Daily Verb Lesson: French for freeze is geler
The French for freeze is the irregular ER verb geler.To remember this, imagine you freeze the JELLY!
Geler refers mainly to : liquids, freezing naturally. Can also mean: to block, to immobilize, to suspend (ie assets).
Related words include:
- le gel (nm) : frost; frozen prices; gel.
- la gelure (nf) : frost-bite.
- dégeler (v) : to thaw out; to warm up/improve (relations).
- dégeler l'atmosphère : to break the ice.
Some ER verbs ending in -eler or -eter do not double the l or t before a mute e but instead add a grave accent to the e before the l or t.
Examples of this family of verb conjugations: acheter, céler, congeler, décongeler, démanteler, geler, peler.
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Imagine you freeze the JELLY!
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Présent freeze |
gèle | gèles | gèle | gelons | gelez | gèlent |
| Past Imperfect Imparfait froze |
gelais | gelais | gelait | gelions | geliez | gelaient |
| Simple Past Passé Simple froze |
gelai | gelas | gela | gelâmes | gelâtes | gelèrent |
| Future Futur will freeze |
gèlerai | gèleras | gèlera | gèlerons | gèlerez | gèleront |
| Conditional Conditionnel would freeze |
gèlerais | gèlerais | gèlerait | gèlerions | gèleriez | gèleraient |
| Present Subjunctive Subjonctif may freeze |
gèle | gèles | gèle | gelions | geliez | gèlent |
| Present Perfect Passé Composé have frozen |
ai gelé | as gelé | a gelé | avons gelé | avez gelé | ont gelé |
| Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had frozen |
avais gelé | avais gelé | avait gelé | avions gelé | aviez gelé | avaient gelé |
| Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have frozen |
aurai gelé | auras gelé | aura gelé | aurons gelé | aurez gelé | auront gelé |
| Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have frozen |
aurais gelé | aurais gelé | aurait gelé | aurions gelé | auriez gelé | auraient gelé |
| Imperative Imperatif freeze! |
gèle ! | gelons ! | gelez ! | |||
✔ geler is an irregular ER verb.
✔ Learn geler and it will reinforce the pattern for ALL those other ER verbs.
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