Kilo Lingo

deʁɑ̃ʒe

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Translation

to disturb; to bother

Word origin

From Old French desrengier, a compound of des- ('un-, reverse of') and rengier ('to put in a row, arrange'), the source of ranger. To disturb is literally to knock things out of their row; rengier itself comes from Frankish hring ('ring, circle'), which is also the root of English range and rank.

Origin
Frankish
Root
hring
English cognates
range, rank, derange

Grammar

Verb type-er regular (1st group, g->ge before a/o)

Conjugation

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

Indicative

Person PresentImperfectPast historicFutureConditional
jedérangedérangaisdérangaidérangeraidérangerais
tudérangesdérangaisdérangasdérangerasdérangerais
il/elledérangedérangaitdérangadérangeradérangerait
nousdérangonsdérangionsdérangâmesdérangeronsdérangerions
vousdérangezdérangiezdérangâtesdérangerezdérangeriez
ils/ellesdérangentdérangaientdérangèrentdérangerontdérangeraient

Subjunctive

Person PresentImperfect
jedérangedérangasse
tudérangesdérangasses
il/elledérangedérangât
nousdérangionsdérangassions
vousdérangiezdérangassiez
ils/ellesdérangentdérangassent

Imperative

Person Affirmative
tudérange
nousdérangons
vousdérangez

Non-finite

Gerund / present participle
dérangant
Past participle
dérangé · dérangée · dérangés · dérangées

Examples

.

I do not want to bother you while you are working.

j' ?

Does it bother you if I open the window?

voisins.

The noise disturbs the neighbours.

' tous .

Someone has disturbed all my papers on the desk.

- .

Excuse me for bothering you so late in the evening.

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