louanger
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
louanger
- to praise; to laud
- Si déjà je louangeais l'hôtel de Sotchi, que dirai-je de celui de Sinop, près de Soukhoum, bien supérieur. (André Gide, Retour de l’U.R.S.S., 1936)
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written louange- 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 louanger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | louanger | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | louangeant /lwɑ̃.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | louangé /lwɑ̃.ʒe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | louange /lwɑ̃ʒ/ |
louanges /lwɑ̃ʒ/ |
louange /lwɑ̃ʒ/ |
louangeons /lwɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/ |
louangez /lwɑ̃.ʒe/ |
louangent /lwɑ̃ʒ/ |
| imperfect | louangeais /lwɑ̃.ʒɛ/ |
louangeais /lwɑ̃.ʒɛ/ |
louangeait /lwɑ̃.ʒɛ/ |
louangions /lwɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ |
louangiez /lwɑ̃.ʒje/ |
louangeaient /lwɑ̃.ʒɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | louangeai /lwɑ̃.ʒe/ |
louangeas /lwɑ̃.ʒa/ |
louangea /lwɑ̃.ʒa/ |
louangeâmes /lwɑ̃.ʒam/ |
louangeâtes /lwɑ̃.ʒat/ |
louangèrent /lwɑ̃.ʒɛʁ/ | |
| future | louangerai /lwɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/ |
louangeras /lwɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/ |
louangera /lwɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/ |
louangerons /lwɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
louangerez /lwɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/ |
louangeront /lwɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | louangerais /lwɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
louangerais /lwɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
louangerait /lwɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
louangerions /lwɑ̃.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
louangeriez /lwɑ̃.ʒə.ʁje/ |
louangeraient /lwɑ̃ʒ.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 | louange /lwɑ̃ʒ/ |
louanges /lwɑ̃ʒ/ |
louange /lwɑ̃ʒ/ |
louangions /lwɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ |
louangiez /lwɑ̃.ʒje/ |
louangent /lwɑ̃ʒ/ |
| imperfect2 | louangeasse /lwɑ̃.ʒas/ |
louangeasses /lwɑ̃.ʒas/ |
louangeât /lwɑ̃.ʒa/ |
louangeassions /lwɑ̃.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
louangeassiez /lwɑ̃.ʒa.sje/ |
louangeassent /lwɑ̃.ʒas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | louange /lwɑ̃ʒ/ |
— | louangeons /lwɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/ |
louangez /lwɑ̃.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). | |||||||
Usage notes
The proper verb is louer but due to its polysemy, louanger is used in particular when ambiguity arises.
Further reading
- “louanger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.