négliger
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin negligāre, present active infinitive of negligō, variant of Latin neglegō
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ne.ɡli.ʒe/
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Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written néglige- 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 négliger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | négligeant /ne.ɡli.ʒɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | négligé /ne.ɡli.ʒe/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | négliger | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | négligeant /ne.ɡli.ʒɑ̃/ | ||||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | néglige /ne.ɡliʒ/ |
négliges /ne.ɡliʒ/ |
néglige /ne.ɡliʒ/ |
négligeons /ne.ɡli.ʒɔ̃/ |
négligez /ne.ɡli.ʒe/ |
négligent /ne.ɡliʒ/ |
| imperfect | négligeais /ne.ɡli.ʒɛ/ |
négligeais /ne.ɡli.ʒɛ/ |
négligeait /ne.ɡli.ʒɛ/ |
négligions /ne.ɡli.ʒjɔ̃/ |
négligiez /ne.ɡli.ʒje/ |
négligeaient /ne.ɡli.ʒɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | négligeai /ne.ɡli.ʒe/ |
négligeas /ne.ɡli.ʒa/ |
négligea /ne.ɡli.ʒa/ |
négligeâmes /ne.ɡli.ʒam/ |
négligeâtes /ne.ɡli.ʒat/ |
négligèrent /ne.ɡli.ʒɛʁ/ | |
| future | négligerai /ne.ɡliʒ.ʁe/ |
négligeras /ne.ɡliʒ.ʁa/ |
négligera /ne.ɡliʒ.ʁa/ |
négligerons /ne.ɡliʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
négligerez /ne.ɡliʒ.ʁe/ |
négligeront /ne.ɡliʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | négligerais /ne.ɡliʒ.ʁɛ/ |
négligerais /ne.ɡliʒ.ʁɛ/ |
négligerait /ne.ɡliʒ.ʁɛ/ |
négligerions /ne.ɡli.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
négligeriez /ne.ɡli.ʒə.ʁje/ |
négligeraient /ne.ɡliʒ.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 | néglige /ne.ɡliʒ/ |
négliges /ne.ɡliʒ/ |
néglige /ne.ɡliʒ/ |
négligions /ne.ɡli.ʒjɔ̃/ |
négligiez /ne.ɡli.ʒje/ |
négligent /ne.ɡliʒ/ |
| imperfect2 | négligeasse /ne.ɡli.ʒas/ |
négligeasses /ne.ɡli.ʒas/ |
négligeât /ne.ɡli.ʒa/ |
négligeassions /ne.ɡli.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
négligeassiez /ne.ɡli.ʒa.sje/ |
négligeassent /ne.ɡli.ʒas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | néglige /ne.ɡliʒ/ |
— | négligeons /ne.ɡli.ʒɔ̃/ |
négligez /ne.ɡli.ʒe/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 Only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “négliger” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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