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rédiger
rédiger
French
Verb
rédiger
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written rédige- 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 rédiger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | rédiger | avoir rédigé | |||||
| gerund | en rédigeant | en ayant rédigé | |||||
| present participle | rédigeant /ʁe.di.ʒɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | rédigé /ʁe.di.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 | rédige /ʁe.diʒ/ |
rédiges /ʁe.diʒ/ |
rédige /ʁe.diʒ/ |
rédigeons /ʁe.di.ʒɔ̃/ |
rédigez /ʁe.di.ʒe/ |
rédigent /ʁe.diʒ/ |
| imperfect | rédigeais /ʁe.di.ʒɛ/ |
rédigeais /ʁe.di.ʒɛ/ |
rédigeait /ʁe.di.ʒɛ/ |
rédigions /ʁe.di.ʒjɔ̃/ |
rédigiez /ʁe.di.ʒje/ |
rédigeaient /ʁe.di.ʒɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | rédigeai /ʁe.di.ʒe/ |
rédigeas /ʁe.di.ʒa/ |
rédigea /ʁe.di.ʒa/ |
rédigeâmes /ʁe.di.ʒam/ |
rédigeâtes /ʁe.di.ʒat/ |
rédigèrent /ʁe.di.ʒɛʁ/ |
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| future | rédigerai /ʁe.diʒ.ʁe/ |
rédigeras /ʁe.diʒ.ʁa/ |
rédigera /ʁe.diʒ.ʁa/ |
rédigerons /ʁe.diʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
rédigerez /ʁe.diʒ.ʁe/ |
rédigeront /ʁe.diʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | rédigerais /ʁe.diʒ.ʁɛ/ |
rédigerais /ʁe.diʒ.ʁɛ/ |
rédigerait /ʁe.diʒ.ʁɛ/ |
rédigerions /ʁe.di.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
rédigeriez /ʁe.di.ʒə.ʁje/ |
rédigeraient /ʁe.diʒ.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 | rédige /ʁe.diʒ/ |
rédiges /ʁe.diʒ/ |
rédige /ʁe.diʒ/ |
rédigions /ʁe.di.ʒjɔ̃/ |
rédigiez /ʁe.di.ʒje/ |
rédigent /ʁe.diʒ/ |
| imperfect1 |
rédigeasse /ʁe.di.ʒas/ |
rédigeasses /ʁe.di.ʒas/ |
rédigeât /ʁe.di.ʒa/ |
rédigeassions /ʁe.di.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
rédigeassiez /ʁe.di.ʒa.sje/ |
rédigeassent /ʁe.di.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 | – | |
| — | rédige /ʁe.diʒ/ |
— | rédigeons /ʁe.di.ʒɔ̃/ |
rédigez /ʁe.di.ʒe/ |
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