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mélanger
mélanger
French
Verb
mélanger
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Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written mélange- 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 mélanger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | mélanger | avoir mélangé | |||||
| gerund | en mélangeant | en ayant mélangé | |||||
| present participle | mélangeant /me.lɑ̃.ʒɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | mélangé /me.lɑ̃.ʒe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | mélange /me.lɑ̃ʒ/ |
mélanges /me.lɑ̃ʒ/ |
mélange /me.lɑ̃ʒ/ |
mélangeons /me.lɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/ |
mélangez /me.lɑ̃.ʒe/ |
mélangent /me.lɑ̃ʒ/ |
| imperfect | mélangeais /me.lɑ̃.ʒɛ/ |
mélangeais /me.lɑ̃.ʒɛ/ |
mélangeait /me.lɑ̃.ʒɛ/ |
mélangions /me.lɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ |
mélangiez /me.lɑ̃.ʒje/ |
mélangeaient /me.lɑ̃.ʒɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | mélangeai /me.lɑ̃.ʒe/ |
mélangeas /me.lɑ̃.ʒa/ |
mélangea /me.lɑ̃.ʒa/ |
mélangeâmes /me.lɑ̃.ʒam/ |
mélangeâtes /me.lɑ̃.ʒat/ |
mélangèrent /me.lɑ̃.ʒɛʁ/ |
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| future | mélangerai /me.lɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/ |
mélangeras /me.lɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/ |
mélangera /me.lɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/ |
mélangerons /me.lɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
mélangerez /me.lɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/ |
mélangeront /me.lɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | mélangerais /me.lɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
mélangerais /me.lɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
mélangerait /me.lɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
mélangerions /me.lɑ̃.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
mélangeriez /me.lɑ̃.ʒə.ʁje/ |
mélangeraient /me.lɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | mélange /me.lɑ̃ʒ/ |
mélanges /me.lɑ̃ʒ/ |
mélange /me.lɑ̃ʒ/ |
mélangions /me.lɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ |
mélangiez /me.lɑ̃.ʒje/ |
mélangent /me.lɑ̃ʒ/ |
| imperfect1 |
mélangeasse /me.lɑ̃.ʒas/ |
mélangeasses /me.lɑ̃.ʒas/ |
mélangeât /me.lɑ̃.ʒa/ |
mélangeassions /me.lɑ̃.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
mélangeassiez /me.lɑ̃.ʒa.sje/ |
mélangeassent /me.lɑ̃.ʒas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | mélange /me.lɑ̃ʒ/ |
— | mélangeons /me.lɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/ |
mélangez /me.lɑ̃.ʒe/ |
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