Daily Verb Lesson: French for gnaw is ronger
The French for gnaw is the regular ER verb ronger.To remember this, imagine the forest RANGER gnaws at a bone!
ronger can also mean: to eat away (at), to eat into; to erode.
Related words include:
- le rongeur (nm) : rodent.
- se ronger les ongles (vr) : to bite one's nails.
- se ronger les sangs : to worry oneself sick.
About 230 ER verbs end in GER. Before the letter a or o, the g changes to ge so that the g remains soft (like the g in giraffe rather than g in go).
Examples of this family of verb conjugations: changer, décourager, diriger, échanger, exiger, ronger, soulager, venger.
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Imagine the forest RANGER gnaws
at a bone!
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Présent gnaw |
ronge | ronges | ronge | rongeons | rongez | rongent |
| Past Imperfect Imparfait gnawed |
rongeais | rongeais | rongeait | rongions | rongiez | rongeaient |
| Simple Past Passé Simple gnawed |
rongeai | rongeas | rongea | rongeâmes | rongeâtes | rongèrent |
| Future Futur will gnaw |
rongerai | rongeras | rongera | rongerons | rongerez | rongeront |
| Conditional Conditionnel would gnaw |
rongerais | rongerais | rongerait | rongerions | rongeriez | rongeraient |
| Subjunctive Subjonctif may gnaw |
ronge | ronges | ronge | rongions | rongiez | rongent |
| Present Perfect Passé Composé have gnawed |
ai rongé | as rongé | a rongé | avons rongé | avez rongé | ont rongé |
| Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had gnawed |
avais rongé | avais rongé | avait rongé | avions rongé | aviez rongé | avaient rongé |
| Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have gnawed |
aurai rongé | auras rongé | aura rongé | aurons rongé | aurez rongé | auront rongé |
| Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have gnawed |
aurais rongé | aurais rongé | aurait rongé | aurions rongé | auriez rongé | auraient rongé |
| Imperative Imperatif gnaw! |
ronge ! | rongeons ! | rongez ! | |||
✔ ronger is a regular ER verb. There are over 5,000 ER verbs these being the most common verbs in French.
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