vendanger
French
Etymology
vendange + -er or from Latin vīndēmiāre, present active infinitive of vīndēmiō.
Verb
vendanger
- to vintage
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written vendange- 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 vendanger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | vendanger | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | vendangeant /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | vendangé /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | vendange /vɑ̃.dɑ̃ʒ/ |
vendanges /vɑ̃.dɑ̃ʒ/ |
vendange /vɑ̃.dɑ̃ʒ/ |
vendangeons /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/ |
vendangez /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒe/ |
vendangent /vɑ̃.dɑ̃ʒ/ |
| imperfect | vendangeais /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒɛ/ |
vendangeais /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒɛ/ |
vendangeait /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒɛ/ |
vendangions /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ |
vendangiez /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒje/ |
vendangeaient /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | vendangeai /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒe/ |
vendangeas /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒa/ |
vendangea /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒa/ |
vendangeâmes /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒam/ |
vendangeâtes /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒat/ |
vendangèrent /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒɛʁ/ | |
| future | vendangerai /vɑ̃.dɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/ |
vendangeras /vɑ̃.dɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/ |
vendangera /vɑ̃.dɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/ |
vendangerons /vɑ̃.dɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
vendangerez /vɑ̃.dɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/ |
vendangeront /vɑ̃.dɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | vendangerais /vɑ̃.dɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
vendangerais /vɑ̃.dɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
vendangerait /vɑ̃.dɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
vendangerions /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vendangeriez /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒə.ʁje/ |
vendangeraient /vɑ̃.dɑ̃ʒ.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 | vendange /vɑ̃.dɑ̃ʒ/ |
vendanges /vɑ̃.dɑ̃ʒ/ |
vendange /vɑ̃.dɑ̃ʒ/ |
vendangions /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ |
vendangiez /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒje/ |
vendangent /vɑ̃.dɑ̃ʒ/ |
| imperfect2 | vendangeasse /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒas/ |
vendangeasses /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒas/ |
vendangeât /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒa/ |
vendangeassions /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
vendangeassiez /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒa.sje/ |
vendangeassent /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | vendange /vɑ̃.dɑ̃ʒ/ |
— | vendangeons /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/ |
vendangez /vɑ̃.dɑ̃.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
- “vendanger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.