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soulager
soulager
French
Verb
soulager
- (transitive) to relieve, soothe
- (Can we date this quote?) Charles Baudelaire, Le Crépuscule du Soir
- C’est le soir qui soulage / Les esprits.
- It’s the evening which soothes the spirits.
- C’est le soir qui soulage / Les esprits.
- (Can we date this quote?) Charles Baudelaire, Le Crépuscule du Soir
- (reflexive) to make oneself feel better, find relief
- (reflexive, colloquial) to relieve oneself
(Can we add an example for this sense?)
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written soulage- 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 soulager (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | soulager | avoir soulagé | |||||
| gerund | en soulageant | en ayant soulagé | |||||
| present participle | soulageant /su.la.ʒɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | soulagé /su.la.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 | soulage /su.laʒ/ |
soulages /su.laʒ/ |
soulage /su.laʒ/ |
soulageons /su.la.ʒɔ̃/ |
soulagez /su.la.ʒe/ |
soulagent /su.laʒ/ |
| imperfect | soulageais /su.la.ʒɛ/ |
soulageais /su.la.ʒɛ/ |
soulageait /su.la.ʒɛ/ |
soulagions /su.la.ʒjɔ̃/ |
soulagiez /su.la.ʒje/ |
soulageaient /su.la.ʒɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | soulageai /su.la.ʒe/ |
soulageas /su.la.ʒa/ |
soulagea /su.la.ʒa/ |
soulageâmes /su.la.ʒam/ |
soulageâtes /su.la.ʒat/ |
soulagèrent /su.la.ʒɛʁ/ |
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| future | soulagerai /su.laʒ.ʁe/ |
soulageras /su.laʒ.ʁa/ |
soulagera /su.laʒ.ʁa/ |
soulagerons /su.laʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
soulagerez /su.laʒ.ʁe/ |
soulageront /su.laʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | soulagerais /su.laʒ.ʁɛ/ |
soulagerais /su.laʒ.ʁɛ/ |
soulagerait /su.laʒ.ʁɛ/ |
soulagerions /su.la.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
soulageriez /su.la.ʒə.ʁje/ |
soulageraient /su.laʒ.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 | soulage /su.laʒ/ |
soulages /su.laʒ/ |
soulage /su.laʒ/ |
soulagions /su.la.ʒjɔ̃/ |
soulagiez /su.la.ʒje/ |
soulagent /su.laʒ/ |
| imperfect1 |
soulageasse /su.la.ʒas/ |
soulageasses /su.la.ʒas/ |
soulageât /su.la.ʒa/ |
soulageassions /su.la.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
soulageassiez /su.la.ʒa.sje/ |
soulageassent /su.la.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 | – | |
| — | soulage /su.laʒ/ |
— | soulageons /su.la.ʒɔ̃/ |
soulagez /su.la.ʒe/ |
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