vermifuger
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒe/
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Verb
vermifuger
- to deworm
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written vermifuge- 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 vermifuger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | vermifuger | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | vermifugeant /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | vermifugé /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | vermifuge /vɛʁ.mi.fyʒ/ |
vermifuges /vɛʁ.mi.fyʒ/ |
vermifuge /vɛʁ.mi.fyʒ/ |
vermifugeons /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒɔ̃/ |
vermifugez /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒe/ |
vermifugent /vɛʁ.mi.fyʒ/ |
| imperfect | vermifugeais /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒɛ/ |
vermifugeais /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒɛ/ |
vermifugeait /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒɛ/ |
vermifugions /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒjɔ̃/ |
vermifugiez /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒje/ |
vermifugeaient /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | vermifugeai /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒe/ |
vermifugeas /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒa/ |
vermifugea /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒa/ |
vermifugeâmes /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒam/ |
vermifugeâtes /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒat/ |
vermifugèrent /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒɛʁ/ | |
| future | vermifugerai /vɛʁ.mi.fyʒ.ʁe/ |
vermifugeras /vɛʁ.mi.fyʒ.ʁa/ |
vermifugera /vɛʁ.mi.fyʒ.ʁa/ |
vermifugerons /vɛʁ.mi.fyʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
vermifugerez /vɛʁ.mi.fyʒ.ʁe/ |
vermifugeront /vɛʁ.mi.fyʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | vermifugerais /vɛʁ.mi.fyʒ.ʁɛ/ |
vermifugerais /vɛʁ.mi.fyʒ.ʁɛ/ |
vermifugerait /vɛʁ.mi.fyʒ.ʁɛ/ |
vermifugerions /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vermifugeriez /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒə.ʁje/ |
vermifugeraient /vɛʁ.mi.fyʒ.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 | vermifuge /vɛʁ.mi.fyʒ/ |
vermifuges /vɛʁ.mi.fyʒ/ |
vermifuge /vɛʁ.mi.fyʒ/ |
vermifugions /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒjɔ̃/ |
vermifugiez /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒje/ |
vermifugent /vɛʁ.mi.fyʒ/ |
| imperfect2 | vermifugeasse /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒas/ |
vermifugeasses /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒas/ |
vermifugeât /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒa/ |
vermifugeassions /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
vermifugeassiez /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒa.sje/ |
vermifugeassent /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | vermifuge /vɛʁ.mi.fyʒ/ |
— | vermifugeons /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒɔ̃/ |
vermifugez /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒe/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||