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Latest revision as of 00:47, 13 April 2013 [edit] French [edit] Etymology From a reduced form of Latin navigare, present active infinitive of navigō. [edit] Pronunciation nager - to swim
[edit] Conjugation - This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written nage- 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.
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[edit] Old French [edit] Etymology Reduced form of Latin navigare nager - to sail (to guide a watercraft)
- circa 1110,, Benedeit, Le Voyage de saint Brandan:
- Un meis sanz vent nagerent tut plein
- They sailed for a whole month without wind
[edit] Conjugation - This verb is part of an group of -er verbs, for which 'g' is softened to a 'j' before the vowels 'a' and 'o' to keep the /dʒ/ sound in tact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
| simple | compound |
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| infinitive | nager | avoir nagé, nagez |
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| gerund | en najant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle |
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| present participle | najant |
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| past participle | nagé, nagez |
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| person | singular | plural |
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| first | second | third | first | second | third |
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| indicative | jeo, jou | tu | il | nos, nous | vos, vous | ils |
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simple tenses | present | nage | nages | nage | najons | nagez, nagés | nagent |
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| imperfect | najoe, nageie, najoie | najoes, nageies, najoies | najot, nageit, najoit | nagions, nagiions | nagiez, nagiiez | najoent, nagient, najoient |
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| past historic | naja | najas | naja | najames | najastes | nagerent |
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| future | nagerai | nageras | nagera | nagerons | nagerez, nagereiz | nageront |
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| conditional | nageroe, nagereie, nageroie | nageroes, nagereied, nageroied | nagerot, nagereie, nageroie | nagerions, nageriions | nageriez, nageriiez | nageroent, nagereient, nageroient |
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compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle |
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| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle |
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| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle |
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| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle |
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| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle |
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| subjunctive | que jeo, jou | que tu | qu'il | que nos, nous | que vos, vous | qu'ils |
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simple tenses | present | nage | nages | nage | najons | nagez | nagent |
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| imperfect | najasse | najasses | najast | nagissons | nagissez, nagissiez | najassent |
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compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle |
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| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle |
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| imperative | – | tu | – | nos, nous | vos, vous | – |
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| — | nage | — | najons | nagez | — |
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