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congeler
congeler
French
Verb
congeler
- freeze (to lower something's temperature to freezing point)
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated mostly like the regular -er verbs (parler and chanter and so on), but the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-. For example, in the third-person singular present indicative, we have il congèle rather than *il congele. Other verbs conjugated this way include lever and mener. Related but distinct conjugations include those of appeler and préférer.
Conjugation of congeler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | congeler | avoir congelé | |||||
| gerund | en congelant | en ayant congelé | |||||
| present participle | congelant /kɔ̃ʒ.lɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | congelé /kɔ̃ʒ.le/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | congèle /kɔ̃.ʒɛl/ |
congèles /kɔ̃.ʒɛl/ |
congèle /kɔ̃.ʒɛl/ |
congelons /kɔ̃ʒ.lɔ̃/ |
congelez /kɔ̃ʒ.le/ |
congèlent /kɔ̃.ʒɛl/ |
| imperfect | congelais /kɔ̃ʒ.lɛ/ |
congelais /kɔ̃ʒ.lɛ/ |
congelait /kɔ̃ʒ.lɛ/ |
congelions /kɔ̃.ʒə.ljɔ̃/ |
congeliez /kɔ̃.ʒə.lje/ |
congelaient /kɔ̃ʒ.lɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | congelai /kɔ̃ʒ.le/ |
congelas /kɔ̃ʒ.la/ |
congela /kɔ̃ʒ.la/ |
congelâmes /kɔ̃ʒ.lam/ |
congelâtes /kɔ̃ʒ.lat/ |
congelèrent /kɔ̃ʒ.lɛʁ/ |
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| future | congèlerai /kɔ̃.ʒɛl.ʁe/ |
congèleras /kɔ̃.ʒɛl.ʁa/ |
congèlera /kɔ̃.ʒɛl.ʁa/ |
congèlerons /kɔ̃.ʒɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
congèlerez /kɔ̃.ʒɛl.ʁe/ |
congèleront /kɔ̃.ʒɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | congèlerais /kɔ̃.ʒɛl.ʁɛ/ |
congèlerais /kɔ̃.ʒɛl.ʁɛ/ |
congèlerait /kɔ̃.ʒɛl.ʁɛ/ |
congèlerions /kɔ̃.ʒɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
congèleriez /kɔ̃.ʒɛ.lə.ʁje/ |
congèleraient /kɔ̃.ʒɛl.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 | congèle /kɔ̃.ʒɛl/ |
congèles /kɔ̃.ʒɛl/ |
congèle /kɔ̃.ʒɛl/ |
congelions /kɔ̃.ʒə.ljɔ̃/ |
congeliez /kɔ̃.ʒə.lje/ |
congèlent /kɔ̃.ʒɛl/ |
| imperfect1 |
congelasse /kɔ̃ʒ.las/ |
congelasses /kɔ̃ʒ.las/ |
congelât /kɔ̃ʒ.la/ |
congelassions /kɔ̃ʒ.la.sjɔ̃/ |
congelassiez /kɔ̃ʒ.la.sje/ |
congelassent /kɔ̃ʒ.las/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | congèle /kɔ̃.ʒɛl/ |
— | congelons /kɔ̃ʒ.lɔ̃/ |
congelez /kɔ̃ʒ.le/ |
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