interroger
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin interrogāre. Doublet of entraver.
Pronunciation
Verb
interroger
- (transitive) to question, interrogate
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written interroge- 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 interroger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | interroger | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | interrogeant /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒɑ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | interrogé /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒe/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | interroge /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ/ |
interroges /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ/ |
interroge /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ/ |
interrogeons /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒɔ̃/ |
interrogez /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒe/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒe/ |
interrogent /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ/ |
| imperfect | interrogeais /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒɛ/ |
interrogeais /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒɛ/ |
interrogeait /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒɛ/ |
interrogions /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒjɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒjɔ̃/ |
interrogiez /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒje/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒje/ |
interrogeaient /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | interrogeai /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒe/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒe/ |
interrogeas /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒa/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒa/ |
interrogea /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒa/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒa/ |
interrogeâmes /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒam/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒam/ |
interrogeâtes /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒat/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒat/ |
interrogèrent /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒɛʁ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒɛʁ/ | |
| future | interrogerai /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ.ʁe/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ.ʁe/ |
interrogeras /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ.ʁa/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ.ʁa/ |
interrogera /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ.ʁa/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ.ʁa/ |
interrogerons /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
interrogerez /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ.ʁe/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ.ʁe/ |
interrogeront /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | interrogerais /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ.ʁɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ.ʁɛ/ |
interrogerais /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ.ʁɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ.ʁɛ/ |
interrogerait /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ.ʁɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ.ʁɛ/ |
interrogerions /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
interrogeriez /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒə.ʁje/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒə.ʁje/ |
interrogeraient /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ.ʁɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ.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 | interroge /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ/ |
interroges /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ/ |
interroge /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ/ |
interrogions /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒjɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒjɔ̃/ |
interrogiez /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒje/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒje/ |
interrogent /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ/ |
| imperfect2 | interrogeasse /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒas/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒas/ |
interrogeasses /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒas/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒas/ |
interrogeât /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒa/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒa/ |
interrogeassions /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
interrogeassiez /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒa.sje/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒa.sje/ |
interrogeassent /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒas/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | interroge /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔʒ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔʒ/ |
— | interrogeons /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.ʒɔ̃/ |
interrogez /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ.ʒe/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ.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). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “interroger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Latin
Verb
interroger
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of interrogō