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végéter
végéter
See also: vegeter
French
Verb
végéter
- (intransitive) to vegetate
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated like céder. It is a regular -er verb, except that its last stem vowel alternates between /e/ (written ‘é’) and /ɛ/ (written ‘è’), with the latter being used before mute ‘e’. One special case is the future stem, used in the future and the conditional. Before 1990, the future stem of such verbs was written végéter-, reflecting the historic pronunciation /e/. In 1990, the French Academy recommended that it be written végèter-, reflecting the now common pronunciation /ɛ/, thereby making this distinction consistent throughout the conjugation (and also matching in this regard the conjugations of verbs like lever and jeter). Both spellings are in use today, and both are therefore given here.
Conjugation of végéter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | végéter | avoir végété | |||||
| gerund | en végétant | en ayant végété | |||||
| present participle | végétant /ve.ʒe.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | végété /ve.ʒe.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | végète /ve.ʒɛt/ |
végètes /ve.ʒɛt/ |
végète /ve.ʒɛt/ |
végétons /ve.ʒe.tɔ̃/ |
végétez /ve.ʒe.te/ |
végètent /ve.ʒɛt/ |
| imperfect | végétais /ve.ʒe.tɛ/ |
végétais /ve.ʒe.tɛ/ |
végétait /ve.ʒe.tɛ/ |
végétions /ve.ʒe.tjɔ̃/ |
végétiez /ve.ʒe.tje/ |
végétaient /ve.ʒe.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | végétai /ve.ʒe.te/ |
végétas /ve.ʒe.ta/ |
végéta /ve.ʒe.ta/ |
végétâmes /ve.ʒe.tam/ |
végétâtes /ve.ʒe.tat/ |
végétèrent /ve.ʒe.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | végèterai or végéterai /ve.ʒɛ.tʁe/ |
végèteras or végéteras /ve.ʒɛ.tʁa/ |
végètera or végétera /ve.ʒɛ.tʁa/ |
végèterons or végéterons /ve.ʒɛ.tʁɔ̃/ |
végèterez or végéterez /ve.ʒɛ.tʁe/ |
végèteront or végéteront /ve.ʒɛ.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | végèterais or végéterais /ve.ʒɛ.tʁɛ/ |
végèterais or végéterais /ve.ʒɛ.tʁɛ/ |
végèterait or végéterait /ve.ʒɛ.tʁɛ/ |
végèterions or végéterions /ve.ʒɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
végèteriez or végéteriez /ve.ʒɛ.tə.ʁje/ |
végèteraient or végéteraient /ve.ʒɛ.tʁɛ/ |
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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 | végète /ve.ʒɛt/ |
végètes /ve.ʒɛt/ |
végète /ve.ʒɛt/ |
végétions /ve.ʒe.tjɔ̃/ |
végétiez /ve.ʒe.tje/ |
végètent /ve.ʒɛt/ |
| imperfect1 |
végétasse /ve.ʒe.tas/ |
végétasses /ve.ʒe.tas/ |
végétât /ve.ʒe.ta/ |
végétassions /ve.ʒe.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
végétassiez /ve.ʒe.ta.sje/ |
végétassent /ve.ʒe.tas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | végète /ve.ʒɛt/ |
— | végétons /ve.ʒe.tɔ̃/ |
végétez /ve.ʒe.te/ |
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