charger conjugation: all tenses in French, with meaning

/ʃaʁ.ʒe/

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Translation

to load, to charge (a battery), to put someone in charge of

Word origin

From Late Latin carricare ('to load a wagon'), from Latin carrus ('wagon, cart'), a word Latin itself borrowed from Gaulish. English 'charge', 'cargo' and 'carry' all descend from the same verb.

Origin: Late Latin
Root: carricare
English cognates: charge, cargo, carry

Grammar

Verb type-er regular (1st group, keeps the e before a and o: nous chargeons)

Conjugation

Regular -er conjugation. Pronouns: je, tu, il/elle, nous, vous, ils/elles.

Indicative

Person	Present	Imperfect	Past historic	Future	Conditional
je	charge	chargais	chargai	chargerai	chargerais
tu	charges	chargais	chargas	chargeras	chargerais
il/elle	charge	chargait	charga	chargera	chargerait
nous	chargons	chargions	chargâmes	chargerons	chargerions
vous	chargez	chargiez	chargâtes	chargerez	chargeriez
ils/elles	chargent	chargaient	chargèrent	chargeront	chargeraient

Subjunctive

Person	Present	Imperfect
je	charge	chargasse
tu	charges	chargasses
il/elle	charge	chargât
nous	chargions	chargassions
vous	chargiez	chargassiez
ils/elles	chargent	chargassent

Imperative

Person	Affirmative
tu	charge
nous	chargons
vous	chargez

Non-finite

Gerund / present participle: chargant
Past participle: chargé · chargée · chargés · chargées

Examples

They loaded the lorry in twenty minutes.

' .

Do not forget to charge your phone before you leave.

' ' .

I have been put in charge of organising Monday's meeting.

' .

The rifle was not loaded.

, ' .

I will take care of the shopping, you deal with dinner.

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This word is part of lesson 34.