marger
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
marger
- to margin (to give something a margin)
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written marge- 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 marger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | marger | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | margeant /maʁ.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | margé /maʁ.ʒe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | marge /maʁʒ/ |
marges /maʁʒ/ |
marge /maʁʒ/ |
margeons /maʁ.ʒɔ̃/ |
margez /maʁ.ʒe/ |
margent /maʁʒ/ |
| imperfect | margeais /maʁ.ʒɛ/ |
margeais /maʁ.ʒɛ/ |
margeait /maʁ.ʒɛ/ |
margions /maʁ.ʒjɔ̃/ |
margiez /maʁ.ʒje/ |
margeaient /maʁ.ʒɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | margeai /maʁ.ʒe/ |
margeas /maʁ.ʒa/ |
margea /maʁ.ʒa/ |
margeâmes /maʁ.ʒam/ |
margeâtes /maʁ.ʒat/ |
margèrent /maʁ.ʒɛʁ/ | |
| future | margerai /maʁ.ʒə.ʁe/ |
margeras /maʁ.ʒə.ʁa/ |
margera /maʁ.ʒə.ʁa/ |
margerons /maʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/ |
margerez /maʁ.ʒə.ʁe/ |
margeront /maʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | margerais /maʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ |
margerais /maʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ |
margerait /maʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ |
margerions /maʁ.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
margeriez /maʁ.ʒə.ʁje/ |
margeraient /maʁ.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 | marge /maʁʒ/ |
marges /maʁʒ/ |
marge /maʁʒ/ |
margions /maʁ.ʒjɔ̃/ |
margiez /maʁ.ʒje/ |
margent /maʁʒ/ |
| imperfect2 | margeasse /maʁ.ʒas/ |
margeasses /maʁ.ʒas/ |
margeât /maʁ.ʒa/ |
margeassions /maʁ.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
margeassiez /maʁ.ʒa.sje/ |
margeassent /maʁ.ʒas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | marge /maʁʒ/ |
— | margeons /maʁ.ʒɔ̃/ |
margez /maʁ.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
- “marger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
marger m
- indefinite plural of marg