/ |
divergent /di.vɛʁʒ/ |
imperfect | divergeais /di.vɛʁ.ʒɛ/ |
divergeais /di.vɛʁ.ʒɛ/ |
divergeait /di.vɛʁ.ʒɛ/ |
divergions /di.vɛʁ.ʒjɔ̃/ |
divergiez /di.vɛʁ.ʒje/ |
divergeaient /di.vɛʁ.ʒɛ/ | |
past historic2 | divergeai /di.vɛʁ.ʒe/ |
divergeas /di.vɛʁ.ʒa/ |
divergea /di.vɛʁ.ʒa/ |
divergeâmes /di.vɛʁ.ʒam/ |
divergeâtes /di.vɛʁ.ʒat/ |
divergèrent /di.vɛʁ.ʒɛʁ/ | |
future | divergerai /di.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁe/ |
divergeras /di.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁa/ |
divergera /di.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁa/ |
divergerons /di.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/ |
divergerez /di.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁe/ |
divergeront /di.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | divergerais /di.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ |
divergerais /di.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ |
divergerait /di.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ |
divergerions /di.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
divergeriez /di.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁje/ |
divergeraient /di.vɛʁ.ʒə.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 | diverge /di.vɛʁʒ/ |
diverges /di.vɛʁʒ/ |
diverge /di.vɛʁʒ/ |
divergions /di.vɛʁ.ʒjɔ̃/ |
divergiez /di.vɛʁ.ʒje/ |
divergent /di.vɛʁʒ/ |
imperfect2 | divergeasse /di.vɛʁ.ʒas/ |
divergeasses /di.vɛʁ.ʒas/ |
divergeât /di.vɛʁ.ʒa/ |
divergeassions /di.vɛʁ.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
divergeassiez /di.vɛʁ.ʒa.sje/ |
divergeassent /di.vɛʁ.ʒas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | diverge /di.vɛʁʒ/ |
— | divergeons /di.vɛʁ.ʒɔ̃/ |
divergez /di.vɛʁ.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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Further reading
- “diverger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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